Sarah Murtagh b. Abt 1874 England d. 7 Aug 1914 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA: Stan and Linda's Genealogy Website

Abt 1874 - 1914 (40 years)

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Name	Sarah Murtagh [1]
Birth	Abt 1874	England [2]
Gender	Female
Name	Sarah Murtaugh
_UID	626C3D908D334728A404270E9D979ACB40B9
Death	7 Aug 1914	Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [3, 4, 5]
	Cause: Ileo Collitus/Dementia Praecox
Burial	10 Aug 1914	St. Patrick's Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA [6]
Person ID	I9411	broderick
Last Modified	23 Aug 2025

Father	Patrick E. Murtagh, b. Mar 1844, Ireland d. 23 Oct 1911, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)
Mother	Nora Benson, b. Dec 1847, Ireland d. 22 Feb 1910, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)
Family ID	F156	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Edward Francis Donnelly, b. 13 Oct 1872, Stockport, Cheshire, England d. Aft 1950, Prob Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA (Age 78 years)

Marriage 13 Aug 1895 St. Patrick's R.C. Church, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA [2, 7, 8]

Children

	1. Francis Joseph Donnelly, b. 26 Oct 1896, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 Jan 1948, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Age 51 years)
	2. John B. Donnelly, b. 6 May 1899, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Sep 1899, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)
	3. John T. Donnelly, b. 26 Jan 1903, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Jul 1903, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)

Family ID F149 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Aug 2025

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1874 - England
	Marriage - 13 Aug 1895 - St. Patrick's R.C. Church, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
	Death - Cause: Ileo Collitus/Dementia Praecox - 7 Aug 1914 - Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Sources

[S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, United States Census, 13th, 1910, (Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. 2005), Massachusetts, Bristol, Taunton Wd 8, ED 247, sht 2B, img 4, ln 81 (Taunton State Hospital) (Reliability: 3).
Name: Sarah Donnelly
Age in 1910: 39
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: England
Home in 1910: Taunton Ward 8, Bristol, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1890
Relation to Head of House: Patient
Marital Status: Married, first.
Age at first marriage: Un.
Mother of 2, 2 living.
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Occ. None.
Household Members:
Name Age
A Emma Palmer 37
Elizabeth V Cooper 50
Sarah A Wilson 81
Mary Ann Sharples 60
Sophronia A Davenport 72
L Mabel Pierce 43
Annie Krely 23
Adelina Minier 38
Louisa Peckham 81
Clyde A Hope 26
Bridget A Connolly 60
Sarah M Codding 70
Catherine Hoduett 28
Emma D Kimball 59
Julia Ryan 60
Sarah Earl 75
Carrie E Horton 45
Maggie S Lafferty 47
Mary J Conway 61
Hannah Sullivan 68
Lavinia Harding 75
Elizabeth G Cary 29
Ida Sunausley 23
Georgianna Dubois 40
Mary B Fadden 25
Eva T Pierce 56
Ellen Reilly 49
Celine Bouchard 49
Florence Lake 27
Martha White 49
The Taunton State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located on Danforth Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Established in 1854, it was originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton. It was the second state asylum in Massachusetts
[S23] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910, (http://beta.familysearch.org), See text. (Reliability: 4).
Name: Edward Donnelly
Birth Date:
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Spouse's Name: Sarah Murtagh
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Event Date: 13 Aug 1895
Event Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name: Michael
Mother's Name: Catherine Murry
Spouse's Father's Name: Patrick
Spouse's Mother's Name: Nora Benson
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04748-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM
GS Film number: 574853
Reference ID:
[S103] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 (database online), (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1463156), 1914, Medfield, img 72 (Reliability: 3).
Sarah Donnelly, died 7 Aug 1914 at Medfield State Hospital.
Residence, New Bedford, Mass.
Date of birth not listed.
Born England.
Married. (Husband's name not listed.)
Occ. Mill Operative.
Father Patrick Murtagh, born Ireland.
Mother Nora Bensen, born Ireland.
Cause: Ileo Collitus, 20 days.
Secondary: Dementia Praecox, 8 years
At hospital 4 years, 1 mo and 11 days.
Buried St. Patrick's Cemetery, New Bedford, 10 Aug 1914.
[S375] Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980, accessed 27 May 2014), 1911-1915, Cassibo-Enemark, img 465. (Reliability: 3).
Name: Sarah Donnelly
Death Date: 1914
Death Place: Medfield, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 66
Page Number: 457
Index Volume Number: 60
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.60
[S682] Newspapers.com, Miscellaneous Newspapers at Newspapers.com, (Images of various newspapers.), Fall River Daily Evening News, Sat, Aug 08, 1914 ·Page 5 (Reliability: 3).
Obituary.
Mrs. Sarah Donnelly.
Lists no children as survivors.
[S103] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915 (database online), (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1463156), 1914, Medfield, img 72 (Reliability: 3).
Sarah Donnelly, died 7 Aug 1914 at Medfield State Hospital.
Residence, New Bedford, Mass.
Date of birth not listed.
Born England.
Married. (Husband's name not listed.)
Occ. Mill Operative.
Father Patrick Murtagh, born Ireland.
Mother Nora Bensen, born Ireland.
Cause: Ileo-collitus, 20 days.
Secondary: Dementia Praecox, 8 years
At hospital 4 years, 1 mo and 11 days.
Buried St. Patrick's Cemetery, New Bedford, 10 Aug 1914.
[S4] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1469062), See text. Img 194. (Reliability: 3).
Name: Edward Donnelly
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 13 Aug 1895
Event Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 22
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Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Registration Year:
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Father's Name: Michael
Father's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Name: Catherine Murry
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Name: Sarah Murtagh
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Father's Name: Patrick
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Spouse's Mother's Name: Nora Benson
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Certificate Number: 33
GS Film number: 1651242
Digital Folder Number: 4332369
Image Number: 00194
Number of Images:
M. J. O'Reilly officiated. Priest at St. Patrick's R. C. Church, now the parish of the Good Shepherd, Fall River, MA.
[S682] Newspapers.com, Miscellaneous Newspapers at Newspapers.com, (Images of various newspapers.), The Evening Herald, Tue, Aug 13, 1895 ·Page 1 (Reliability: 3).
Donnelly-Murtaugh. (sic)