Joseph William McMurrin

Brief Life History of Joseph William

When Joseph William McMurrin was born on 5 September 1858, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph McMurrin Jr, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Leaing, was 32. He married Mary Ellen Hunter on 1 April 1880. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 24 October 1932, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph William McMurrin
1858–1932
Mary Ellen Hunter
1857–1944
Marriage: 1 April 1880
Joseph William McMurrin Jr.
1881–1948
Stephen Hunter McMurrin
1884–1951
Chelta Margaret McMurrin
1888–1969
Everard Leaing McMurrin
1890–1957
James Waldo McMurrin
1892–1963
Rulon Clark McMurrin
1895–1962
McMurrin
1901–
Mary Lucile McMurrin
1901–1991

Sources (38)

  • Joseph Mc Murrin, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Joseph W McMurrin, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Joseph W McMurrin, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco

The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.

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.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of McMorran .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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