Mc Bride & Murray

[kazzza]

Thankyou..
i need to clear my head...and get a big piece of paper, 1 pencil, 1 eraser & a lot of time.

my first time on rootschat has been a very interesting...

I should not have gone off in so many areas...but i did get a few bits to put together.

My other subject/topic - William Joseph Pope & Isabella Jane Anderson ( australian search ) has led me to the death notice for Isabella...great stuff.

Thanks
Karen

[kazzza]

Hi,

Wondering how i can find information of when Donald & Marion (nee McBride )Murray migrated to Australia. All i know is that they travelled approx 1925 with 5 young children to Australia.
Also any information of Roderick Murray - Donald's brother to Canada, i think Canada was around 1938.

Thanks
Karen

[Murphyz]

Hi

There is a pay per view site called findmypast.co.uk which has information on passenger lists leaving the uk from 1890,which Crisane has mentioned in earlier posts.

There is a Marion Murray b 1897 departs for Australia in 1926 from London to Melbourne - that's as much as you can see without actually buying any credits. But if you have the names of all the children you could try and see if they all travelled in 1926 before paying to see the transcript.

Regards
Murphyz

[kazzza]

Hi,

Thank you Murphyz, off to speak to the relos for more information, then off to looking & paying at findmypast.com.uk.

Karen

[crisane]

There is a Marion Murray b 1897 departs for Australia in 1926 from London to Melbourne - that's as much as you can see without actually buying any credits. But if you have the names of all the children you could try and see if they all travelled in 1926 before paying to see the transcript.

That is them!! Be aware that using Donald's name didn't bring them up when I searched.
Donald 34, Alex 7, Donald 6, Mrs Marion Murray 29, Agnes 8, Isabella 1, Robert 11 months.
Donald is an Iron Driller and the address in Scotland is 20 Crescent road Greenock.
They left on 23 Dec 1926 from London to Melbourne on the ship Balranald.

[kazzza]

Hi

It's so confusing, many of the names are the same, even the ages are similar.
I wonder what would have made such a young family pack up 5 small children and travel - over Christmas - to Australia, and having 2 more children -( my mother 1 of them )

I will be going on to findmypast.com and and see if i can purchase anything for my records.


Thanks
Karen

[elaine447]

address would have been Cresent street
here's a pic of it
http://www.greenock-town.co.uk/streets_from_a_to_d.html
Elaine

[kazzza]

Thank you Elaine, it's hard to imagine people living back in those days, it must have been so hard...we in the 21st century have it so easy.

Cheers
Karen

[crisane]

Hi,
Also any information of Roderick Murray - Donald's brother to Canada, I think Canada was around 1938.

I can't find a Roderick Murray going to Canada in 1938 and I also note that there is no Roderick with Catherine and Daniel/Donald in the census record I found.
But I did find this.
1901 Scottish census
Stornoway Ed 1 page 3 line 13
Address  9 Newton Street
Roderick Murray 13 born Stornoway
Father Robert Murray 31 born Stornaway
Julia Stornoway 31 born Stornaway..

9 Newton Street is the same address that you gave for Donald and Catherine in your second post.
So correct address, wrong parents.