Helen Janet Murray

Brief Life History of Helen Janet

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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Family Time Line

Hosea Cushing
1826–1854
Helen Janet Murray
1826–1901
Marriage: 4 February 1847
William Ellis Cushing
1848–1934
Hosea Philip Cushing
1850–1919
Samuel Roswell Cushing
1853–1936

Sources (23)

  • Janet Murray in household of John Murray, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Helen Janet Murray in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 William Mcbride 1855
  • Helen Janet Murray Taylor, "Find A Grave Index"

Parents and Siblings

World Events (8)

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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CUSHING, Hosea A short history-

Hosea 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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