John was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA about 1900 to parents who had emigrated from Northern Ireland.
His occupation was listed as working in a Meat Factory (1930) & as a Credit man - Meat concern (1940).
John met & married Lillian Dufficy about 1923 & they had 5 children by 1940:
James William Murray (1924 - ?)
William C Murray (~ 1925 - ?)
Mary C Murray (~ 1928 - ?)
John Murray (~ 1932 - ?)
Edward Murray (~ 1935 - ?)
.............. all born in Illinois, USA.
John Joseph passed away after 1940.
Sources
Family Search Records
"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23M-7JKL : 18 May 2016), Lillian Dufficy in entry for James William Murray, 16 Jun 1924; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 1, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSL5-QGW : accessed 22 April 2019), Lillie Murray in household of John J Murray, Chicago (Districts 0501-0750), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 671, sheet 3A, line 4, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 444; FHL microfilm 2,340,179.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWBH-XK8 : 15 March 2018), Lilly Murray in household of John Murray, Ward 18, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1206, sheet 3A, line 13, family 41, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 957.
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