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Alexander Cupples McMurray (1853)

Alexander Cupples McMurray
Born in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotlandmap
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Husband of — married 13 Mar 1885 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotlandmap
Husband of [private wife (1870s - 1940s)]
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Alexander McMurray was born in Scotland.

Alexander Cupples McMurray was born in the parish of Falkirk about 1853 and was the second son of Robert McMurray and Mary Ann Cupples.


On the 1861 census, Alexander, aged 7 years, is living at Red Brae, Falkirk, with his parents and siblings: William (14 years), Elizabeth (10 years), Agnes (4 years) and Robert (1 year).[1]

On the 1871 census, Alexander, aged 17 years, is living at 5 Craignard St, Alloa, with his parents and siblings: Agnes (14 years) and Robert (11 years). Alexander is now working as an iron moulder.[2]

Alexander married Euphemia McDonald in the parish of Falkirk on 13 March 1885 and they had six children.[3]

  1. Mary Ames Bates (McMurray) Hogg (1885–1956)
  2. Robert McMurray (1887–1888)
  3. Elizabeth McMurray (1889–?)
  4. James McMurray (1891–?)
  5. Rachel Stewart McMurray (1892–1895)
  6. Euphemia McDonald McMurray (1894–1957)


On the 1891 census, Alexander, an oil worker, and Euphemia are living at 53 Bell St, New Monkland, with their children: Mary (5 years) and Elizabeth (1 year). They also have a boarder, James McGhee, who is actually a cousin to Alexander.[4]

After the death of Euphemia, Alexander married Margaret Greenaway, two months later, on 9 November 1894 and they had two children.[5]

  1. Alexander Cupples McMurray (1896–1943)
  2. Isabella Greenaway (McMurray) Mackie (1902–1963)


On the 1901 census, Margaret is living with her parents in Alloa and working as a glasshouse worker but there is no sign of Alexander.

Alexander joined the 2nd Reserve Stirling and Clackmannan at the start of the First World War. The record describes him as being in good health and his next of kin is his daughter, Euphemia.[6]


Census Records

1861 Scotland Census

  • Robert McMurray, Head, Married, 37 years, Iron Foundry Labourer, Ireland
  • Mary McMurray, Wife, Married, 39 years, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • William McMurray, Son, Single, 14 years, App Moulder, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Elizabeth McMurray, Daughter, Single, 10 years, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Alexander McMurray, Son, Single, 7 years, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Agnes McMurray, Daughter, Single, 4 years, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Robert McMurray, Son, Single, 1 year, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

1871 Scotland Census

  • Robert McMurray, Head, Married, 48 years, Iron Foundry Labourer, Ireland
  • Mary McMurray, Wife, Married, 51 years, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Alexander McMurray, Son, Single, 18 years, Iron Moulder, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Agnes McMurray, Daughter, Single, 14 years, Domestic Servant, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Robert McMurray, Son, Single, 11 years, Scholar, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • William Dick, Lodger, Single, 19 years, Iron Moulder, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

1891 Scotland Census

  • Alexander McMurray, Head, Married, 38 years, Oil Worker, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Euphemia McMurray, Wife, Married, 22 years, Laurieston, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Mary McMurray, Daughter, Single, 5 years, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Elizabeth McMurray, Daughter, Single, 1 year, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • James McGhee, Boarder, Single, 47 years, General Labourer, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland


Sources

  1. Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Parish: Falkirk Landward; ED: 7; Page: 16; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_64. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  2. Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Parish: Alloa; ED: 1; Page: 46; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1871_80. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. MCMURRAY, ALEXANDER CUPPL/MCDONALD, EUPHEMIA (Statutory registers Marriages 479/2 17 Falkirk) Scotlands People
  4. Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Parish: New Monkland; ED: 19B; Page: 8; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1891_314. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  5. GREENAWAY, MAGGIE/MCMURRAY, ALEXANDER CUPPLES (Statutory registers Marriages 651/1 179 Airdrie) Scotlands People
  6. Ancestry.com. UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. WO364; Piece: 2259. Original data: War Office: Soldiers’ Documents from Pension Claims, First World War (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO364); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.




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