The son of Peter Joseph Murphy (1861–1894) and Emily Amelia (1869–1962), née Scarlett, Toner William Murphy was born at Deep Lead Railway Station just north of Stawell on 9 May 1891.[2] After his father's death in 1894,[3] his mother married Benjamin Edward Hosking and Toner subsequently took the Hosking name.
In 1917, Toner Hosking married Alice Annette Andrew (1893–1938)[4] and they subsequently had three sons.
Notes
↑Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10thed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p.409. ISBN978-1-921496-32-5.
↑"Family Notices". The Age. No.11, 301. Victoria, Australia. 16 May 1891. p.3.
↑"Family Notices". The Argus. No.14, 901. Victoria, Australia. 2 April 1894. p.1.
↑"Family Notices". The Argus. No.22, 200. Victoria, Australia. 22 September 1917. p.13.