Hi Joanne, the furthest Murray I have located is my gt gt grandfather James Murray. He was born about 1838, but the earliest record I have for him is his wedding certificate in 1859.(I have him on the 1861 and 1871 census, and his death certificate.) If I recall correctly-I began this around 15 years ago and had a break(!) the reasons for my struggle to find him before 1859- I applied for a couple of birth certificates for around 1838, but received a letter stating that the name of the father was wrong. (From his wedding certificate his father's name was John Murray, a weaver.) Next, with him getting married in 1859, I tried the 1861 census. I found him now living with his wife and two young children at a different address to where he was living two years previous on his wedding certificate. So I thought if I found this address it may be his parents home. It was 45 Angel Street, which I think was a lodging house. So without knowing his mothers name I am struggling to find/prove between 1838 and 1859,a James Murray, born in Manchester around 1838, son of John Murray, weaver, Andy On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:25 AM, Joanne Humphrey <joanne1humphrey@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Andy > > I am also researching Murray ancestors in Manchester, but there are so many > of them and mine don't have unusual forenames so what I know is a bit > sparse. > > They came from Londonderry in the 1850s and consisted of Catherine, b about > 1803 and her children Susan, Margaret, Catherine, James and William. I am > descended from Susan. Do any of those sound familiar? > > Joanne > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gillykh > Sent: Thursday, 21 February 2013 4:04 PM > To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] MURRAY > > HI Andy, > Perhaps you could tell us what info you have ,and what info you would like. > Gilly > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Andrew And Jenny > Murray > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:00 PM > To: ENG-MANCHESTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-MAN] MURRAY > > > Hi everyone, I have just returned to this list after an extended break. I > am > researching many ancestors in the Manchester area, but at this moment > concentrating on my MURRAY and HEWITT surnames. > Andy Murray > Sent from my iPad > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > > Please SNIP when replying. > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >