William MURRAY
[7/3/1855-18/8/1927]
married
ISABELLA LESLIE
[born 15/4/1857]
[7/3/1855-18/8/1927]
married
ISABELLA LESLIE
[born 15/4/1857]
William was born at Fourpenny, Dornoch, son of Walter Murray and Elspet Macintosh. He married Isabella Leslie in Inverness on 20 October 1899. William was described as a farmer from Fourpenny at his marriage and Isabella was a domestic servant living at Douglas Support, Coatbridge. Isabella is the daughter of John Leslie, crofter and Jane Sutherland of Dornoch. William and Isabella then left Sutherland for Canada where it is known they had a daughter, Elsie.
William died at his home in Vancouver on 18 August 1927. William had been a store keeper. He had been in the province for six years and had been in Canada for 22 years. William is buried in the Ocean View Cemetery and also remembered on his parents gravestone in Dornoch. An obituary appeared in the ‘Northern Times’ in Sutherland which included the lines: “Many of us can still recall the fine qualities which constantly characterized the behaviour of William Murray – his transparent honesty, his touch of nobility in assisting his less fortunate fellows, and his big affection, made him a man of a genial personality and a lasting friend”. Obit shown in full on his parents reference.
William died at his home in Vancouver on 18 August 1927. William had been a store keeper. He had been in the province for six years and had been in Canada for 22 years. William is buried in the Ocean View Cemetery and also remembered on his parents gravestone in Dornoch. An obituary appeared in the ‘Northern Times’ in Sutherland which included the lines: “Many of us can still recall the fine qualities which constantly characterized the behaviour of William Murray – his transparent honesty, his touch of nobility in assisting his less fortunate fellows, and his big affection, made him a man of a genial personality and a lasting friend”. Obit shown in full on his parents reference.
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