When John Murray was born on 20 June 1812, in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Lightbody, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Elliot Murray, was 21. He married Sarah Elizabeth Bates on 28 October 1833, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, United States in 1832 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1852. He registered for military service in 1827. He died on 15 November 1880, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Monroe was platted in 1817.
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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 NamesJohn Murray (son of Andrew and Christenia Murray of Eidenburg, Scotland) came to Utah 1852 with ox team. Married Sarah Bates in Michigan (daughter of John Bates & Sophia Anderson of Ireland). Their ch …
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