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Thomas Murray

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: November 30, 1878 (76)
Hotham, Victoria, Australia
Place of Burial: Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Murray and Agnes Murray
Husband of Christian Murray
Father of James Murray; William McGregor Murray; Thomas Murray; Christina Murray; Agnes Murray and 4 others

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About Thomas Murray

ROBERT BENN (1841-42)

The following information on the ROBERT BENN which transported the Murrays to Melbourne.

The master was Captain Richie and it sailed from Greenock on the 20/9/1842 arriving in Melbourne on the 26/1/1843

Merchandise: 8 passengers, 365 bounty immigrants

Specifications of ROBERT BENN

Wooden Barque

According to Records of Canadian Shipping by Fredrick William Wallace, the ship was built by James Jeffrey at Quebec City in 1840.

809 tons

1841. Sold to Graham & McFie, Port of Reg. Greenock.

1847 Foundered in Bay of Biscay on passage from Bombay to Liverpool with cargo of tea valued at 80,000 pounds stirling

Captain and crew lost.

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Thomas Murray's Timeline

1801
December 1, 1801
Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1828
1828
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1829
July 15, 1829
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1830
November 13, 1830
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1832
1832
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1834
1834
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1835
September 2, 1835
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1837
April 11, 1837
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1838
November 1838
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)