John and Jessie Murray followed the Scottish naming custom when they named their first son Angus after his paternal grandfather. Angus was born at Mount Thom in Pictou County on the 13^th April 1877 and was the first of seven children, two girls and five boys. They grew up on the family farm.

Angus attended school down the hill from the farm, probably at Salts Springs and later at Pictou
Academy. He did very well in school and one year was presented with a copy of "School Geography of the World" by J. B. Calkin, M.A., Principal of the Provincial Normal School, Truro, N.S. as a prize for academic achievement. Angus would have been at least fifteen years old when he received this prize. This book was probably used by some of the younger Murray children as they went to school. As well as the signature of Angus A. Murray on one of the pages, there is also John M. Murray on another page.

Angus’s father, John Murray, was 54 years old when Angus was born so it is no surprise that John died 25 Jan. 1894 when Angus was about 17 years old. John’s death would have placed much responsibility on Angus at a young age.

Angus was listed on the 1901 Census of Mount Thom along with his mother and brothers and sisters. His occupation on this census was Ag. Labourer.

Did he attend school in the winter and farm in the summer? At some point while he was in Mount Thom he was teaching (according to his obit from a Winnipeg newspaper).

In 1902, Angus left Nova Scotia and came to Winnipeg, Manitoba. He obtained his M.D. from the
University of Manitoba in 1913 and was issued full registration with the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Manitoba on 5 June 1915.

Angus studied orthopaedic surgery with Dr. H.P.H. Galloway and practised at the Medical Arts Building in Winnipeg.

Dr. Murray was well thought of as an orthopaedic surgeon. Patients from other provinces were sent to him for surgery.

 A letter dated 30 November 1983 from James B. Morison, M.D., Registrar of The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba states:

"I knew . . . , Dr. Angus Allan Murray, who was well respected in this community. My father who was a general practitioner referred to him, and I personally had more than one fracture taken care of by Dr. Murray when I was young."

The nurses at Winnipeg General Hospital found him to be very strict and demanded attention to detail. He made sure that the patients were thoroughly bathed. If he asked a nurse for scissors, he asked if they were sharp.

Dr. Murray often took his daughter, Evelyn with him on his morning rounds. She had long fair hair done in ringlets and was a hit with the patients and nurses.

Angus Murray was married to Violet Olive Wallington on the 3 May 1917 in Winnipeg., Manitoba.
Violet was born at Stisted Township, Muskoka, Ontario on the 18 Oct. 1887 to parents, Charles
Wallington and Hannah Keefe. )

Viola, as Violet Olive was known, took nurses training at the Winnipeg General Hospital and graduated in 1913. Presumably that is where she met her husband.

The Murrays had three children: John Robert Murray, Angus Wallington Murray and Violet Evelyn Murray.

Violet passed away on the 15 June 1938 leaving Angus with three children between eleven and twenty.

Angus and his children visited Nova Scotia every year in the years before his death. When the boys became older and busy with their own interests, then he and his daughter went to Nova Scotia together.

Dr. Angus A. Murray retired in from practice in 1945. He was in ill health from then to his death on the 9 Feb. 1946.

He and his wife are buried in Kildonan Cemetery in Winnipeg. Following are obituaries

Death Notice from a Winnipeg paper:

MURRAY, Angus Allan - On February 9, 1946, at the Winnipeg General Hospital, late of 92 Monck Ave., Norwood, aged 68 years. Funeral service 2:00 p.m., Wednesday February 13 at the A.B. Gardiner FuneralHome, 178 Kennedy St. Interment in the family plot, Kildonan cemetery. Please Omit Flowers.

Obit. 9 Feb. 1946 from Winnipeg Paper:

Dr. Angus Allan Murray, 91 Monk (sic) Ave., Norwood, who for many years practised orthopaedic surgery in Winnipeg, died Saturday at the Winnipeg General hospital.

A graduate of the Manitoba Medical college, Dr. Murray studied orthopoedic surgery with the late Dr. H. P. H. Galloway and practised here until his retirement in 1945.

Dr. Murray was born at Lower Mount Thom, Pictou county, N.S. He was educated at Pictou Academy and taught in Nova Scotia before coming to Western Canada.

His wife, Viola Olive Wallington, predeceased him in 1938. Surviving are one daughter, Violet Evelyn, and two sons John Robert and Angus W. all of Winnipeg.

Rev. Gordon MacLean will officiate at the funeral services, to be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. The A. B. Gardiner funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be in the Old Kildonan Presbyterian cemetery.

Pallbearers will include: Dr. R. Rorke, Dr. John Gunn, Dr. J. R. W. Nicholson, Dr. E.S. James, Dr. D. J. Fraser and J. Jackson.

Pictou Advocate (Feb. 21 1946):

One of Western Canada’s most prominent surgeons, Dr. Angus A. Murray, died at his home, 91 Monck Ave., Winnipeg, on Saturday, Feb. 9, it was learned here last week. He was a native of Mount Thom, County of Pictou. Many Nova Scotians had gone to the prairie metropolis for surgical treatment in his charge. Further particulars will be published later.

 Pictou Advocate (28 February 1946):

Dr. Angus A. Murray, who was born at Mount Thom, Pictou County, on April 13, 1887, died on Feb. 9 in his 59^th (sic) year at Winnipeg General hospital.

;Dr. Murray was a son of the late John and Jessie Murray, Mount Thom, and went West as a young  man in 1901. He had gained for himself a very considerable reputation in bone surgery, not only in Winnipeg where he has conducted his practice since graduation, but has had difficult cases from several other provinces in the Dominion. The doctor was a great friend and helper to those unfortunates suffering from limb deformities.

The doctor had been in ill health about a year, and an invalid since July 1945. The late Mrs. Murray predeceased him in June, 1938.

He leaves to mourn the loss of a devoted father, two sons, John and Angus, and one daughter, Evelyn, all of Winnipeg. Three brothers, Alex of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, James and Robert of Sceptre, Saskatchewan. Two sisters, Mrs. Jean E. Woodworth of Milford Station, Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Annie Walsh of Sceptre, Saskatchewan..

Dr. Murray remained very much attached to his native province and especially Pictou County, and during recent years had been an annual visitor, being accompanied by all three of his family, until the boys became older and busy with interests of their own, then by his daughter, Evelyn .

Dr. Murray will be greatly missed by his many friends in Manitoba and Nova Scotia, including
many unfortunates for whom he went out of his way to help in a surgical way.

Mrs. Violet Olive Muray, wife of Dr. Angus A. Murray, 91 Monck Avenue, Norwood, died Wednesday at the family residence, age 50. She was born inHuntsville, Ontario and had been a resident of Greater Winnipeg for the past 28 years. Surviving besides her busband are two sons, John and Angus and one daughter, Evelyn, all at home. Funeral Service will be held Saturday at 4:15 p.m. in the A. B. Gardiner Chapel and will be conducted by Rev. W. Gordon MacLean of first Presbyterian Church. Burial will be made in Old Kildonan Cemetery.