FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR ALEXANDER MURRAY/JANE ROSS ========================================================================================================================== HUSBAND Alexander MURRAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: 25 Jan 1807 PLACE: Kildonan,Sutherland,Scotland CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: Pictou County,Nova Scotia DEATH: 22 Apr 1885 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns FATHER: James MURRAY MOTHER: Catherine SUTHERLAND ========================================================================================================================== WIFE Jane ROSS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH: 1820 PLACE: Scotland CHR.: PLACE: DEATH: 30 Jul 1900 PLACE: Murrayfield,Pictou,Ns BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns FATHER: MOTHER: ========================================================================================================================== CHILDREN ========================================================================================================================== 1. NAME: James MURRAY --- BIRTH: 1838 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 30 Jul 1873 PLACE: Halifax,Halifax,Nova Scotia DEATH: 11 Oct 1910 PLACE: Middle River,River John,Pictou BURIAL: 14 Oct 1910 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns SPOUSE: Eliza MCKAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. NAME: Hugh A. MURRAY --- BIRTH: 12 Mar 1841 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Nova Scotia M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 2 May 1924 PLACE: Murrayfield,Pictou,Nova Scotia BURIAL: 3 May 1924 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns SPOUSE: Catherine MCKENZIE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. NAME: Jessie MURRAY --- BIRTH: 20 Feb 1843 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 18 Jul 1876 PLACE: Durham,Pictou,Nova Scotia DEATH: 11 May 1929 PLACE: Sceptre,Saskatchewan BURIAL: 15 May 1929 PLACE: Sceptre,Saskatchewan SPOUSE: John MURRAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. NAME: Catherine MURRAY --- BIRTH: 9 Feb 1845 PLACE: Murrayfield,Pictou,Ns F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: 23 Nov 1875 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Nova Scotia DEATH: 3 Dec 1935 PLACE: Pictou,Pictou,Ns BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns SPOUSE: Isaac ROSS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. NAME: William MURRAY --- BIRTH: 12 Jan 1848 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns M CHR.: 2 Apr 1848 PLACE: Earltown,Colchester,Ns MAR.: 25 Dec 1879 PLACE: Scotsburn,Pictou,Nova Scotia DEATH: 23 Dec 1929 PLACE: Amherst,Cumberland Co.,Nova Scotia BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns SPOUSE: Elizabeth Ann MCKAY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. NAME: Barbara MURRAY --- BIRTH: 1851 PLACE: F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: SPOUSE: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. NAME: Isabella MURRAY --- BIRTH: May 1852 PLACE: F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 1 May 1873 PLACE: BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Nova Scotia SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. NAME: John MURRAY --- BIRTH: 2 Nov 1854 PLACE: Nova Scotia M CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 14 Jan 1926 PLACE: River John,Pictou,Nova Scotia BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. NAME: Mary MURRAY --- BIRTH: 2 Nov 1854 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Nova Scotia F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 20 Apr 1938 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Nova Scotia BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns SPOUSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. NAME: Jane Laurie MURRAY --- BIRTH: Oct 1862 PLACE: F CHR.: PLACE: MAR.: PLACE: DEATH: 22 Jul 1879 PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Nova Scotia BURIAL: PLACE: West Branch,River John,Pictou,Ns SPOUSE: ========================================================================================================================== HUSBAND Alexander MURRAY NOTES: Death date from photo of Tombstone from West Branch River John Birth from parish records of Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland GS 101980 WIFE Jane ROSS NOTES: Death Notice in the Pictou Advocate 3 Aug. 1900 Photo of Tombstone at West Branch River John Cemetery CHILD 1 James MURRAY NOTES: Marriage Certificate from the Province of Nova Scotia Death Certificate from the Province of Nova Scotia Tombstone inscription at West Branch River John Cemetery Obituary CHILD 2 Hugh A. MURRAY NOTES: Death Certificate from the Province of Nova Scotia(age 83y1m21d) (informant Alex J. Murray) Tombstone inscription at West Branch River John Cemetery Obituary from The Pictou Advocate Census: 1909 Census West Branch River John, page 7 (Birthdate listed as ad March 1841) CHILD 3 Jessie MURRAY NOTES: Death - Certified copy of Registration of Death from the Province of Saskatchewan #3012 Obit from the Pictou Advocate 24 May 1929 page 2 CHILD 4 Catherine MURRAY NOTES: Birth & Death Dates from photo of Tombstone at West Branch River John Certificate of Death from Province of Nova Scotia (informant Mrs. Jane Ross) Marriage Certificate from the Province of Nova Scotia CHILD 5 William MURRAY Baptism Record from Earltown Free Church Congregation (Presbyterian) Marriage Certificate from the Province of Nova Scotia Ritchies Cemetery Index GS # 1,319,834 Certificate of Death from Province of Nova Scotia (#29-02-120-1304) Death Certificate has middle initial of A. CHILD 6 Barbara MURRAY NOTES: 1871 Census West Branch River John age 20 1881 Census West Branch River John Married and moved to California CHILD 7 Isabella MURRAY NOTES: Birth & death dates from photo of tombstone from West Branch River John 1871 Census, West Branch River John, (Bell, female, age 18) CHILD 8 John MURRAY NOTES: Date of birth from 1901 Census of West Branch River John page 7 Birth & death dates from photo of tombstone from West Branch River John 1871 Census, West Branch River John, (John, Male, age 16) 1881 Census, West Branch River John Death - Certificate of Death from Nova Scotia Government (#26-02-100036) CHILD 9 Mary MURRAY NOTES: Birth & death - photo of tombstone from West Branch River John - Certificate of Death from Nova Scotia 1871 Census, West Branch River John, (Mary, female, age 16) Obit from the Pictou Advocate, 5 May 1938 p 2 Single (Marital Status on death certificate CHILD 10 Jane Laurie MURRAY NOTES: Death date from photo of Tombstone, Birthdate calculated as died 22 July 1879 aged 17 years 9 mos. 1871 Census, West Branch River John, (Jane, Female, age 9)