John Murray
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Background
John Thomas Murray arrived in Victoria in 1850, and married Winifred Connelly at St Francis, Melbourne on 14 September 1852.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
John and Winifred travelled to Ballarat and settled on the Eureka Diggings where their first three children were born. Mary Ellen Murray born 19 June 1853; Michael John Murray born 2 October 1854 just before the battle at Eureka (he would have been only two months old on the morning of the attack); and Catherine Murray born 28 March 1857. Another seven children were born in Ballarat.
Family history passed down states that Mary Ellen was the first white girl born on Eureka. It has also been passed down that ‘it was under her bed that Peter Lalor hid from the traps when wounded’.
Post 1854 Experiences
Mary Ellen Murray married Joseph Mannion and they lived in Smythes Road, Sebastopol. Michael John Murray married Bridget Closkey and they lived in Dowling Street where they raised 13 children.[1]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Roy Comrie, great grandson of John Thomas Murray, email 12 Jan 2009.
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