Murrays from Co.Down, Ireland
Hi
Wondering if anyone has any further information or any connections with the following Murrays, all are Catholics, and are from in and around Castlewellan in Co.Down. Would be also interested to trace relatives that might be living in USA and England ...
From the beginning:
my Mother is Mary Wright (nee. Murray) b.1934, her brother is Gerard b.1932, her sister Kathleen (known as Eileen), b.1936. (Gerard moved to Canada in 1950s but retired back to Ireland in 1990s. My mother and her sister Eileen came to England in late 1950s. and have remained here.) Their father was Francis David Murray b.1901, d.1983 (he married Elizabeth Finlay b.1899, d.1949). His siblings were:
Hugh John Murray, Roseannah Murray, Elizabeth Murray (m. Peter Bechanar), Minnie (Mary-Josephine) Murray, Patrick Murray & James Murray. My Gf 'francis' is one of the youngest in the family so all would have been born in late 1800s. Their father was Patrick Murray b.1860s (?) and their mother was Catherine Dorn b.1860s(?), d.1944.
Patrick Murray had a sister Kate (probably short for Kathleen) and a sister Mary (neither of them married.
USA Connection:
Hugh John emigrated to USA first to NY state then moved on to NJ state, he married a woman called Elizabeth, they had 4 daughters - but one died young, the others were called, Patricia, Kathleen & Elizabeth. Kathleen m. Burman (possibly of German descent) and Elizabeth m. a Jewish man (don't have his name).
To confuse matters Francis Murray had a cousin also called Hugh John who also moved to USA but have no further details of him.
England Connection:
James Murray left Co.Down as a young man firstly to Scotland then moved to Huddersfield but the family never heard of him again.
Regards Lexi
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