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Caroline Isabel Murphy

Caroline Isabel Murphy[1]

Female 1922 - 2002  (80 years)

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  • Name Caroline Isabel Murphy 
    Born 23 Aug 1922  Bethlehem, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 27 Aug 2002  Litchfield, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I626  Smithwick Family Tree | Howard Family
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2025 

    Father Donald George Murphy,   b. 15 Dec 1902, New Milford, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1983, Torrington, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Anna E. Howard,   b. 5 Apr 1903, Bethlehem, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1999, Bantam, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Married 5 Apr 1922  Brewster, NY, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Montgomery Edwards,   b. 29 Jul 1927, Torrington, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1999, Bantam, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1951  Litchfield, CT, US Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Edwards-Murphy Marriage    		Edwards-Murphy Marriage
    (l-r: Donald and Annie (Howard) Murphy, Caroline and Robert Edwards, Mildred (Montgomery) and George Edwards)
    Caroline Murphy    		Caroline Murphy

  • Sources 
    1. [S883] Obituary - Caroline (Murphy) Edwards, (Reublican-American ).
      Mrs. Caroline Edwards Worked at Litchfield Post Office
      LITCHFIELD - _ Caroline (Murphy) Edwards, 80, formerly of Vanderpol Avenue, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Rose Haven in Litchfield. She was the widow of Robert Edwards, a former Bantam Fire Company chief.
      Mrs. Edwards was bor Aug. 23, 1922, in Bethlehem, daughter of the late Donald and Anna Howard Murphy. A longtime resident of Litchfield, she graduated from Litchfield High School.
      She worked at the Litchfield Post Office and later became secretary of the Litchfield Farm Bureau. She was a member of Bantam Fire Company Auxiliary and enjoyed gardening and dancing.
      She leaves a daughter, Diane Tanner of Bantam; and two granddaughters.
      Arrangements: Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Rowe Funeral Home, 283 Torrington Road, Litchfield. Burial: Bantam Cemetery. Calling hours 6 to 8 p.m. today at her daughter's home, 3 Goslee Road, Bantam.
      Contributions: Litchfield County 4-H
      Foundation Scholarship Fund, 846 University Drive, Torrington 06790.

    2. [S10] Social Security Death Index, (FamilySearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS66-ZTB.

    3. [S486] New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936, (ancestry.com), https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61377/TH-1-159382-129747-16?pid=578766.

    4. [S402] Connecticut Vital Records, (https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/), https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/.