Memorable Manitobans: Luther Edwy Murphy (1860-1935)

Editor and publisher.

Born at Farmersville (now Athens), Ontario on 19 April 1860, twin brother of Lewis Edwin Murphy, his career as a newspaperman began in 1976 when he joined the Brockville Recorder. He later worked for papers at New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis. In 1915, he came to St. James to join his brother as co-editor and publisher of the St. James Leader weekly newspaper until retirement in 1929. He was a member of the St. James United Church. He and wife Mary Ann Murphy (?-?) had two daughters: Ethel Marion Murphy (1890-1946) and Mildred Louise Murphy (1899-1998, wife of Frank Spencer Meyer). He died at the Grace Hospital on 13 January 1935 and was buried in the St. James Cemetery.

See also:

Manitoba Business: St. James Leader

Sources:

Marriage registration [Mildred Louise Murphy, Frank Spencer Meyer], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Luther Murphy, St. James, dies at age of 75,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 January 1935, page 3.

“Luther E. Murphy, former publisher of St. James, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 January 1935, page 3.

Obituary [Ethel Murphy], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 July 1946, page 2.

Obituary [Mildred Louise Meyer], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 March 1998, page 40.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 April 2022

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