Murray Dodd (1843 - 1905)

Born 23 May 1843 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Laura Isabel (Archibald) Dodd — married 18 Dec 1879 in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died 25 Aug 1905 at age 62 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Murray Dodd, a barrister, was a Conservative MP for Sydney, Cape Breton (1882-1887), and in 1887 became a county court judge.^[1][2] Born about 1842 in Sydney, Cape Breton, he was the son of Edmund Mathew Murray Dodd and Caroline Maria (Ritchie) Dodd. He married Laura Isabel Archibald. ^[3] in 1856 in Sydney Mines.^[4] Judge Dodd died August 25, 1905 in Sydney.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ R. J. Morgan, “DODD, ARCHIBALD CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 13, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dodd_archibald_charles_6E.html.
2. ↑ Special Despatch to, T. G. (1905, Aug 26). DEATH, OF JUDGE DODD. The Globe (1844-1936) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/docview/1316214394?accountid=14369
3. ↑ "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK99-FZBW : 23 April 2015), Judge Murray Dodd in entry for Laura Isabel Blowers Dodd, 02 Feb 1942; citing Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 435, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
4. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2LC-S8B : 5 December 2014), Murray Dodd and Laura J. Archibald, 18 Dec 1879; citing Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, reference p 148 cn 94; FHL microfilm 1,298,864.
5. ↑ Special Despatch to, T. G. (1905, Aug 26). DEATH, OF JUDGE DODD. The Globe (1844-1936) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/docview/1316214394?accountid=14369

See also:

• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6K-XX2 : 18 November 2014), Murray Dodd, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 38; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13167, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,803.
• Rose, George Maclean. A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life ; Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers, Volume 1. Toronto: Rose Publishing Company, 1886. p. 563.
• Gemmill, J. A. The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie and Son, 1883. p. 108.
• Ritchie, Ruth. The Descendants of John Ritchie, Anapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Called the Bar and Bench. Anapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada: Anapolis Heritage Society, 2008.