Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Murray was born in 1810, in Ireland. She had at least 7 sons and 4 daughters with Edward McLean. She died on 17 March 1893, in Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Maitland Cemetery, Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
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- Mary Mclean in household of Edward McLean, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Mary Munsy, "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Mary Mclean in entry for James Mclean and Betsy Hart, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (6)
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
1845
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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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