Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Hunter was born on 6 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Stephen Hunter, was 34 and her mother, Martha Clark, was 23. She married Joseph William McMurrin on 1 April 1880. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 11 January 1944, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Mary Mc Murrin, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary Ellen McMurrin, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Mary Ellen McMurrin, "Find A Grave Index"
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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
Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).
Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.
History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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