Brief Life History of William G
When William G Murray was born in March 1844, in Indiana, United States, his father, Joseph Michael Murray, was 51 and his mother, Livinia Ellen Arrsten, was 32. He married Harriett Meadows on 2 November 1869, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Madison Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 16 December 1906, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.
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- William G Murry in household of Joseph Murry, "United States Census, 1850"
- Wm G Murray, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- William G Murray, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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