Brief Life History of Robert Melvin
When Robert Melvin Murray was born on 4 December 1868, in Pana, Christian, Illinois, United States, his father, William J. Murray, was 36 and his mother, Maria Stinson, was 33. He married Bertha Beatrice Higginbottom in 1893, in Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Burdine Township, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 21 April 1950, in Pana, Christian, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Rosamond, Christian, Illinois, United States.
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- Robert M Murray, "United States Census, 1940"
- Robert M Murray, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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