Ernest was born on 15/12/1899 in Blayney.

He married on 14/10/1922 to Lillian Jean Lucy Moon in Wollongong.
Lilian was born on 16/08/1903 in Milton and baptised on 16/10/1903 in Sts Peter and Paul Milton, parish of Ulladulla.

​They had the following children:

• Patricia Oriel Murphy (1923 – 1970)

• Michael P Murphy (1927 – 1928)

• Martin Murphy (1929 – 1994)

​Ernest died in Wollongong on 24/01/1962.
Lillian died in Wollongong on 22/10/1980.

They both are buried together in Wollongong.

Patricia was born in Wollongong in 1923.

​She married to Jack Williams in 1943 in Wollongong. Jack was born in 1920.

​They had 2 children:

• Michael Williams (1952 – 1972)

• Martin Joseph Williams

​Patricia died in Wollongong on 13/05/1970.

Jack died in 1997 in Wollongong.

Michael P Murphy (1927 – 1928)

Michael was born in 1927 in Wollongong. He died in Wollongong in 1928.

Martin Murphy (1929 – 1994)

Martin was born in 1929 in Wollongong.

​He married to Iris Heather Ainsley Messent in 1949 in Rockdale. Iris was born in 1911 and married before to Sidney Burton, with whom she had 3 children (Verlie, Barry and Judith).

​Martin and Iris had a further 2 children:

• Michael Murphy
• Maureen Murphy

Iris

​Iris died in Marrickville on 30/03/1957.

Martin died on 28/02/1994 in Wollongong.