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Friday, January 3, 2014

Murray Connection

My great grandfather John MacDonald had a brother Colin "Rory" MacDonald and Colin's first wife was Jane Ann Murray b. 1860 in Ontario, Canada.
The parents of Jane Ann were Norman Murray and Mary MacDonald. Norman had come from Lewis in 1851 and settled in Huron Twp, Bruce County. Here he married Mary MacDonald and they had the following children,
Margaret b. 1858 (married John MacDonald), Jane Ann b. 1860 (married Colin MacDonald), Mary b. 1863 (married Dan Morrison), Donald b. 1865 (married Ann Morrison), Angus b. 1865 (married Ann Martin), William b. 1870 (married Mary ???), Kate b. 1872 (married Duncan Campbell), Allan b. 1875 (married Ann MacDonald), Effie b. 1876 (married Charles Moles), and Tina b. 1878 (married Angus McKay).
Jane Ann Murray died in 1893 and Colin remarried to Catherine MacDonald.
I thought it worth listing the above as it may prove helpful to Murray researchers.I do have a little more information on the names listed above if anyone is interested.

Grahams in Duluth, Minnesota

John Graham b. 1842 and his wife Catherine Smith left Ontario, Canada and relocated in Duluth, Minnesota. Their children were John b.1889 (married Carrie Oemstead), Annie b. 1875 (married William MacRitchie), Alexander b. 1878 (married Julia Olson??), Donald b. 1880, Christina b. 1882, William b. 1885 (married Sarah Rickard) and Angus b. 1890.
John Graham and Carrie Oemstead had a family consisting of June Ida b. 1913, Fern b. 1915, John G. b. 1918 and Donald A. b. 1922.
Alexander Graham and Julia Olson had children Katherine Jewel b. 1909, Margaret Evangeline b. 1907, Alexander Floyd b. 1911 and Allen Gordon b. 1916.
William MacRitchie and Annie Graham moved to Washington state and had no children.
The search for others of this family continues.