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Alexander Murchison
Birth: 25 December 1765, Inverness, Inverness, Scotland
Death: 23 Jun 1859 Perth, Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada
Married: Barbara McCrutchey (McRitchie) circa 1802
Barbara McRitchie
Birth: 1 August 1778, Inverness, Inverness, Scotland
Death: 18 Jul 1861 Perth, Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada
Alexander Murchison was born on December 25th, 1765 in Isle of Skye, Inverness, Scotland. He died June 23rd, 1859 in Perth, Victoria Co, New Brunswick and was buried in 1859 in Old Methodist Church, Andover. Alexander married Barbara McRitchie (McCrutchey) about 1801 in Scotland. Alexander was employed as Mason in the 104th Regiment of Foot (NB). He immigrated in 1804. He was in the regiment from October 8th, 1804 until May 24th, 1817. He resided in Saint john county in 1817. He resided in Fredericton in 1817 and he resided in Kent, Carleton County in 1822.
Barbara McRitchie was born in July 1778 in Scotland and was christened on August 1st, 1778 in Inverness, Inverness, Scotland. She died on July 18th, 1861 in Perth, NB. Buried in Old Methodist Church graveyard. Barbara immigrated in 1805.
They had 5 children:
i. Margaret Murchison
ii. George S. Murchison
iii. Jane Murchison
iv. Lucy Ann Murchison
v. William R. Murchison
George Murchison married Rebecca Underwood.
They had 11 children:
i. Alexander Murchison b. June 1st, 1834
ii. Mary Jane Murchison b. February 6th, 1836
iii. Martha Murchison b. August 19th, 1838
iv. William Murchison b. December 17th, 1839
v. Johnathan Murchison b. August 5th, 1842
vi. Thomas Murchison b. August 14th, 1844
vii. George Murchison b. October 12th, 1847
viii. Hugh Murchison b. October 14th, 1849
ix. Daniel Murchison b. July 8th, 1851
x. Barbara Murchison b. October 5th, 1853
xi. Rebecca Murchison b. August 23rd, 1855
Thomas C. Murchison married Alice Fay Rideout.
They had 12 children:
i. Barbara Ann Murchison b. July 3rd, 1883
ii. Mary Jane Murchison b. December 9th, 1884
iii. George Milburn Murchison b. September 3rd, 1886
iv. Elijah Leopold Murchison b. December 26th, 1888
v. Ruby Leona Murchison b. April 6th, 1894
vi. Emily Rowena Murchison b. November 21st, 1895
vii. Elizabeth Ruth Murchison b. November 21st, 1895
viii. Wilmot Earl Murchison b. July 16th, 1897
ix. Percy Edger Hail Murchison b. October 8th, 1898
x. Alice Murchison b. February 13th, 1900
xi. Charles Winifred Faye Murchison b. July 26th, 1901
xii. Elva Alice Kathleen Murchison b. April 3rd, 1903
Wilmot Earl Murchison married Mary Olive Hartt.
They had 12 children:
Earl Murchison was born July 16th, 1897 in Four Falls, NB. He was baptized October 2nd, 1899. He died in April 1970, Perth-Andover, NB. Earl was buried in Four Falls, NB. Earl married Mary Olive Hartt. She was born on February 15th, 1903. Olive was baptized March 20th, 1903. Her Godparents were Thomas Underwood and Catherine McCarthy. She died 1953 in Four Falls, NB.
They had 12 children:
i. Adrian Murchison b. September 8th, 1923
d. February 1986
m. Dorothy McNally
ii. Owen Beecher Murchison b. February 10th, 1925
d. March 31st, 1994
m. (1st) Vera Mildred Williams October 14th, 1948
(2nd) Marion Plant
iii. Merrold Wilmot Murchison b. January 28th, 1926
d. November 23rd, 1986
m. Mae Elizabeth McNeil January 28th, 1955
Merrold and Mae Murchison had six children:
1. Dale Douglas Murchison
2. Daryl David Murchison
3. Merrold Wilmot Murchison
4. Alexander Earl Murchison
5. James Edward Murchison
6. Daniel Allen Murchison
iv. Emma Kathleen Murchison b. April 22nd, 1927
m. Roy Holmes April 1953
Roy and Emma Holmes had six children:
1. William Roy Holmes
2. Percy Allen Holmes
3. Erma Mae Holmes
4. Jasper Sherwood Holmes
5. Dale Brent Holmes
6. Francis Owen Holmes
v. Sheldon Percy Murchison b. May 31st, 1928
d. January 4th, 1965
m. Carmen Evelyn Davenport August 18th, 1948
Sheldon and Carmen Murchison had seven children:
1. Alice Faye Murchison
2. Sharon Patricia Murchison
3. Sheldon Percy Murchison
4. Stephen Allen Murchison
5. Dwayne Allison Murchison
6. Dewitt Murchison
7. Mary Murchison
vi. Preston Leopold Murchison b. November 23rd, 1929
m. Marie May Caron 1954
Preston and Marie Murchison had four children:
1. Robertine Theresa Murchison
2. Patricia Ann Murchison
3. Monica Jean Murchison
4. Paula May Murchison
vii. Delbert Sherwood Murchison b. December 3rd, 1930
d. April 27th, 1991
m. Beatrice Foubert October 1st, 1956
Delbert and Beatrice Murchison had five children:
1. Delbert Sherwood Murchison
2. Joseph Lloyd Murchison
3. Peggy Ann Murchison
4. Mary Murchison
5. Gordon Murchison
viii. Leitha Marie Murchison b. July 21st, 1934
m. Joseph Fisher Holmes October 1953
Joseph and Leitha Holmes had eight children:
1. Joseph Fisher Holmes
2. David Earl Holmes
3. Richard Wayne Holmes
4. Peter Leigh Holmes
5. Paul Douglas Holmes
6. Anna Marie Holmes
7. Margaret Ann Holmes
8. Danny Thomas Holmes
ix. Earlen Paul Murchison b. March 3rd, 1938
m. Shirley Ann McNeil
Earlen and Shirley Murchison had four children:
1. Kimberly Louise Murchison
2. Deborah Lynn Murchison
3. Kevin Lloyd Murchison
4. Brenda Lee Murchison
x. Edith May Murchison b. October 3rd, 1940
xi. Etta Alice Murchison b. December 21st, 1941
xii. Lillian Eleanor Murchison b. June 24th, 1945
m. Ronald Michaud
Ronald and Lillian Michaud had three children:
1. Peter Brent Michaud
2. Wayne Rodney Michaud
3. Janet Michaud
Sheldon Percy Murchison married Carmen Evelyn Davenport August 18th, 1948.
They had 7 children:
i. Alice Faye Murchison born November 4th, 1948
m. David John Barclay November 21, 1969.
a. Julie Elizabeth Barclay born March 8, 1970.
b. David Ryan Barclay born April 4, 1973.
m. Michelle Rose Mersereau May 24, 1997.
Katherine Mathea Cleven born November 12, 1990.
Sydney Rose Barclay born July 13, 2000.
Danielle Alexa Barclay born June 13, 2005.
Callie Dawn Barclay born May 24, 2007.
ii. Sharon Patricia Murchison born August 18th, 1951
a. Jennifer Erin Murchison born July 28, 1981. m. Evan Victor Koziel October 7, 2006.
Lachlan Craig Patrick Koziel born November 23, 2007.
Ethan Sam Francis Koziel born November 23, 2007.
iii. Sheldon Percy Murchison born June 10th, 1954
iv. Stephen Allen Murchison born December 15th, 1955
a. Richard William Bearfoot born July 5, 1980.
v. Dwayne Allison Murchison born September 2nd, 1957
vi. Dewitt Murchison born September 2nd, 1957 d. September 2nd, 1957
vii. Mary Murchison born March 23rd, 1959 d. March 23rd, 1959
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