Brief Life History of Samuel Aloysius
When Samuel Aloysius Murray was born in June 1869, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Murray, was 43 and his mother, Margaret C Hannigan, was 42. He married Jennie Dean Kershaw on 20 March 1916. He lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 3 November 1941, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Samuel Murray, "United States Census, 1940"
- Samuel Murray, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Samuel A. Murray, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1869–1941 Male
1871–1952 Female
Parents and Siblings
1825–1913 Male
1826–1907 Female
Siblings (7)
1852–1896 Male
1855–1918 Female
1860– Female
1863–1951 Female
1868–1925 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 1
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 8
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 21
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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