Brief Life History of L C
When L C Murray was born on 15 February 1894, in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States, his father, Jesse Carson Murray, was 37 and his mother, Martha A Brown, was 32. He married Bertha Burress on 3 September 1922, in Coweta, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Coweta Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 15 November 1982, in Coweta, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Vernon Cemetery, Coweta Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States.
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- L C Murry, "United States 1950 Census"
- L C Murray, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- ? C Murray, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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