Hiram Murray

MaleMay 1818–22 March 1819

Brief Life History of Hiram

When Hiram Murray was born in May 1818, in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Asahel Murray, was 44 and his mother, Permelia Brownson, was 39. He died on 22 March 1819, in Williston, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asahel Murray
1773–1823
Permelia Brownson
1778–1858
Polly Murray
1800–1819
Louisa Murray
1804–1818
Asa B. Murray
1808–1875
Sally Murray
1811–1839
Eli B Murray
1814–1882
Hiram Murray
1818–1819

Sources (2)

  • Hiram Murray, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Hiram Murray, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (1)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 1

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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