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Mary Johanna MURRAY (1810-1875)
| Name: | Mary Johanna MURRAY |
| Sex: | Female |
| Father: | James Patrick 2 MURRAY (1782-1834) |
| Mother: | Elizabeth RUSHWORTH (1783-1865) |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | 5 Jan 1810 | Merrion, Dublin |
| Death | 31 Mar 1875 | Purbrook |
Marriage (1)
| Spouse | Andrew NEWTON ( - ) | |
| Children | Murray NEWTON ( - ) | |
| Marriage | 14 Jul 1834 | Benowen |
Marriage (2)
| Spouse | William Francis HARVEY (1805-1893) | |
| Children | Elizabeth Maria HARVEY (1850-1941) | |
| Thomas William HARVEY (1852-1905) | ||
| Marriage | 13 Feb 1849 | |
Individual Note
Mary Joanna was born at Merrion nr. Dublin on 5th January 1811. One of her godfathers was Sir John Pringle Dalrymple (see notes on picture). She married twice, firstly on 10th July 1834 to Andrew Newton MD who died on 1st December 1837. They had a son James P. Murray Newton who died young and childless.
Secondly she married on 13th February 1849 Wm. F. Harvey of Purbrook Heath House in Hants. They had two children: the elder was Elizabeth Maria Harvey (known as 'Cousin Lizzie') born 1850 and died in 1941, and the younger Thomas William Harvey ( known as 'Cousin Tom') born 1852 and died 1905. Both lived together at Purbrook and when Lizzie died in1941, as they had no heirs the house and its contents were left to their cousin Edward 'Ted' Murray. (see story of Purbrook).
She died on 31st March 1875 at Purbrook and her husband died on 23rd April 1893. Both are buried in Christchurch cemetery, Portsdown.
She made the tapestry which survives and left a large book of franked envelopes which she collected from her Father's mail as a girl in Ireland, and which were signed by quite a few famous people of the day.