Henrietta BLAKISTON (1837-1918)

1. Henrietta Victoria BLAKISTON was born on 24 June 1837. She married James Pulteney MURRAY on 11 September 1862 in Paddington, London. She died on 14 February 1918 in Bath.

 

James Pulteney MURRAY, son of James Edward Ferguson MURRAY (1806-1834) and Katherine Jane SLAUGHTER ( -1836), was born on 8 June 1833. He died on 21 August 1874. He and Henrietta Victoria BLAKISTON had the following children:

 

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Georgina Maria MURRAY (1864-1939)

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James Arthur MURRAY (1865-1940)

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William Harry Elibank MURRAY (1866-1937)

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Edward Rushforth Blakiston MURRAY (1868-1942)

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Henrietta MURRAY (1870-1959)

Second Generation

2. Georgina Maria MURRAY, daughter of James Pulteney MURRAY and Henrietta Victoria BLAKISTON, was born on 23 April 1864 in Barnstaple. She died on 15 August 1939 in Leamington Spa.

 

3. James Arthur MURRAY, son of James Pulteney MURRAY and Henrietta Victoria BLAKISTON, was born on 16 October 1865 in Gosport, Hants. He had the title 'Rev'. He was a Priest. He died on 21 December 1940 in Leamington Spa.

 

unmarried.

 

4. William Harry Elibank MURRAY, son of James Pulteney MURRAY and Henrietta Victoria BLAKISTON, was born on 5 December 1866 in Gosport. He was a Merchant, Seaman. He married Bertha Delamore BROUGHAM on 14 December 1892. He died on 28 September 1937 in New South Wales, Australia.

 

"AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List Homestead Leases 1897"
"MURRAY William Harry Elibank Walgett Nth - Finch - Dungalear, Euminbah 2560 4 97-4 .... 97-6795 Refused" - whatever this means!

 

Bertha Delamore BROUGHAM died in 1914. She and William Harry Elibank MURRAY had the following children:

 

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Rita Lindsey MURRAY (1895- )

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Douglas Elibank MURRAY (1898-1989)

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Mabel de Vaux MURRAY (1900-1938)

 

5. Brigadier General Edward Rushforth Blakiston MURRAY, son of James Pulteney MURRAY and Henrietta Victoria BLAKISTON, was born on 7 December 1868 in Kingstown, Dublin. He was a Soldier. He married Hilda Dorothea PAUL on 15 August 1905 in Loughborough. He died on 27 April 1942 in Bath.

 

Edward Rushworth Blakiston Murray started his military career in the Royal Marines in 1888 at Forton Barracks, Gosport at the age of 19. His own father James Pulteney Murray had died relatively young and the family lived in Ireland. Whilst stationed at Gosport and completing his early service life, he spent many happy hours in his off-duty times at Purbrook Heath House, and became very attached to the old house and to Tom and Lizzy Harvey( Mary Joanna's son and daughter) who were his father's first cousins. He would go there most weekends, ride the horses, walk in the woods and go to church on Sundays at Widley. Mary Joanna died in 1875 and Lizzie was already the hostess and mistress of the house. Lizzie was very diligent in keeping up with her many cousins and having them to stay- Cousin Betsy with Delia and Denise, Cousin Gladys and the Rushworth cousins, Lily and the Mahons. ERBM ,and later with his wife Dorothea , were also invited to bring a little James and Tom, also little Betty with her nanny. Betty also stayed there twice as an adult.

 

(http:/fishponds.freeuk.com/bathfatal.htm) for details on the family's tragic death in the Bath blitz.

 

Hilda Dorothea PAUL died on 27 April 1942 in Bath. She and Edward Rushforth Blakiston MURRAY had the following children:

 

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James Patrick MURRAY (1906-1993)

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Thomas Edward Elibank MURRAY (1908- )

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Elizabeth MURRAY (1911- )

 

6. Henrietta MURRAY, daughter of James Pulteney MURRAY and Henrietta Victoria BLAKISTON, was born on 18 April 1870 in Castleknock, Ireland. She died on 28 January 1959 in Burnham on Sea.

Third Generation

7. Rita Lindsey MURRAY, daughter of William Harry Elibank MURRAY and Bertha Delamore BROUGHAM, was born on 27 April 1895. She married John Frederick WYLY in 1917.

 

John Frederick WYLY and Rita Lindsey MURRAY had the following children:

 

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Valerie Patricia WYLY (1919- ). Valerie was born in 1919 in New South Wales, Australia. She was a Nurse. She married Frank Bennett BARTHOLOMEW in 1946.

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Peter Brougham WYLY (1922- ). Peter was born in 1922 in New South Wales. He was a Methods Engineer.

 

8. Douglas Elibank MURRAY, son of William Harry Elibank MURRAY and Bertha Delamore BROUGHAM, was born on 6 November 1898 in New South Wales. He died on 1 November 1989 in New South Wales. He married Rewa O'HARA. He married Ngaio Milva BARNOTT.

 

Australian Light Horse in Palestine, WW1.

 

Rewa O'HARA and Douglas Elibank MURRAY had the following children:

 

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William Eion MURRAY (1938- ). William was born on 8 April 1938. He married Sheila Marion PONT in 1970 in Canada.

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Pamela Anne MURRAY (1940-1999). Pamela was born on 6 June 1940 in Quirindi, New South Wales. She was a Nurse. She married C Terence MCKENNA in 1967. She died on 1 October 1999 in Hamilton, New Zealand.

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Rita Gail MURRAY (1942- ). Rita was born on 25 February 1942 in Gordon, New South Wales. She married Graham John Horrigan BURNS on 12 October 1974 in New South Wales.

 

9. Mabel de Vaux MURRAY, daughter of William Harry Elibank MURRAY and Bertha Delamore BROUGHAM, was born on 16 November 1900 in New South Wales. She died on 9 November 1938 in Sydney.

 

unmarried.

 

10. James Patrick MURRAY CMG, son of Brigadier General Edward Rushforth Blakiston MURRAY and Hilda Dorothea PAUL, was born on 10 October 1906 in Rangoon, Burma. He was a Colonial Civil Servant. He married Margaret Ruth BUCHANAN on 21 May 1934 in Broken Hill, N. Rhodesia. He died on 8 January 1993 in Surrey, England.

 

James attended St. Edmunds School, Oxford.

 

Margaret Ruth BUCHANAN was born on 23 August 1908 in Devon, England. She and James Patrick MURRAY had the following children:

 

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James Alexander Gideon MURRAY (1936- ). James was born on 18 September 1936 in Ft. Rosebury, N. Rhodesia. He was an Accountant. He married Gillian Mary ADCOCK on 11 September 1965 in Woking.

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Patrick Edward MURRAY (1939- ). Patrick married Margaret Ruth BUCHANAN on 21 May 1934 in Broken Hill. He was born on 11 August 1939.

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Thomas Walter MURRAY (1942- ). Thomas was born on 17 January 1942.

 

11. Thomas Edward Elibank MURRAY, son of Brigadier General Edward Rushforth Blakiston MURRAY and Hilda Dorothea PAUL, was born on 31 July 1908. He married Hester Doreen BENTLEY.

 

Hester Doreen BENTLEY died in 1942.

 

12. Elizabeth MURRAY, daughter of Brigadier General Edward Rushforth Blakiston MURRAY and Hilda Dorothea PAUL, was born on 29 September 1911.

 

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