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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Searching for any living relatives: Murry- Athy, Co. Kildare
« on: Monday 11 November 19 16:33 GMT (UK) »
Hi. Your GGrandmother Annie Louden (Euphemia Murray’s mother) was a sister of my Grandmother, who was Margaret Louden. Your great aunt Annie Louden Murray married Walter Taylor Fitzpatrick in Ottawa on 7 Sep 1921. They had 4 daughters: Esther Anne (married Henry Pearce Rosewarne), Nora (married David Hanson), Iris (married Donald George Bennett) and Joan (married Ronald Jackson Patterson). I think all had children. According to the Irish censuses for 1901 and 1911, Euphemia had 2 other sisters: Elizabeth (b 1892) and Martha (b 1900) but I haven’t any details about them. I can’t find any reference to Antoinette. I was interested to hear about John’s family. Do you know who he married? You were right in thinking that the Murrays were Presbyterians. Some are buried in the Presbyterian section of St Michaels’ old churchyard in Athy. You may already know that your GGGrandmother was Margaret Wilson Wedderburn (1838–1913) whose family is very well documented and can be traced back to a Robert Wedderburn (1460–1518). The earliest reference to the family is in 1296. You may also have seem this reference to your uncle David, which appeared in a blog “Athy, Eye on the Past”. It was entitled “Athy Boy in Historic Battle” and re-told a report from 1941.
Mr. David Murray, Ardreigh, Athy was a wireless operator on board the British warship Norfolk, while the vessel took part with other British naval units in the recent battle with the German Battleship Bismarc. He is a son of the late Mr. John Murray, Ardreigh, formerly a Lieutenant in the British Army, and is a nephew of Mrs. W. Neill, Foxhill, Athy. His brother John, while engaged as a wireless operator on board a British naval craft was killed last year when his ship was sunk by a German bomber off the Norwegian coast.
Mr. David Murray, Ardreigh, Athy was a wireless operator on board the British warship Norfolk, while the vessel took part with other British naval units in the recent battle with the German Battleship Bismarc. He is a son of the late Mr. John Murray, Ardreigh, formerly a Lieutenant in the British Army, and is a nephew of Mrs. W. Neill, Foxhill, Athy. His brother John, while engaged as a wireless operator on board a British naval craft was killed last year when his ship was sunk by a German bomber off the Norwegian coast.