Murray Family History
Murray Name Meaning
Scottish: regional name from Moray in northeastern Scotland,
which is probably named with Old Celtic elements meaning ‘sea’ +
‘settlement’.Irish (southern Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Muireadhaigh ‘descendant of Muireadhach’
(the name of several different families in various parts of Ireland),
or a shortened form of McMurray.Irish: reduced form of
MacIlmurray, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhuire
(see Gilmore).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Murray
Name Distribution of Murray Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Murray families
 2,038 - 4,073  680 - 2,037 |
 1 - 679  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Murray families
|
2,735 - 5,468 912 - 2,734 |
1 - 911 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Murray census records
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Murray Family Origin
Murray Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Murray Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Murray Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Murray census records
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Military Service by Murray
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