• Born: 16 Dec 1838, Tallow, Co Waterford, Ireland
• Baptised: Tallow, Co Waterford, Ireland
• Marriage: DENNIS, Harriet Marianne on 18 Nov 1860 in RC Church Of St John, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia ¹
• Died: 2 Feb 1926, Lewisham Private Hospital, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia at age 87 ²
• Buried: 4 Feb 1926, Roman Catholic Cemetery, Campbell's Hill, Maitland West, New South Wales, Australia

  General Notes:

Michael had come to Australia from Tallow, Waterford, Ireland, in 1858. He had had hopes of being a school-teacher in Australia. However, he commenced work in a butcher's shop in Maitland, a town about 120 miles north of Sydney, New South Wales. He must have learned the butchering business well, for he soon opened his own shop, which is still to be seen, at 217 High Street. [ ... ] Michael MURRAY grew to be one of the most respected men in this rich, rural township. Local citizens gave him a dinner and presentation on the eve of his departure for a trip home to Ireland in 1906. ³

  Baptism Notes:

Sponsors John & Catherine MURRAY

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration, 1858, New South Wales, Australia. ³

• Miscellaneous: Immigration deposit paid for John MURRAY (brother), 25 Feb 1864, New South Wales, Australia. ⁴

• Occupation: butcher, 217 High Street: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

• Land: Rutherford, New South Wales, Australia. ³ When he left school, Michael's son John joined his father's business, doing work in the shop, and mustering on the family property out of town at Rutherford.

• Travel, 1906, Tallow, Co Waterford, Ireland. ³

Michael married Harriet Marianne DENNIS, daughter of William DENNIS and Winifred BEANEY, on 18 Nov 1860 in RC Church Of St John, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.¹ (Harriet Marianne DENNIS was born on 25 May 1839 in Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia, baptised on 2 Jun 1839 in Church Of England, Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia,⁵ died on 21 Oct 1910 in High St, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia ⁶ and was buried on 23 Oct 1910 in Roman Catholic Cemetery, Campbell's Hill, Maitland West, New South Wales, Australia.)