William & Alice McMURRAY

[gibbo]

2098/1954 MCMURRAY WILLIAM EDWARD JOHN HERRON MARY MANLY

I havent got anything to confirm or eliminate him.

 

[horse]

Oh!

2098/1954 MCMURRAY WILLIAM EDWARD JOHN HERRON MARY MANLY

 

[horse]

2098/1954 MCMURRAY WILLIAM EDWARD JOHN HERRON MARY MANLY

I havent got anything to confirm or eliminate him.

There's nothing else at mo though, gibbo

 

[horse]

John Heron Mcmurray
Spouse: Emily Moore
Marriage Date: 1872
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1872
Registration Number: 1003

Emily wrong

 

[horse]

Something to ponder

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
John Heron McMurray
Probate Date: 4 Feb 1876
Death Date: 1853
Death Place: Down, Ireland
Registry: Dublin

 

[horse]

And this, looks a little closer to home..

New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899
Name: John Heron McMurray
Event Date: 19 Oct 1895
Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Page Number: 6868

 

[horse]

So, we have a John Heron McMurray in Sydney..

 

[horse]

This is interesting, John is a master mariner in St Leonards [William's Place of marriage].

The E/R for William Edward in the 1930's had him as a mariner...

Sands:
Name/Business Name: John H Mcmurray
Year: 1887
District: St Leonards
Page No: 740


Geoff

 

[gibbo]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Tuesday 29 March 1921

McMURRAY. - The Funeral of the late JOHN HERON McMURRAY (master mariner) will take place THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON, at Gore Hill Cemetery. Friends meet cemetery gates 2.30 p.m

 

[horse]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Tuesday 29 March 1921

McMURRAY. - The Funeral of the late JOHN HERON McMURRAY (master mariner) will take place THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON, at Gore Hill Cemetery. Friends meet cemetery gates 2.30 p.m

That looks good, gibbo... looks like we have the same John Heron..

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks gibbo.

Thanks Geoff.


Enlisted 8 Feb 1916 - S/N 139 36th Bn - 23 Fireman - NOK father William E McMurray living at Wolseley St Drummoyne, NSW


I'm a day late or is it a day early?

I was at the local library this morning and could have looked up the Gore Hill Cemetery card index and the film and the book for any MI.

 

[gibbo]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Tuesday 23 June 1908

McMURRAY -In loving memory of Emily, beloved wife of John Heron McMurray. and mother of W. E McMurray, died June 23rd, 1907, aged ?2. Dead, but not fortrotten.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14921573?

 

[horse]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Tuesday 23 June 1908

McMURRAY -In loving memory of Emily, beloved wife of John Heron McMurray. and mother of W. E McMurray, died June 23rd, 1907, aged ?2. Dead, but
not fortrotten.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14921573?

So it's an error or misinformation in the death index, Emily fits

 

[DaveHam9]

Marriage 6869/1892 McMURRAY WILLIAM E M - KNOWLER ALICE M - ST LEONARDS ** 6 Apr 1892

Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) - Saturday 23 April 1892 p.4
MARRIAGES
MOORE-McMURRAY - KNOWLER.- At the Congregational Church, North Sydney, by the Rev. Joseph Parker, on Wednesday, April 6, William Edward Moore McMurray, only son of Captain John McMurray, shipowner, of North Sydney, to Alice Maude, eldest daughter of the late William Matson Knowler, of North Sydney. Home papers please copy.

 

[gibbo]

Marriage 6869/1892
MOORE-McMURRAY

I looked for a marriage notice and couldnt find one

 

[gibbo]

William Edward Moore McMurray, only son of Captain John McMurray, shipowner, of North Sydney

Wrong garden path we went Geoff :biggrin:

 

[horse]

This was John H's business [1887, Sands]

 

[horse]

Wrong garden path we went Geoff :biggrin:

Shhhhhhhhh... :biggrin:

 

[DaveHam9]

A death for William?

So the 1954 is the right death.

 

[horse]

a death for william?

So the 1954 is the right death.

99%.....