Alexander Murray, Australian Entrepreneur
Alexander MURRAY was born 21 October 1852 in the St. Cuthbert's District of Edinburgh.
He was a son of James MURRAY and Agnes RITCHIE.
In the early 1870's, young Alexander made his way to Melbourne, Australia. On
the southwest shore of Port Phillip bay near Melbourne is the shipping village
of Williamstown where Alexander married Maria Elizabeth DURLEY on 28 August
1878. Maria was born on 22 December 1857 and was the daughter of William
Henry DURLEY, Esquire of Frankston and Harriet Sarah BROOKS.
Alexander and Maria soon moved east to the Lakes Entrance district of Victoria.
Here, the newlyweds ran a coffee palace and Alexander started a very successful sawmill business.
During the 1880's, the family lived in several towns in the Lakes Entrance area such
as Lucknow and Bairnsdale. Sometime during the 1890's, the family moved to Bendigo in central Victoria.
Here Alexander ran a hotel and also a furniture shop. During tough economic times, Alexander also
sold automobile radiators and sheep dip products.
The family eventually moved to Toorak, a very trendy suburb of Melbourne.
The home of Alexander and Maria at Toorak is shown in the photograph at left and
again behind the old family auto at right (click for photos for larger image).
Alexander MURRAY died at the home in Toorak, Melbourne, Australia on 22 November 1923 and Maria
Elizabeth Durley
MURRAY died there on 14 May 1929. Alexander and Maria are buried in the family plot in the Brighton
Cemetery in Melbourne. A photograph of the family headstone is at right (click on photo
for larger image). Also buried here is their daughter Emma and Maria's mother.
Many thanks to
Robert CASEY, great-great-grandson of Alexander and Maria MURRAY,
for supplying the information and the photos used on this page.
Children of Alexander MURRAY and Maria DURLEY:
i. James Alexander MURRAY, who was born on 29 March 1879 in Sale, Victoria.
James married Mary Elizabeth GRAY on 19 July 1905. Mary was born in 1879 and died in 1955 in
Bendigo. James Alexander MURRAY died on 01 May 1948.
ii. Edith Harriett MURRAY, who was born on 15 April 1880 in Lucknow, Victoria, Australia.
iii. Violet Agnes MURRAY, who was born on 04 October
1881 in Bairnsdale, Victoria.
iv. Emma Elizabeth MURRAY, who was born on 13 May
1883 in Bairnsdale.
v. Blanche Cecelia MURRAY, who was born on 13 May 1887.
vi. Ida Lynette MURRAY, who was born 07 April 1889.
vii. Keith Durley MURRAY, who was born on 29 July 1897 in Lockwood, Victoria.
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