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1.6.1 Walter Murray

1.6.1 Walter MURRAY

(Son of 1.6 William MURRAY and Sarah CROWE)

Brother to 1.6.3a David Murray and 1.6.4 John Gault Murray)

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Birth: 1799, Avondale, Nova Scotia

Death: January 05, 1888, at 89 years old Port Richmond, Cape Breton, NS.

buried at Grantville

Spouse: Amelia Susannah Grant  

Birth: abt 1800, Nova Scotia

Death: abt 1888, Grantville

Marr: Port Malcolm?

 

Children: Jane Harriett (1838-1937)

Walter (1843- 1880

Annie (1855-)

David  (1830-1859)Shipwrecked off Devils Island on the Sarah Elizabeth      

 Charles  (1835-1859)Shipwrecked off Devils Island on the Sarah Elizabeth      

Frances (1841-1859)Shipwrecked off Devils Island on the Sarah Elizabeth        

 

1.6.1.1 Jane Harriett MURRAY

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Birth: 15 Mar 1838, Port Richmond, Cape Breton, NS.

Death: 4 May 1937, Camden, Colchester, NS.

 

Spouse: William MURRAY

Birth: 10 Nov 1839, Merigomish, Pictou, NS.

Death: 20 May 1913, Camden.Colchester, NS.(Buried at Watson Cem).

Father: William MURRAY (1811-1879)

Mother: Margaret McDONALD (~1815-1886)

Marr: 21 Sep 1865, Camden, Colchester, Nova Scotia

 

Children: Walter Scott (1869-1944)

David Lorne (1872-1938)

 

1.6.1.1.1 Walter Scott MURRAY

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Birth: 1869, Harmony, Colchester, Nova Scotia

Death: 24 Feb 1944, Vancouver, BC.

 

1.6.1.1.2 David Lorne MURRAY

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Birth: 24 Dec 1872, Salmon River, Colchester, NS.

Death: 1 Nov 1938, Truro, Colchester, NS

 

1.6.1.2 Walter MURRAY

 He owned and operated two ships the first Swift Current and the Hector W. MacGreggor

Birth: May 4 1843

Death:

Spouse: Deborah EMBREE

Birth: Oct 17 1844

Marr: 10 Jan 1866, Port Hawksbury, Cape Breton, (Straits of Canso),NS.

Children: Frances Amelia Jane (1866-)

Sarah Margaret (1868-)

James William (1871-)

Howard Watson (1873-1892)

Annie Edna (1879-)

Mary Embree (1874-)

Carrie E (1881-)

Walter Wesley (1882-)

Charles David (1876-)

Harvey Leslie (1887-)

 

1.6.1.2.1 Frances Amelia Jane MURRAY

Note: She may have been a teacher and taught Elizabeth Warner.

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Birth: 10 Nov 1866, Port Richmond

 

Spouse: David Roberts BARSS

Birth 27 March 1858, Canso N.S.

Marr: 14 Jan 1889, Nova Scotia

Children: Edna Mabel BARSS born 1889 in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia

Walter Dinsmore BARSS b: 9 MAY 1891 in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia

Ellis Howard BARSS b: 1892 in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia

Annie Deborah BARSS b: 6 NOV 1894 in Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia

 

 

1.6.1.2.2 Sarah Margaret MURRAY

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Birth: 3 Jan 1868, Port Richmond, Cape Breton, NS.

 

1.6.1.2.3 James William MURRAY

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Birth: 27 Jan 1871, Little River,NS.

Death: Maybe June 09, 1892 lost at sea?

1.6.1.2.4 Howard Watson MURRAY

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Birth: 4 Jan 1873, Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton, NS.

Death: 9 Jun 1892 Lost at sea?

Burial: Plot 130b,Port Hawkesbury.

 

1.6.1.2.5 Annie Edna MURRAY

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Birth: 11 Nov 1879, Port Hawkesbury

 

Spouse: Freeman F EMBREE

Born April 22, 1860

Marr: 12 Sep 1899, Port Hawkesbury

 

Children Clyde H. Embree born January 07, 1900

Thomas Embree born March 04, 1901

Ethel Smith (adopted) born Febuary 24, 1889

 

 

1.6.1.2.6 Mary Embree MURRAY

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Birth: 17 Dec 1874, Port Hawkesbury,NS.

 

Spouse: Daniel A MORRISON was a Postman

Marr: 25 Jan 1899, Port Hawkesbury

 

1.6.1.2.7 Harvey Leslie MURRAY

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Birth: 27 Mar 1888, Port Hawkesbury

 

Spouse: Irene Gladys MAYNES

Marr: 5 Dec 1917, Port Hawkesbury

Children:

Walter Murray

Second marriage (no children)MILDRED CAROLINE DORT, b. 1907; d. December 10, 1985, Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia; m. HARVEY L. MURRAY. From LeLauchuer Genenalogy No Children

 

1.6.1.2.8 Carrie E MURRAY

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Birth:Oct 5 1881

 

Spouse: Hector A MATHESON

Marr: 20 Dec 1905, Port Hawkesbury

 

1.6.1.2.9 Walter Wesley MURRAY

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Birth: 5 Dec 1882, Port Hawkesbury

 

1.6.1.2.10 Charles David MURRAY

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Birth: 17 Nov 1876, Hawkesbury, NS

Death June 22, ? in Oldtowne Maine ( He and his son killed in car accident)

 

1.6.1.3 Annie MURRAY

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Birth: 1855, Port Richmond, Cape Breton, NS.

 

1.6.1.4 David  MURRAY

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Birth: 1830

Death: Oct. 12 1859, Shipwrecked off the  Rocks of  Devils Island N.S. on the Sarah Elizabeth Buried at St Peter's Episcopal Church, East

 

1.6.1.5 Charles  MURRAY

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Birth: 1835

Death: Oct 1859, Shipwrecked off the  Rocks of  Devils Island N.S. on the Sarah Elizabeth Buried at St Peter's Episcopal Church, East

 

1.6.1.6 Frances  MURRAY

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Birth: 1841

Death: Oct 1859 Shipwrecked off the  Rocks of  Devils Island N.S. on the Sarah Elizabeth Buried at St Peter's Episcopal Church, East

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