Minerva (Minnie) Murphy
Daughter of Dennis Murphy and
Mary (nee Vale/Veal/Veale) Murphy

Birth
The exact birth date of Dennis and Mary (nee Vale/Veal/Veale) Murphy's daughter Minerva is not known at this time. The first 1870 Dennis Murphy and family U.S. Federal census form for Philadelphia, PA has Minnie's age listed as six . The second 1870 Dennis Murphy and family U.S. Federal census form for Philadelphia, PA has Minnie's age listed as five. The 1880 Dennis Murphy and family U.S. Federal census form for Philadelphia, PA has Minnie's age listed as 16 years old. If any of the Dennis Murphy and family 1870 or 1880 U.S. Federal census forms for Philadelphia, PA are correct, it would put Minerva's birth date somewhere around 1864 - 1865.

If the two U.S. Federal census forms that put Minerva's birth during the year 1864 are correct, that would work in well with other Dennis and Mary (nee Vale/Veal/Veale) Murphy Catholic baptism records for Ballyhooly Parish, Co. Cork, Ire., and the Irish civil registration birth record for Margaret Murphy, daughter of Dennis and Mary Murphy of Ballyhooly, Co. Cork, Ire. Dennis and Mary's son James was baptized on Aug. 21, 1861. Dennis and Mary's daughter Margaret was born on Apr. 12, 1865. Minerva's birth, per two of the three 1870 and 1880 U.S. Federal census records, would appear to have occurred between James' and Margaret's births.