Billy Murray: The Legendary Denver Nightingale

BILLY MURRAY IN THE 1920 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS

State of New York
County of Kings
City of Brooklyn
Enumeration Dist. No. 119
Enumeration Date: January 15, 1920
Sheets 10B & 11A

Line number. Street, avenue, road, etc. House number or farm. Dwelling Number Number of family, in order of visitation. Name of each person whose place of abode on January 1, 1920, was in this family. Relationship of this person to the head of the family. Home owned or rented. If owned, free or mortgaged. Sex. Color or Race. Age at last birthday. Single, married, widowed, or divorced. Year of immigration to the United States. Naturalized or alien. If naturalized, year of naturalization. Attended school anytime since Sept. 1, 1919. Able to read. Able to write. Place of Birth [Person] Mother Tongue [Person] Place of Birth [Father] Mother Tongue [Father] Place of Birth [Mother] Mother Tongue [Mother] Able to speak English. Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done. Industry, business, or establishment in which at work. Employer, salary or wage worker, or working on own account. No. of farm schedule.
98
East 14 Street
1440
152
230
Murray William
Head
O
M
M
W
42
M
yes
yes
Colorada [sic]
Colorada [sic]
Colorada [sic]
yes
Singer
Professional Stage
W
99
Grace
Wife
F
W
38
M
yes
yes
New York
New York
New York
yes
None
100
Jack
Son
M
W
11
S
yes
yes
yes
New York
Colorada [sic]
New York
yes
None
1
231
Gannon Katherine
Servant
F
W
53
M
1885
Al
yes
yes
Ireland
Irish
Ireland
Irish
Ireland
Irish
yes
Servant
Prister Family
W

Note: Murray was born in Philadelphia, and his parents were born in Ireland. It is unknown who Jack "Murray" was, but he could have been the son from Grace Brinckerhoff's previous marriage, since there is no known evidence in Murray's family of him having a biological son.

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