Gen: McMurray Family (61.html)

The above photo lists the members of the McMurray Family that immigrated to Montreal, Canada from Ireland in June, 1908. All of the information on this page has been uploaded to the free Family Search site. You will probably need to register at that site to view some of this data. On that site, Sarah McMurray is LVJZ-JSZ. A record of her arrival in Canada in 1908 can be viewed here . Sarah McMurray married Thomas Redmond and had 7 children. A list of all persons named Redmond in Quebec in the 1901 census are listed at the end of this article.

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Image of full page of passenger list (a portion of which is the image:above)

Family from Passenger List:

#	Name..........	Age of Adult	Age of	Birth Year
		Male \| Female	Minor	(est.)
27	Mrs. McMurray	.........\| 40		1868
28	Riley McMurray	.........\| 19		1887
31	Irwin "		12	1896
30	George? "		11	1897
29	Sarah "		9	1899
33	Walter "		2	1906
32	John B51944? "		6[mo]	1907

NB John is thought to be 6 months old (This would agree with the 1911 Canada Census)
NB Possibly Gauthier McMurray was known by the nickname: Walter.
NB Possibly Walter's info was reversed (really being 6 years old, born in 1902)
NB Children are sorted in order of est. birth dates.
NB It is unknown who is Riley McMurray (on the second line)
NB Irwin might be an alternate spelling or pronunciation of Orvin on the 1911 Census

The following information applies to all of the above persons:
Ultimate Destination:Montreal
Source: "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2H2V-MZ4 : accessed 17 March 2015), Walter Mcmurray, Jun 1908; citing Immigration, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, T-493, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Family Search Register for Walter McMurray (on Ship's List)

Interpreted information for Walter McMurray:
Person Name: Walter McMurray
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: June 1908
Event Place: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Age: 2
Birth Year (est.): 1906
...NB Possibly Walter's info was reversed (really being 6 years old, born in 1902)
Birth Place: Ireland
Ship Name: Lake Erie
Film:T-493, Folder:004542390, Image #: 00919
Source: Family Search Records

Family Search Register for Sarah McMurray (on Ship's List)

Interpreted information for Sarah McMurray:
Person Name: Sarah McMurray
Event Type: Immigration
Event Date: June 1908
Event Place: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Age: 9
Birth Year (est.): 1899
Birth Place: Ireland
Ship Name: Lake Erie
Film:T-493, Folder:004542390, Image #: 00919
Source: Family Search Records

1911 Census for the same family (although some birth years differ slightly)

1911 Census of Sarah McMurray, her parents and siblings:

1911 Canada Census for Montreal QC, Canada 
Home/1911/Quebec/Maisonneuve/25 Montreal/page 3
 
      Fam.Name Given  Sex        MWS Bir:M/Yr Age 
15 26 Cassidy  Ernest   M Head     M Feb 1887 24 1901 
16 26 Cassidy  Lilian   F Wife     M Jun 1889 22 1901 
17 26 McMurray Veuve    F Mother   W Jul 1866 45 1901 (Veuve de George)
18 26 McMurray Orvin    M Son      S Dec 1894 17 1901 
19 26 McMurray George   M Son      S Mar 1896 15 1901 
22 26 McMurray Sarah    F Daughter S Jan 1897 14 1901 
20 26 McMurray Gauthier M Son      S Jul 1902  9 1901 
21 26 McMurray John     M Son      S Nov 1907  4 1901 
(NB children are sorted in order of birth dates.)
(NB MWS mean Married, Widowed or Single.)
(NB The birth years agree quite well with the est. birth years from the passenger list above)

All Persons named REDMOND in Quebec in the 1901 Canada Census.

In the complete list of all the persons named Redmond in Quebec in 1901, there were only two persons named Tom or Thomas. Thomas Redmond, born Apr 15,1878, lived in Saint-Georges, Beauce, QC. Tom Patrick Redmond, born Dec 21, 1884, lived in Saint-Gabriel ward in the Hochelaga district of Montreal, QC. This Tom Patrick Redmond may indeed be the husband of Sarah McMurray. His father is apparently already dead or missing in 1901. Information about this Tom Patrick Redmond is shown below:
Text: Table of All Redmonds in Quebec in 1901
PDF: Table of All Redmonds in Quebec in 1901

Tom Patrick Redmond in Montreal Hochelaga, QC, Canada in 1901
Source: 1901 Canada Census of Quebec

Tom Patrick Redmond in 1901 Canada Census

Sheet:Tom Patrick Redmond in 1901 Canada Census

This corresponds to the following information sent to David Cole by Allan Redmond in 2015:

Barb and I are going to Ireland in May [2015]. My grandmother was Sarah McMurray. She had a brother Walter. She also had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. She was from Belfast. We think she died in either Montreal or Noranda between 1960 and 1965.

WebMaster: David Cole

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Date: 2015 C Mar 17

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