Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Murray was born on 23 May 1807, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Murray, was 28 and her mother, Mary Davidson, was 28. She married Walter Cross Walker on 18 April 1833, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1881. She died on 22 January 1901, at the age of 93, and was buried in Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (11)
- Isabella Walker in household of James M Walker, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Isabella Murray - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Issbella Murray
- Isabella Walker in entry for William Lowe Walker and Eva Campbell, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
Spouse and Children
1801–1867 Male
1807–1901 Female
Children (9)
1834–1916 Female
1836–1904 Female
1838–1874 Male
1840–1898 Male
1843–1851 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1778–1858 Male
1779–1852 Female
Siblings (10)
1797–1848 Male
1798– Male
1799– Female
1802–1873 Male
1807–1901 Female
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World Events (8)
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 4
1815
Age 8
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
Age 25
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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