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About James L Murray, SV/PROG 1
Death Notice: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQJ-6QD1
1820 British Settler
James Murray 48 Gardener, together with his wife Sarah Armstrong 40, and their 8 children, were members of Parker's Party of Settlers on the East Indian.
Party originated from Cork, Ireland.
Departure Cork, Ireland 12 February 1820. Arrival Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 1 May 1820. Final Port Saldhana Bay.
Children :
- Richard Armstrong Murray 16,
- George Burleigh Murray 13,
- Mary Jane Murray 10,
- Alexander Hugh Murray 10
- Margaret Anne Murray 8,
- Martha Murray 6,
- Sarah Atkins Murray 4,
- James Murray 2
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Lived for thirteen years in the service of the late Countys Dowager of Beetive, as landsteward and gardener at Summerhill in the County of Meath, until her Ladyships death
Travelled to South Africa with the Parker party on the East India ship as part of the British Government Settler Scheme. The ship departed from Cork on the 12th February 1820, arriving in Simon's Bay on the 1st May 1820.
http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=FT1285469
Owner of Family Tree: einnes
Name Of Partner: Sarah ARMSTRONG
http://1820settlers.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Genealogy&fil...
James and Sarah emigrated to South Africa in 1820 on the ship "East Indian" as members of Parker's party Irish group. As mentioned in his son, Richard Armstrong Murray's will (see IFB: Reminiscences) he had a brother Alexander Murray, married to Hannah, both of Clapham, Surrey, both of whom appear to have died in the late 1830s. Mary Jane's death notice gives George Murray. James went to Ireland as a young man.
Extract from The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa by Harold Edward Hockly:
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http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-...
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James L Murray, SV/PROG 1's Timeline
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1772
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Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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February 28, 1804
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Dublin, Ireland
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February 12, 1806
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Dublin, Dublin City, Dublin, Ireland
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February 21, 1808
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Summer Hill, County Meath, Ireland
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January 10, 1810
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Summerhill Bective Estate, Dublin, Ireland
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February 3, 1812
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Dublin, Ireland
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February 23, 1814
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Summerhill, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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April 1815
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1818
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Parish of Durisdeer, Drumcrool, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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