Brief Life History of Edward Murray
When Edward Murray Harmer was born on 28 February 1916, in Hopetoun, Victoria, Australia, his father, Francis Henry Vicars Harmer, was 46 and his mother, Ellen Alice Barrett, was 38. He married Coral Evelyn Moyle in 1939, in Victoria, Australia. He died on 6 December 1976, in Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 60, and was buried in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Sources (3)
- EDWARD MURRAY HARMER, "BillionGraves Index"
- Edward Murray Harmer, "Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985"
- Edward Murray Harmer, "Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985"
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World Events (8)
1917
Due to the First World War in Europe, in 1917 the South Australian Government changed the name Hahndorf to Ambleside
1918
Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.
1935
Hahndorf was re-instated as the town's name with the enactment of the South Australia Nomenclature Act of 1935 on 12 December 1935.
Name Meaning
from the Middle English personal name Hermer, a borrowing of Old French Her(e)mer, an ancient Germanic name composed of hari, heri ‘army’ + māri, mēri ‘famous’.
habitational name from Haremere Hall in Etchingham (Sussex), which may derive from Old English hār ‘gray; boundary’ + mere ‘pool’.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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