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Born in Wexford, Ireland, Catherine O’Toole Murphy Dunne immigrated to Canada and in 1851 married Bernard Murphy in Quebec. Following his father, Martin Murphy Sr., the couple moved to California. She was widowed when there was a boiler explosion on the steamboat “Jenny Lind” while crossing San Francisco Bay. In 1862 Catherine married James Dunne. Widowed again in 1874, she became the wealthiest property owner in California. She died in 1925 at the age of 96.
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