Monday, 28 September 2009

Alexander Murray & Christina Murray

ALEXANDER MURRAY [1817-14/11/1890] married CHRISTINA MURRAY [1813-26/3/1898]
Alexander was born in Kildonan son of Peter Murray and Elspat Murray. 
Christina (Christy) was born in Rogart, daughter of William Murray and Margaret Mackay.  Alexander is believed to have emigrated to Nova Scotia around 1831 with his parents where he married Christy.
They had the following children:
PETER MURRAY, born 1843 Canada [died 1868] 
WILLIAM MURRAY, born 1845 Canada [died 1878] [married Janet Murray] 
MARGARET MURRAY, born 1846 Canada [died 1896] [married Neil Murray, son of William Murray and Christina Sutherland]
ELIZABETH MURRAY, born 1848 Canada [died 1882] [married George Macdonald]
DONALD MURRAY, born 1850 Canada [died 1911] [married Isabel Mackay in Canada – had family]
JOHN MURRAY, born circa 1852 Canada [died 1921] [married Jane Morrison]
ANN MURRAY, born 1857 Canada [died 1904] [married John Matheson]
(ref EM0019)