McMurry - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: McMURRY BOOK

angelaharlan55 — 2009-11-07 21:41:24Z

Not sure if you are still online as this post was dated 2005 but I have a line of McMurry's who were in OK. Who are you searching for? Angelah1012@aol.com

McMURRY Rickey 1957-1957

t42MountOlivet — 2009-09-14 01:10:11Z

McMURRY Rickey 1957-1957

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Gilday

BubbaMc1987 — 2009-09-03 22:09:03Z

Searching for info on Patrick Gilday. Last census was 1900 in Pennsylvannia. His sister was my ggggrandmother.

Mc MURRY Willie L 1892-1974

t42MountOlivet — 2009-08-17 13:17:47Z

McMURRY Willie L 1892-1974

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Mc MURRY Joseph W 1885-1961

t42MountOlivet — 2009-08-17 13:17:32Z

McMURRY Joseph W 1885-1961

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Mc MURRY E Lucille and J Clay

t42MountOlivet — 2009-08-17 13:17:13Z

McMURRY E Lucille and J Clay

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Mc MURRY Charles Dewey 1904-1936

t42RoseHill — 2009-08-01 15:53:52Z

McMURRY Charles Dewey 1904-1936

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McMURRY Juanita 1905-1980

t42RoseHill — 2009-08-01 15:53:38Z

McMURRY Juanita 1905-1980

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Re: SOLOMON McMURRY

pwest83 — 2009-05-24 12:36:36Z

I am interested in sharing information about Solomon McMurry and his descendants. I am descended from his daughter, Dovey McMurry. If you are interested, please feel free to contact me at pattyann1226@yahoo.com.

Patricia West
Incheon, South Korea

Re: Travis McMurry and Maggie Roen Renfro

PattyDavis500 — 2009-04-12 23:47:23Z

I think your right I remember your name to,lol The baby picture is so sweet.In my history stuff I have a few pictures of Travis,we call him old Travis so we dont get the two mixed up since my gradfather was also Travis.Travis' son was also Travis who was my grandfather and my mothers dad.

Re: Travis McMurry and Maggie Roen Renfro

tnmyhome2 — 2009-04-11 20:08:56Z

I think you and I have had some interaction before because I recognize your username. :)

Yes, this was one of those 'whispered family stories' and because of the time frame, it would have been very hush hush.
Laura was born 1887 in July, before Travis married Mary Caroline Gilbert in Dec of 1887.

Those of us on our side had all heard the 'whispered tale' but those who knew for sure all the details are long since gone. One of the horrors of trying to find answers for those of us researching. Different ones of us have connected recently and all had the same story, just diffent pieces of it, but when placed together fit perfectly.

So, you are a g'grandaughter. Do you come out of one of Travis's boys lines?
I am so enjoying finally finding this line as it would be my direct lineage. We were flying blind so long since Laura had been adopted.
Thought you might like to see what Laura looked like as a baby, so it is attached.
Tks!

Re: Travis McMurry and Maggie Roen Renfro

PattyDavis500 — 2009-04-11 18:50:59Z

Travis was my great grandfather,but this is the first Ive heard of this

Travis McMurry and Maggie Roen Renfro

tnmyhome2 — 2009-04-11 18:39:29Z

A mystery has been solved, now I am looking for information from anyone who might have it.
Travis McMurry (Decatur/Henderson/Perry counties TN) was married to Mary Caroline Gilbert. Before he married her though, he and his mother were living with the Carringtons as his mother had remarried to a Carrington man.
In the Carrington home there worked a housemaid named Roen Renfro.
Roen and Travis had a daughter (illegitimate) and the daughter born was named Laura Ardella b.1887.

As a descendant of Laura, I am eager to hear from anyone that knows more of this story. We do know that Roen died between 1888-1889, as she does not show up on any census by 1900.
I appreciate any help anyone can give.

McMURRY ? 1878-1895,

t42Smithfield — 2009-04-02 12:56:06Z

McMURRY ~ 1878-1895,

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McMURRY T E 1845-1892

t42Smithfield — 2009-04-02 12:55:51Z

McMURRY T E 1845-1892

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McMURRY Mary 1853-1883

t42Smithfield — 2009-04-02 12:55:38Z

McMURRY Mary 1853-1883

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McMURRY Johnnie 1874-1874

t42Smithfield — 2009-04-02 12:55:29Z

McMURRY Johnnie 1874-1874

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McMURRY Viola O 1875-187~

t42Smithfield — 2009-04-02 12:55:18Z

McMURRY Viola O 1875-187~

NormanGuiling photographed this gravestone in the Smithfield Cemetery, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 202,517 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com .

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Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:09:16Z

What is the update on this information found in the trunk? I am just now receiving this information and would like to be updated.

Thanks,
Anna
moriahsong@aol.com

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:08:32Z

Robin,
I want a copy of this,I know it is my family.Plese feel free to email me at pgdavis47@hotmail.com
Patricia Davis

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:07:48Z

I am also very interested in this "trunk". West and Wilson are also a part of our ancestry.

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:07:08Z

greetings - i am in process of mailing copies of the journal to don & pam mcmurry in cedar city, utah and to barbara preston in pagosa springs, colorado. i am confident they will be sharing with all who are related to these families - or better yet, inputting it on a website where all can access it. since i am busy w my work plus research/travel, i have a difficult time getting back to everyone interested - so, good luck - happy searching.
ps - if you cannot get a copy from these people, do email me and ill do best to take care of it. but they both, assured me they would share.

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:06:03Z

Robin,
I also would be very interested in this,I know Im related to West,McMurry and Scanland.My grandfather was McMurry and was related to William McMurry and he had a uncle John who married Elizabeth and also a brother John they were from Ireland.You can email me at pgdavis47@hotmail.com
Patricia Davis

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:05:21Z

Dear Robin,
I do not know if you have found a home for this to trunk to go to, but I would be interested in finding more out about it. Feel welcome to email me if you want. Thanks much.

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:04:13Z

In hopes to be able to get the information in trunk that I hope that you still have in your possession. This is definitley my family from way back. Hoping in texas. thanks again, karen.

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:02:44Z

If you are still in possession of that trunk and it's contents, I would really be interested in the stuff that you have. My genealogy with that side originates from my mother and her dad.

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 15:01:54Z

Robin,
Most of those names are in the history I've uncovered. My ancestor was William McMurry and I beleive his father was one of those sons. Can we communicate? Let me know how and thank you so very much. Please get back to me. My e-mail is cloverleaf20032003@yahoo.com Thanx

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 14:59:57Z

there is a wilson lee mcmurry m. rachel wright - had edwin, bascom, robert, samuel, susan and frances. bascom and robert were carpenters/contractors, bascom married and located in montgomery, alabama, died in 1898.
samuel died in butte, montana 1901.

dont know ifn they fit for you?

good luck - robin

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 14:59:17Z

Robin, Does the journal mention that any of the McMurry's come from Rutherford or Burke county NC. I am trying to research the families of Samuel McMurry in that area. My ancestor is Thomas from Blount Co. Alabama and I am always looking for possible parents for him. I also remember my mother saying that there was some connection between McMurry's and West in Blount/Cullman Co AL but she did not know anything about the connection. Thanks

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 14:57:21Z

Robin, I sent you an e-mail directly about your post. This information covers my ancestor, James MCmUrray's brother, John McMurray. Let me know if you didn't receive my message.

Regards, Don

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 14:56:23Z

I'm not sure if there is any connection with me. I know only as far back about my McMurry's to 1849 in Leake County, Mississippi. But it would be great if you could scan this book to files so many readers could look at it without having the book itself. Just a thought.

Billy McMurry

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 14:55:44Z

Robin,
Im sure this is my family,my grandfather had a brother named John and an uncle John and they did come from Ireland and his grandfather was also named John.I do know that we have Willam in our family who married an Elizabeth
Patricia Davis

McMurry Generational Journal

2008-11-26 14:54:54Z

i have a generational journal typed by john fletcher mcmurry, shelbina, mo. - titled reminisences, historical & otherwise. i came upon this information in an old trunk of catherine west's that some decadent family member tossed out in a field by a lake in carlsbad, ca. its been stored for near 30 yrs at my moms, and we just came upon it again yesterday. i am lookin for a home to send this info to - i hope it is new info to all you searchers out there.
this typed packet of papers is perhaps 30 - 40 pgs w the ancestor line starting at john mcmurry b. 1752 ireland m. elizabeth bomin - these were the writers great grparents. interspersed between family lines are stories of family settlements, events, and personalities. john/elizabeth came to kentucky 1788 or so - with the writer giving several pgs of details of their experiences.
he then, backs up to the 1500s w the family descending from the earl of murray, stuart family, and robert bruce. (bruce is ify - as my lines lead back to him also - however, there is much controversy on his line:) ............ see, we could be related yet :)

john/elizabeth had william (& others) who m. elizabeth wilson, they had john fletcher - author of this story - who also gives much detail on many your descendants. his last pg is a record of rev. w.w. mcmurrys memorial by j.m. o'bryen in shelbyville, mo.
email me if interested in my find - hope it solves some of the mysteries in the mcmurry family.
robin in s. cal. - corriat@aol.com

Re: John McMurry

mikemcmurray11 — 2008-08-26 20:36:03Z

That helps a great deal. Still don't know who his parents are, but I found the family on the 1850 Federal Census living in Shenango, Lawrence Co., Pa.
There is a Family Tree which has Maria Filson married to John McMurry. His father is unknown but his mother is a Mohawk Indian -- interesting. Children are: Ivestor, d. in 1857, buried in the Savannah Cem., Lawrence Co., Pa., Emma, 1848-1923, and Eva, b. in 1856.
There is also a newspaper Obit. from the New Castle News, Feb. 7, 1923, on Mrs. Emma A. Trimble. Her parents John McMurry and Maria Filson are said to be pioneers of the area.
We'll keep our eyes and ears open for info. about the parents.
Mike McMurray

Re: John McMurry

mikemcmurray11 — 2008-08-26 16:30:04Z

Any idea of a geographic location where he was born, lived, died? State, County, or town?
In the lines of McMurry's I'm researching there is a John in every other generation -- it's a very common given name. Having his dates and the name of his wife helps, but location could make the difference.
Is your husband a McMurry? If so, he needs to participate in Y-DNA testing. Contact me privately if you want to know more about this.
Mike McMurray

Re: John McMurr(a)y married Margaret Ewing

JuliaDale44 — 2009-01-17 19:55:41Z

I have been doing research on the McMurr(a)y family in Pennsylvania. Any chance that your John McMurry is related to Alexander McMurry who arrives in Westmoreland County, PA by the late 1700's. He died in 1838 at Donegal, Westmoreland, PA. Census information indicates that he was probably born in Ireland. He was married to Sarah Clark. Any information would be appreciated.

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

cookygrl33 — 2008-11-26 14:57:54Z

Hello Don,
I know it has been a while since you have posted this, but I have James, brother of John and Thomas, Son of William and Mary Mcmurry in my family tree. I am a descendant of thomas' side and do not have any information on John or James. I was hoping that perhaps you had some information that you could share with me?

Julia Ann McMurry md. James Curtis

JohnRCrawford — 2008-08-27 15:28:27Z

Julia Ann McMurry (b.abt 1856, IN d.1906 Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co, TX) md. James Curtis (b.abt 1843 NC/SC d.1906 Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co, TX) at Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana in 1872.
Children are Robert Curtis (b.1873 KY), Arthur Curtis(b.1878 IN), Daisy Curtis (b.1874 IN), and Hannah Curtis (b.1884 TX)

Any info on Julia? I have the marriage license she was only 17 or 18 so I assume here parents were in Indiana in 1870, but have come up blank all around.

Re: McMURRYs in TN

tnmyhome2 — 2008-08-27 08:01:44Z

I am not positive on this, but I belive in my research on this group of people, that there was another Gilly/Gillie, who might have been an aunt to the younger Gilly McMurry.
I would have to go back into my notes and things on what I found on them. The McMurrys and the Gilberts and Renfroes were all intertwined...

McMURRY Warren C 1926-1982

t42justin — 2008-12-30 13:41:36Z

McMURRY Warren C 1926-1982

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Re: McMurry Generational Journal

DonMcMurray44 — 2008-11-26 14:58:39Z

Hi Crystal, yes I have lots of information on the McMurray family. It's too long a story to post here. Send me your e-mail address at don@storybookbnb.com and I will contact you.

Regards, Don

Re: McMurry Generational Journal

MaryKayArmstrong — 2008-11-26 15:01:00Z

I'm trying to determine the parentage of Jane McMurry b. abt 1806 NC (probably Rutherford).
I just copied the will of Samuel McMurry dated July 1803. It mentions wife Margret, sons Andrew, James, Samuel, Thomas, and John. It mentions daughters Jean, Margret, Sarah (m. Alexander Baldridge), Elizabeth (m. Henry Callahan), Eleanor, Jane, Mary, and Agnes.
Jane (I believe McMurry) m. Callaway Waldrop. They are found in the 1830 census in Rutherford Co., NC. A few doors away is Margaret McMurry 60-70 years old, so she was b. bet 1760-70... I don't know if this is a wife of one of the sons or the daughter Margret. I don't think it could be Samuel's wife unless he married more than once, and a much younger woman. Other researchers have put the birth date of Elizabeth McMurry Callahan at abt. 1772. Another has Sarah McMurry Baldridge b. bet 1755-1765 and her sister Jane b. bet 1777-1778. [Alexander Baldridge m. #1 Sarah and #2 Jane.] Margret McMurry is the only McMurry in the 1830 census in Rutherford Co., NC. My Jane is probably her daughter... but who is the father?
Has anyone researched this Samuel McMurry line? Especially the sons.. Andrew, James, Samuel, Thomas, and John.
Thanks for any help.

Re: William McMurry, 1850 Marion Co., TN

JudyDees51 — 2008-10-14 13:25:44Z

I have an Elizabeth McMurry born in 1847 in TN. I do not know who her parents were. She married a William Clendening b. 1840 TN and they had 5 children. They migrated from TN to AR to TX. Elizabeth would be my GGGrandmother.

James Patrick McMurry/McMurray of Illinois

heatherkuhn_1 — 2009-01-16 22:43:34Z

Looking for information on James Patrick McMurray/McMurry born in 1874 in Illinois. He married Catherine "unknown" and they had at least four children: Katherine, Mary, Blanche and James Thomas. His parents may be Thomas and Catherine McMurray, but I do not have conclusive evidence. I believe that he may have spent the bulk of his later years in Freeport, Stephenson County. Any information would be wonderful!

Re: McMurry

TAW23188 — 2009-02-08 06:25:07Z

Donald Tawney lives in Williamsburg Virginia you can reach me at 757-565-1847 yes I am the one your are looking for. I have been in contact with Tom but he has moved again.

McMURRY J W 1858 1933

t42IOOF_DenCoTX — 2008-10-27 23:14:57Z

McMURRY J W 1858 1933

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Re: John McMurry

SandraStephens50 — 2008-08-26 16:09:53Z

What is the location???

John McMurry

jzmyers1 — 2008-08-26 15:17:44Z

He is my husband's gr-gr grandfather born in 1819, died in 1857. I would like to find his parents and his wife's parents. Her name was Maria or Mariah Filson born in 1818 died in 1898.

Re: John McMurry

jzmyers1 — 2008-08-26 19:31:21Z

My husband is not a McMurry (His grandmother was).
Our John McMurry was born in 1819. He is buried in the Savannah Cem. in New Castle, PA. He had 7 children.
Does this help? I have more info. Do you have anything to add?

Re: John McMurr(a)y married Margaret Ewing

pattyd58 — 2009-01-17 07:48:06Z

John McMurray according to the U.S> International Marriage record was born in 1720 in Pennsylvania. I believe it is more likely that he was born in Ulster, Ireland and came as part of the Nottingham Colony in the 1740s (Check out Google Books: "History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church and her People", Greensboro, NC. Rev S.M. Rankin.)He settled on Horsepen Creek, Rowan Co, NC, after serving in the Rev. War (Pennsylvania 6th regiment under Capt. John Doyle;Rev War records..p. 860..Oct 1778.Company organized July 16, 1776. He died there in 1783. (See book: by Worth S. Ray, pps. 289-351 "Tennessee Cousins")