This week's blog features the larger than life relative presented below.
My husbands' X3 great grandmother was
Elizabeth Kniffen
BIRTH 26 MAY 1833 • Charlotteville Tp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada
DEATH 2 MAY 1923 • Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
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| Elizabeth (nee Kniffen) Murphy |
3rd great grandmother Elizabeth was a relative that we had no knowledge of. She was simply a name in our tree. That all changed when we found a tree on Ancestry that had stories as told to the tree author.
The story included by this relative was that Elizabeth (nee Kniffen) Murphy was known as Aunt Beck. She was a midwife who was afraid of no one. That trait would have been a great asset in her work where she would be out and about on her own at any hour of the day or night engaged with people from all walks of life while she was delivering babies. Apparently she smoked a pipe, and used colourful language.
One of her X2 great granddaughter told me "Some of her home remedies were scary".
Another X2 great granddaughter shared that Grandma Murphy said "I'd just beat that thing with a thistle." in reference to a neighbour, who was pregnant every year.
I imagine she was a very interesting character in a time when women were not to behave in such a way. I would have loved to meet her. She sounds like she was very comfortable marching to her own drum. There is no doubt she passed those traits down to my husband and our sons.
Ancestry trees are such a great way to find real life stories about relatives who are just waiting for their story to be told.
She was married to
John Murphy
BIRTH 11 FEB 1833 • Charlotteville Tp., Norfolk Co., Upper Canada
DEATH 23 AUG 1909 • Walsh, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada
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| John and Elizabeth (nee Kniffen) Murphy |
Finding the stories that breathe life into your ancestors!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Sources:
Ancestry Public tree, The Whole Kit and Caboodle by Marcia and family, Marcia Brockway, Retrieved August 3rd 2020 from:
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/47177315/family/familyview?dtid=100
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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