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Genealogy:
The Irish in 19th-century Portsmouth, NH

surnames beginning with the letters Me - Mu
by eibhlin morey macintosh ©2005



Reminders: Items in parentheses are from death records. Items noted "About" were calculated. Portsmouth city directory records are from 1860/61 unless noted otherwise. Census record notations reflect the context of the index used during research. If an item does not appear, it does not mean that it doesn't exist in the records. This is a draft copy, not proofed.

Mead (sic), Cornelius

  • Headstone notes, "USN"
  • Portsmouth City Directory: laborer, h. 5 Mulbury
Mead, Margaret
  • born in: (Nova Scotia)
  • I have no idea why I wrote down these names, hope to find notes to clarify:
    • (John Conlon)
    • (Frank C. Conlon)
    • (All info from son's death cert.)
    • Conlon, Frank J.
Mead, Mrs. Patrick
  • Portsmouth City Directory: 81/82: house, 6 Liberty
Meade, Bridget
  • born/died: 1832- 1878
  • spouse of: Patrick Meade
  • See Mrs. Patrick MEAD
Meade, Joseph
  • born/died: 1867 -1912
  • NH Federal census: As MEAD: 70-3-1260-NH (also see Patrick notes);80-13-3134-NH
Meade, Margaret H.
  • died: 30 Mar 1868
  • age at death: 54 yrs.
  • spouse of: Cornelius Meade
Meade, Margaret
  • born/died: 1854 1917
Meade, Mary Ellen
  • born: Abt. 1869
  • died: 10 Feb 1870
  • age at death: 8 mos., 22 das.
  • child of: C. & E. Meade
Meade, Mary
  • born/died: 1857- 1885
Meade, Mary J.
  • born/died: 1865- 1923
Meade, Patrick
  • born/died: 1820- 1872
  • NH Federal census: 50-35-165-IRE; 70-12-1260-NH;70-35-165-IRE; 70-37-1260-IRE
  • Co. D, 16th Mass. Inf., per headstone
Mellen, Henry
  • born in:(Durham, NH)
  • born: 9 May 1866
  • died: 16 Sep 1901
  • age at death: -36
  • child of: (John, Rebecca King of VA)
  • (married)
  • Headstone notes born in Dover, NH and died in Portsmouth, NH.
  • (Name spelled Mellon; fireman per death record.)
Mellon, John
  • see: Mellen, Henry
Mellon, Henry
  • see: Mellen, Henry
Mercer, Jane
  • born/died: 1822 -1889
  • spouse of: Robert Mercer
Mercer, Robert
  • born/died: 1827- 1900
Mercer, Elizabeth
  • born/died: 1866- 1882
Mercer, Mary
  • born/died: 1852- 1873
Miller, Peter
  • born: 7 Apr 1841 died: 23 Oct 1865
Moore, Joanna
  • born/died: 1789- 1874
Moran, Charles T.
  • born/died: 1868- 1904
  • child of: James & Mary Moran
Moran, James
  • born/died: 1865 -1870
  • child of: James & Mary Moran
Moran, James
  • born/died: 1834- 1903 Portsmouth City Directory: 81/82: laborer, 14 Creek Headstone notes: "USN"
Moran, Mary
  • born/died: 1832 -1901
  • spouse of: James Moran
Morris, Annie
  • born: Abt. 1811
  • died: 6 Oct 1882 age at death: 71 yrs.
Morrison, Annie E.
  • born/died: 1845- 1924
Morrison, Catherine
  • born/died: 1807- 1871
Morrison, John H.
  • born/died: 1839-1862
  • Headstone notes, "Co. G, 10th NH Reg."
Morrison, John
  • born/died: 1812 -1861
  • Portsmouth City Directory: blacksmith, h. 6 Jackson
Morrissey, Gerald P.
  • born: 3 Oct 1905
  • died: 14 Oct 1930
  • age at death: Abt. 25 yrs.
  • child of: T. F. & K. Q. Morrissey
Morrissey, James F.
  • died: 26 Mar 1876
  • age at death: 5 wks.
  • child of: James & Mary J. Morrissey
Morrissey, James
  • born in: A native of Tipperary, Ireland, per headstone
  • born: 6 Jun 1841
  • died: 31 Aug 1891 age at death: (50/2/25)
  • child of: (John, Mary) (married)
Morrissey, James J.
  • born: 22 Oct 1859
  • died: 8 Nov 1909

Morrissey, John M.
  • NH Federal census: 60-4-808-NH
  • Portsmouth City Directory: 81/82: John, laborer, h. 44 Bow
Morrissey, John
  • born: Abt. 1793
  • died: 16 Sep 1878
  • age at death: 85 yrs.
  • parent of: William James Morrissey
  • Headstone notes, "Erected by his son, William James Morrissey."
Morrissey, John
  • born in: (Portsmouth)
  • died: 2 Apr 1887
  • age at death: 14 yrs., 4 mos.
  • child of: John Morrissey
  • (Death record says parents were John Leary, Mary Leary; record above it was for Leary - clerical error?)

Morrissey, John
  • died: 28 Feb 1868 age at death: 83 yrs.
  • NH Federal census: 50-50-1218-IRE
Morrissey, John
  • died: Sep 1882
  • age at death: 32 yrs.
Morrissey, Katie
  • born: Abt. 1879
  • died: 30 Apr 1889
  • age at death: 9 yrs., 8 mos.
  • child of: John Morrissey
Morrissey, Margaret
  • born in: (Ireland)
  • died: 23 Jan 1887
  • age at death: 83 yrs.(84)
  • child of: (Cornelius Morrissey, Margaret Denn)
  • spouse of: John Morrissey
  • Portsmouth City Directory: 81/82: house, 46 Bow
  • [Was she really a Morrissey before marriage, or is this a clerical error in death record?]
Morrissey, Mary Annie
  • died: 12 Aug 1872
  • age at death: 8 mos.
  • child of: James & Mary J. Morrissey
Morrissey, Mary J.
  • born/died: 1843- 1936
  • spouse of: James Morrissey
Morrissey, Mary E.
  • born/died: 1860- 1945
Morrissey, Michael
  • born in: (Portsmouth)
  • died: 5 Jun 1892
  • age at death: 4 yrs., 4 mos.(14/4/9)
  • child of: John Morrissey (and Bridget T. Treiney)
  • (Both parents born Ireland.)
Morrissey, Robert Emmet
  • born: 27 Sep 1908
  • died: 9 Apr 1922
  • child of: Thomas F. & Katherine Q. Morrissey
Morrissey, T. J.
  • died: 1 May 1913
  • age at death: 53 yrs.
Morrissey, Thomas W.
  • born/died: 1870 -1943
Mott, Freddlin
  • born/died: 1850 -1885
Mott, John
  • born/died: 1869-1911
Mullen, Francis
  • died: 5 Sep 1873
  • age at death: 34 yrs.
Mullen, Mary
  • see: Foley, Mary
Murphy, Mary
  • died: 21 Jun 1863
  • age at death: 1 yr, 8 mos
  • child of: Daniel & Hannah Murphy
Murphy, ?
  • see: Gogan, Hannah
Murphy, Catherine McCarthy
  • Headstone notes, "Aunt"
  • Portmouth City Directory: Mrs. Catharine, h. 43 Court
Murphy, Daniel
  • died: 25 Aug 1907
  • age at death: 83 yrs
  • Portmouth City Directory: laborer, h. 5 Washington
Murphy, Daniel Jr.
  • died: 30 Nov 1871
  • age at death: 19 yrs
  • child of: Daniel & Hannah Murphy
Murphy, Elizabeth
  • child of: Catherine McCarthy Murphy
  • Headstone notes, "Erected by D. McCarthy"

Murphy, Ellen Mahoney

  • died: 11 Mar 1931
  • age at death: 72 yrs.
  • spouse of: John J. Murphy
Murphy, Hannah
  • died: 3 Nov 1909
  • age at death: 82 yrs
  • spouse of: Daniel Murphy
Murphy, John C.
  • born in: (Portsmouth)
  • born: 14 May 1854
  • died: 19 Dec 1904
  • age at death: (50/7/5)
  • child of: (Daniel, Honora Foley)
  • Portsmouth City Directory: 81/82: laborer, 6 Northwest
  • OR, laborer, 8 Creek
  • (Death record says he was an engineer.)
Murphy, John J.

Murphy, John

  • Portmouth City Directory: laborer, 6 Jackson Hill
Murphy, Kate
  • see: Quinn, Cornelius
Murphy, Mary
  • child of: Catherine McCarthy Murphy
Murphy, William
  • died: 14 Oct 1861
  • age at death: 6 yrs
  • child of: Daniel & Hannah Murphy
Muzikiewicks, Macey
  • died: 31 May 1901
  • age at death: 34 yrs.

Genealogy: The Irish in 19th-century Portsmouth, NH
--- the book entries, by surname ---

A | B | C| D | E | F | G | H | (no I) J | K | L

Ma | Mc | Me-Mu | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | (no U) | V - Z

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