Brief Life History of Bessie May
When Bessie May Murray was born on 8 December 1877, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, her father, Ewing Alves Murray, was 44 and her mother, Sarah H. Robertson, was 40. She married Silas L Paul on 8 December 1898, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Spring Valley Township, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States in 1910. She died on 18 August 1915, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Baxter Springs Cemetery, Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.
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- Bessie Paul in household of S L Paul, "United States Census, 1910"
- B L Or Bessie M Murray, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Bessie May Murray Paul, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages
Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.
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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