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James Gibbings Murch (1841 - 1906)

James Gibbings Murch
Born in Torquay, Devon, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1 Sep 1863 (to 1876) in Adelaide, South Australia, Australiamap
Husband of — married 1876 in Barossa, South Australia, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 64 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australiamap
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Biography

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James Murch was born in Devon, England.
This profile is part of the Murch Name Study.

Is it possible that this James Murch emigrated to the South Australian Colony in 1854 on the Magdelana; arriving at Port Adelaide on the 16th January 1855. If so his name has been incorrectly transcribed as John from the original Passenger list. His father was described as a 36 year old quarryman from Tormoham in Devon named James Murch also. The family that accompanied James included his wife Elizabeth aged 41, a son John 12, Hannah 8, Elizabeth 5 and Margaret aged 2. The ages don't quite match the ages from the 1851 Census; but could have been incorrectly transcribed.

Mr J. G. Murch passed away in October 1906 and from his Death Notice in the Evening Journal of Friday 5 October 1906 we see:

MURCH.—On the 2nd October, at The Home for Consumption, North terrace, J. G. Murch. only beloved brother of Mrs. Hemsley. Mrs. Foote, and Mrs. Goodenough, late of Kadina, aged 65. At rest.


Sources

  • "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGJM-YG8 : 9 November 2017), James Murch in household of James Murch, Tormoham, Devon, England; citing Tormoham, Devon, England, p. 33, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  • Marriage 1 Genealogy SA 1863 (55/197) MURCH James Gibbings (marriage) HUGGINS Esther (Adelaide)
  • Marriage 2 Genealogy SA 1876 (108/934) MURCH James Gibbings (marriage) PAGE Ann Elizabeth (Barossa)
  • Death Genealogy SA 1906 (320/447) MURCH James Gibbings undefined (Adelaide)

Further Reading

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161261042/james-gibbings-murch : accessed 23 October 2021), memorial page for James Gibbings Murch (unknown–4 Oct 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #161261042, citing West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Dwight Baker (contributor 47306645) . (note: no gravestone photograph)

Acknowledgments

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birth date is actually christening date
posted by Ros Haywood