Brief Life History of Aaron
When Aaron Murray was born in 1817, in Avondale, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, William Murray, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Crowe, was 40. He married Jane Wilson in 1841, in Beaver Brook, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in New Annan, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. He died in 1894, in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 77, and was buried in Tatamagouche Mountain Cemetery, Tatamagouche, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Aaron Murray, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Aaron Murray in entry for James Henderson, "Canada, Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918"
- Aaron Murray, "Canada Census, 1871"
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1823
Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List
1835
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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