When Helen Janet Murray was born on 8 February 1826, in Victor, Ontario, New York, United States, her father, William Ellis Murray, was 23 and her mother, Helen Elizabeth Sarvis, was 21. She married Hosea Cushing on 4 February 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 2 March 1901, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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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.
Possible Related NamesHosea Cushing, son of Phillip and Mary Rundlett Cushing was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2, 1826. He spent his infancy in Boston and then the family moved to Hingham, Massachusetts. At the a …
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