Hi Sparratt,
Sue if I could go back in time I think I might just ......... I am so frustrated with this lot.
Iow I am taking trees as a springboad and I know that there are big issues there. So I have spent the last 8 or so hours on the relevant government indexes. I have some sanity from there but not a lot.
They are almost as irregular as anything else at this point. it
EG. I have been looking for Annie Murray born c 1923.
Alice E Murray: I have found nothing on either of the government search indexes but I did find when I searched her on Ancestry a citation for her birth from the Australian Birth Index:
Here is what it said: Date:1889 NSW.
Registration year: 1889
Place Paddington,
Parents: William and Alice
Reg No: 33482.
So I looked up that reg no. It was for a totally different person. I also found her death that same year, in Sydney, Mother Alice Ref No 1627.
So I am removing her from the list.
However: This info appeared later: William Walter Murray’s father was William Murray no dates etc.. but he was married? To Catherine “Kate” Rogers.
Catherine [Kate] was born c1854 and died 1890 aged 36 yrs in Deniliquin, NSW. The child from 1889-1889 was, I believe, hers . I will try to get her death Cert to confirm this.
Their son in 1872 was William Walter Murray.
William Walter Murray, Tribal name ‘Goonah’ is the same person as Lila’s husband 1872-1954
William’s second wife after Lila Died in 1919 is Alice Colger born 1902 Island Aboriginal Settlement, Balranald, Murrumbidgee, Mutthi Mutthi Nation, South-West NSW, Aust.
She died 29-12-1975 Mooroopna, Goulburn, Bangrang Nation, Victoria. Aust.
The following are their children
** Albert Herbert Murray
Info so far: Birth date: 1921 Reg No: 21070/1921.
Place: Balranald, NSW.
Parents: William Murray and Alice Colger
Marriage: Date: 1942
Ref Reg No: 13490/1942
Groom: MURRAY, HERBERT
Bride: KELLY, SARAH
Place: HILLSTON…..it’s in the Riverina District on the Lachlan River.
Spouse: Sarah Campbell Kelly
This couple have 5 children: 3 male and 2 female all private.
Death:
Name
Albert Herbert Murray
Death Registration Date
1985
Death Registration
Place Victoria, Australia
Father William Murray
Mother Colger
Reference Number 12751
*** Bert Murray
Info so far:
Birth Date: 1922
Place: Balranald, NSW.
Marriage :
Date: 1941
Place Balranald, NSW.
Spouse: Beatrice Kirby
About Beatrice Kirby : 1931-1985
Parents are : Arthur F.S. Kirby and Laura Murray 1915
Laura is the daughter of William Walter Murray and LiLa Lily Atkinson.
[NSW Reg No: 27041/1915 This is Moulamein but Specifically ….
Speewa Crossing NSW ]
Laura and Arthur married in 1934. Reg No: 17888/1934.
They have two children. Beatrice Kirby 1931-1985
Hartly Rudolph Kirby 1936 – 1973
Death Rec for Hartley: VIC. Reg No: 28740/ 1973 age 36 yrs
Place: Fitzroy Victoria.
What is most interesting here is the marriage of Laura Murray to Arthur Kirby.
This is a link directly back to Walter and Lila Murray.
Did Beatrice and Bert Murray have children: I have not looked yet.
**** Stanley Walter Murray
Info so far: Birth: C 1923
Death: 1972 Place: Balranald, NSW.
Vic Reg Ref No: 46572/1972
Parents :William and Alice
***** Alice Edith aka Edith Murray.
Info so far: Birth: 1928 Balranald, NSW.
Death: Australian Death Index: 1972 Reg No:1334/1972 Dareton, Sydney NSW.
Parents: William and Alice.
Marriage: Marriage Index Record: Date 1944 Place: Wentworth Ref Rec No: 13217/1944
Spouse: “Jack” John Thomas Lawson 1920-1975.
They have 10 children. 8 female and 2male.
****** Daisy Murray
Info so far: Birth: 1933
Place: Leeton, NSW.
Death: 22nd June 1988, Balranald, NSW.
******* Mary Patricia Murray
Info so far: Birth:

?
Death: C 2006
******* Edward William Murray
info so far: Birth date: 1930
Death Date: 1977
Marriage: 1948
Marriages Search Results Edward William Murray
And Nancy Mary Anne Kirby
PDF availabilty ……………………….Unavailable
Registration Number…………………...13536/1948
Groom's Family Name…………………...MURRAY
Groom's Given Name(s)………………….EDWARD WILLIAM
Bride's Family Name(s)………………….KIRBY
Bride's Given Name(s) …………………NANCY MARY ANNE
District ………………………………...BALRANALD
******** Reginald Murray 1929
I still have this one to do but thought you might like to see all the above.
Hope this sorts this family unit out .
Thanks for reading it's a bit long ...sorry.
Essnell