Anne Murray

Brief Life History of Anne

When Anne Murray was born in 1773, in Union, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Lt. Col. John Murray, was 44 and her mother, Margaret Mayes Mays, was 40. She married John M Reznor II about 1795, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 25 October 1828, in her hometown, at the age of 55, and was buried in Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John M Reznor II
1774–1836
Anne Murray
1773–1828
Marriage: about 1795
John M. Reznor III
1796–1860
James Rezner
1797–1836

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  • Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28805-10431-51

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

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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