Origins of surname
This surname either comes from the Gaelic for 'seaman', or is a derivation of merry
Early records
In 1747 George Murray, a soldier, was the first of several to marry local girls, when he and Elizabeth Le Gros were married at St Martin. There is no record of this couple, nor soldier James Murray and Philippine de la Cour, who married in St Lawrence in 1780, having children in Jersey.
Hugh, another soldier, married Anne Malzard in St Saviour in 1801 and their daughter Anne was baptised in St Helier two years later.
Variants
- MacMurray
- McMurray
- Murray
- Murrey
- Moray
Family records
Family trees
Church records
- Murray baptisms in Jersey
- Murray marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Murray marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Murray burials in Jersey
Family wills
These wills created by members of the family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Murray : Alexander Thomas Ramsay , of 21, Cranston Road, Forest Hill, Kent, - 31/Mar/1883 , 07/Feb/1899 , D/Y/A/58/11
- Murray : Isabella Stewart , native of St Helier, of Garthland Nursing Home, Baronald, Lanark - 16/Jun/1956 , 07/Dec/1964 , D/Y/B1/82/34
- Murray : James Florence , of Norcott House, St Saviour, retired Lt Colonel - 31/Aug/1888 , 26/Oct/1893 , D/Y/A/52/80
- Murray : James Robertson , of St Austell, Green Street, St Helier and formerly of St Anne's, Mont a l'Abbe, St Helier - 19/Oct/1957 , 07/Nov/1978 , D/Y/B1/289/2
- Murray : James Somerville , of 9, Arcadia Road, Umtali, Rhodesia - 13/Nov/1961 , 22/May/1973 , D/Y/B1/190/43
- Murray : Kenneth Crosthwaite , of Upper Cranmore, Heyshott, Midhurst, Sussex - 18/Oct/1971 , 19/Jan/1973 , D/Y/B1/185/13
- Murray : Margaret Ellen , widow of Jordan Constantine John, of La Frenaie, Herupe, St John - 20/Jan/1976 , 18/Sep/1978 , D/Y/B1/286/8
- Murray : Mary , of 'Market Inn' Hilgrove Lane, St Helier : - 06/Mar/1883 , 06/Apr/1883 , D/Y/A/43/39
- Murray : Thomas Frederick , of Hilda's Cafe, London Road, Blackwater, Surrey and formerly of 43, The Garth, Aldershot Road, Ash, Surrey - 06/Jul/1960 , 31/Jul/1962 , D/Y/B1/70/21
- Murray : William Henry , Montrose, Grands Vaux, meat purveyor - 23/Dec/1915 , 16/Jan/1919 , D/Y/A/79/6
- Murray : William James , of The Nest, Havre des Pas, - 20/Sep/1893 , 27/Feb/1896 , D/Y/A/55/17
Burial records
Family album
James Alban Murray
James Alban Murray
Family businesses
Umbrella repairs 1911
1905
Family gravestones
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Murray - St Ouen parish cemetery
Murray - St John’s Church cemetery
St Lawrence
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