Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Murray was born on 3 August 1849, in Nova Scotia, Canada. She married John Charles McLeod in 1872. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881 and Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada for about 10 years. She died in 1911, in Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Port Elgin, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Sources (7)
- Mary Mcleod, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Mary Mcleod, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary McLeod in entry for Arthur Lorne McLeod and Nellie Brown, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
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1853
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1867 · British North America Act
The British North America Act or Constitution Act of 1867 caused three British colonies, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada to be united as one under the name Canada. Until this point New Brunswick had been the British crown colony.
1869
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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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