Brief Life History of Adam
When Adam Murray was born on 22 December 1865, in London, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America, his father, George Murray, was 43 and his mother, Jane Nichol, was 39. He married Alice Jane Marr on 13 December 1888, in Ontario Township, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hope Township, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States in 1900 and Ontario Township, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States for about 20 years. He died on 16 January 1940, in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States.
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- Adam Murray in household of George Murray, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Adam Murray, "Find A Grave Index"
- Adam Murray in entry for Nellie Murray Train, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1882
Historical Boundaries: 1882: Ramsey, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Ramsey, North Dakota, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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