Brief Life History of Patrick Sampson
When Patrick Sampson Murray was born in 1876, in Blacon, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Alexander Murray, was 39 and his mother, Mary Anne Margaret Fereday, was 31. He married Anna Muriel Richards in 1919, in Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Rayleigh, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 27 April 1953, in Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 77, and was buried in Canterbury City Cemetery, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- Patrick Murray in household of Alexander Murray, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Patrick Sampson Murray - Government record: birth: 21 September 1876; Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
- Murray, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1877 · Trial of Detectives
The Trial of Detective, also known as the Turf Fraud Scandal, was a scandal involving 3 senior Scotland Yard detectives. It was a scam involving bets made on horse races.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Moray in northeastern Scotland, which derives from Celtic mori- ‘sea’ + treb- ‘settlement’. The founder of the Scottish house of Murray was a Fleming named Freskin who was granted Strathbrock in West Lothian and Duffus in Moray by David I. The family took its name from the region in the late 12th century.
Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McMurray .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’ a personal name meaning ‘mariner’. Occasionally it may be a shortened form of McMurray .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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