John Murray b1822 & Helen Moffat b1816 of Selkirk
Son of James Murray b1798 and Elizabeth Hall b1796 of Selkirk.
John Murray was born in 1822 in Selkirk Scotland.
He was a Woollen Dyer of Selkirk & son of James Murray- born 1798 an Inkleweaver in 1817 in Selkirk, and Elizabeth Hall. John Murray was also a brother of Alexander Buchan Murray.
John married Helen Moffat who was born in Williamlees Melrose: a farm & Estate of 3,000 acres owned & tenanted by the Murray family of Melrose. Helen's parents were William Moffat (a Shepherd) at Williamlees and Helen Rintoul daughter of William Rintoul a stonemason of Temple and Roslyn in Midlothian.
John Murray & Helen Moffat had four children that we know of, and Helen had one daughter from a previous marriage named Helen Rathie born 1844.
The children of John Murray Woollen Dyer of Selkirk Scotland and Helen Moffat of Melrose and Innerleithen were:
1.James Murray born 1851 in April in Innerleithen Peebles Shire.
James married Christian Stewart of Yarrowford.
Descendants of this family are still living in Selkirk as far as we know.
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James was also working in the Woollen Tweed industry in Selkirk.
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2.Jane Murray born 1853 in Selkirk Selkirk Shire
Jane's occupation was also within the Tweed Manufacturing industry.
Jane married Joseph Cockburn of Selkirk in 1882 and had children.
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3.William Murray born 1855 in Selkirk Selkirk Shire (our ancestor)
William's occupation was Woollen Mill Manager & Tweed Finisher earlier.
William married Elizabeth Lees of Selkirk and they had 5 children before she died aged 24 years at Tillicoultry in Clackmannanshire.
William Murray then married Marion Barnard (Marion Bernard)of Tillicoultry and had a further 5 children. William was transferred to Ireland after 1890 circa to Manage a Tweed Woollen Mill in County Kerry & Cork however the family returned to Glasgow in Scotland to live after World War 1.
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Our family is descended from this William. His son John William Murray was born in 1881 and married Alexandrina Macinnes of Falkirk and Skye in Glasgow Scotland in 1911.
John William Murray and Alexandrina MacInnes immigrated to Sydney Australia in 1926 with their young children: William Murray, Mary Murray, Elizabeth Lees Murray.
John William Murray at age 19 was listed as a 'Locomotive Engineer in the 1901 Scottish Census. He was living in Glasgow with his younger brother Thomas Lees Murray. John was a Engineer also working for Dalgetty & Co in Glasgow 1920 circa and also during WW1 John Murray designed rudders etc for early prototype submarines. See more about this family in another posting.
4.John Murray born 1859 in Selkirk Selkirkshire
His occupation was 'Police Officer' or 'Police Constable'
John Murray married Margaret Neil Sword (Margaret Sword) of Selkirk and they had a daughter named Agnes in Scotland prior to immigrating to Australia 1880 circa after which they had a large brood of children in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales where John was a Police Sergeant and at Kogarah Bay in Sydney where they lived.
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Posted by ALEXANDRINA MURRAY at 4:09 PM 0 comments
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James Stewart Murray is my relative. I had no idea that he came to Australia and settled in Cooma. My direct family from Selkirk arrived in 1926 circa however one of my Great Uncles (John Murray born Selkirk 1859 and Uncle to this James) arrived earlier in the 1880's and settled firstly in Cooma where he was a Police Sergeant of Police at Nimmitybell and Cooma. His wife was Margaret Neil Sword.
This couple had 6 children including John Lancelot Murray born Cooma 1888 who was also an Australia AIF Soldier WW1 and WW2. Lance Murray was the Cousin of James Stewart Murray
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on my Murray family from Selkirk and the Scottish Borders. Named 'murrays'
James Stewart Murray was the son of James Murray born 1851 Selkirk and baptised Innerleithen. His mother was Christian Stewart (Christina) born in Ettrick. Their other son John Murray married Harry Edwards in Selkirk and they have a large family there. There were other siblings also.
His grandparents were John Murray born 1822 Selkirk and Helen Moffat born 1817 Melrose.
His Great Grandparents were James Murray born 1798 Selkirk and Elizabeth Hall 1796 Selkirk.
The family are descended from the Murrays of Philiphaugh and Falahill.
Anyone researching this family please contact me.
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# ID: I129751
# Name: James Stewart MURRAY
# Given Name: James Stewart
# Surname: Murray
# Sex: M
# Birth: 26 Jan 1886 in Selkirk, Scotland
# Death: Y 1
# Religion: Presbyterian
# Occupation: Farrier
# Event: c/o F W Bailey, Cooma, NSW Address 16 Jan 1916
# Event: as a Private, number 2187, 55th Battalion, 1st AIF Military
Service 16 Jan 1916-1919 WW1
# Note: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A15 «i»Port Sydney«/i» on 4 September 1916
# Event: as a Private, number N379958, VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS, Australian Army Military Service 1 Apr 1942-10 Mar 1943 WW2
MY MURRAY FAMILY DATABASE (1st Edition to be updated)
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