Brief Life History of Asahel Plum
When Asahel Plum Murray was born on 9 April 1894, in Albion, Cassia, Idaho, United States, his father, Asahel Plumb Murray, was 31 and his mother, Enga Albertine Charlestrom, was 25. He married Mary Lucille Wallace on 19 October 1929, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States. He lived in Rock Creek Election Precinct, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Rock Creek, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 17 October 1976, in Kimberly, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Asahel P Murry, "United States 1950 Census"
- Asahel P Murray, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Asahel P Murray, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1905
Historical Boundaries 1905: Cassia, Idaho, United States 1907: Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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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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