GEORGE MURRAY
1816 - 1889 (72 years)1. GEORGE MURRAY was born on 28 Nov 1816 in MT PLEASANT, BERWICKSHIRE, SCOTLAND (son of JOHN MURRAY and JANE HUNTER); died on 12 Apr 1889 in RUARANGI , MANGAPAI , NZ; was buried in MANGAPAI CEMETERY. Family/Spouse: AGNES CURRIE. AGNES was born about 1821; died on 27 Feb 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- JOHN PATRICK MURRAY was born about 1852; died on 15 May 1931.
- JAMES ADAM JOHNSTONE MURRAY was born about 1854; died on 26 Sep 1939 in NZ.
- MARY ANN JANE MURRAY was born on 24 Mar 1856 in SCOTLAND; died on 5 Mar 1946 in OPOTIKI, NZ; was buried in PLOT 46N, LAWN SECTION 1, OPOTIKI PUBLIC CEMETERY.
- GEORGE THOMAS MURRAY was born on 4 Nov 1859 in NZ; died on 25 Jul 1947 in NZ.
- AGNES ALISON MURRAY was born on 20 Jun 1861 in NZ; died on 14 Oct 1862.
- AGNES MURRAY was born on 2 May 1863; died on 22 Mar 1946.
- ROBERT MURRAY was born on 2 May 1863.
GEORGE married BARBARA DOUGLASS on 26 Jun 1872 in "THE MANSE", HAMPDEN, NORTH OTAGO, NZ. BARBARA (daughter of ARCHIBALD DOUGLASS and AMELIA SCOTT MacINTOSH) was born about Jun 1838 in AIRDRIE, AYRSHIRE (LANARK), SCOTLAND; died on 04 Jun 1882 in HAMPDEN, NORTH OTAGO, NZ; was buried on 6 Jun 1882 in HAMPDEN, NORTH OTAGO, NZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
George Murray was a 55 year old widower with 6 children when he married Barbara.
Children:
Barbara was a widow aged 34 with two children - Archibald aged 9 and Grace aged 8
George & Barbara had two further children together, Douglass & Bruce.
Barbara died 10 years after the marriage at the age of 44.- DOUGLASS MURRAY was born on 17 Oct 1874 in HAMPDEN, NORTH OTAGO, NZ; died on 31 Aug 1950 in POKURU, TE AWAMUTU, NZ; was buried on 1 Sep 1950 in BLOCK XI A, ROW 1, PLOT 1524, TE AWAMUTU CEMETERY, NZ.
- BRUCE STEPHEN MURRAY was born on 24 Nov 1875 in HAMPDEN, NORTH OTAGO, NZ; died on 14 Jul 1944 in POKURU, TE AWAMUTU, NZ; was buried on 15 Jul 1944 in BLOCK XI A, ROW 2, PLOT 321, TE AWAMUTU CEMETERY, NZ.
GEORGE married ELIZABETH MARY HARRISON on 25 Dec 1882 in MANGAPAI, NORTHLAND, NZ. ELIZABETH (daughter of WILLIAM HARRISON and ANNABELLA MOORE) was born on 24 Aug 1860; died on 31 Jul 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
Six months after Barbara's death, and at the age of 66, George married Elizabeth Harrison (aged 22 years) and had 3 children.
Children:- WILLIAM ARCHIBALD HARRISON MURRAY was born on 14 Jul 1884; died on 17 Apr 1960 in GLEN MURRAY, RANGIRIRI, WAIKATO, NZ.
- ANNABELLA MOORE MURRAY was born on 6 Jul 1886 in MANGAPAI, NORTHLAND, NZ; died on 19 Jul 1886 in MANGAPAI, NORTHLAND, NZ.
- ANNABELLA MOORE MURRAY was born on 25 Nov 1887 in MANGAPAI, NORTHLAND, NZ; died on 20 May 1973 in BROWNS BAY, AUCKLAND, NZ.
2. JOHN MURRAY was born in 1786; died on 06 Oct 1863 in MOUNT STUART , OTAGO , NZ. JOHN married JANE HUNTER in 1814. JANE was born on 28 Jan 1795; died on 23 Jan 1872 in MOUNT STUART , OTAGO , NZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. JANE HUNTER was born on 28 Jan 1795; died on 23 Jan 1872 in MOUNT STUART , OTAGO , NZ. Children:
- 1. GEORGE MURRAY was born on 28 Nov 1816 in MT PLEASANT, BERWICKSHIRE, SCOTLAND; died on 12 Apr 1889 in RUARANGI , MANGAPAI , NZ; was buried in MANGAPAI CEMETERY.