 1834 - 1898 (64 years)
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| Name |
Richard Lewis Murrow [1] |
| Birth |
8 Jan 1834 |
2 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, Ireland  [2] |
| Christening |
4 Feb 1834 |
Parish of St. Mary's, Dublin, Ireland [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1853 |
Draper |
| Residence |
1853 |
Christ Church, County of Dublin |
| Occupation |
Between 1857 and 1870 |
Organist to Lurgan Church |
| Residence |
Between 1858 and 1859 |
Union Street, Lurgan, Co. Armagh |
| Residence |
Between 1868 and 1872 |
Queen Street, Lurgan, Co. Armagh |
| Occupation |
1872 |
Accountant [1] |
| Occupation |
Between 1873 and 1878 |
Cashier and bookkeeper |
| Residence |
1873 |
9 Fitzroy Place, Belfast |
| Residence |
Between 1877 and 1892 |
44 Fitzroy Avenue, Belfast |
| Occupation |
Between 1884 and 1897 |
Accountant |
| Residence |
Between 1894 and 1897 |
113 Fitzroy Avenue, Belfast |
| Residence |
1898 |
17 Cliftonville Avenue, Belfast |
| Death |
1 Dec 1898 |
Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland [4] |
| Burial |
3 Dec 1898 |
I 177 Belfast Cemetery, Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland |
| Age: 65 |
| Agency: Proprietary Ground Section II Class 3 Number 177 |
| Cause: Apoplexy |
Address:
17 Cliftonville Ave
Belfast, Co. Antrim
Ireland |
| Notes |
- Family lore:
According to family lore, Richard Murrow and his wife had four children, all of whom died at one time. They had eleven more, and then his wife died, leaving him to rear the children. I have found no record of these first four children. (Vivienne Murrow's diary reports two children who died, much more realistic in the time frame.)
I have a reproduction of a long, low stool that was placed in front of the fire. My mother told me that her mother Florence and two older brothers used to kneel there for family prayers and see who could spit farthest into the fire.
Another story tells of one of the boys on the way home from school running into the Catholic church and putting mud in the holy water. When he found out about it, his father told him that, as soon as his next piano student left, he was going to cane him. Teacher and student, in duet, played a fortissimo chord and were rewarded with a terrible banging noise. When the father opened the piano to see what was wrong, hidden there was the cane he planned to use. Before caning the boy, the father told him to take off his pants. The boy did so, revealing another pair underneath. On taking those pants off, he finally got his punishment.
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Vestry Minutes, Church of Christ the Redeemer, March 3, 1872:
"The churchwarden handed in the resignation of Mr. Murrow, organist. Three months notice given from 1st. April next."
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From Longstreet Murrow Hull:
Street's mother, Nancy Linthicum Hull, gave him a medal that she had worn as a pendant. It was awarded to Richard Murrow by Christ Church Cathedral in 1851. It is pictured on this page.
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- Florence Murrow Hull named her younger son Richard Louis for her father, whose name was Richard Lewis Murrow in the family Bible but Richard Louis Murrow on his tombstone.
- From Dr. R. Stuart Kinsella, research advisor, archives@christchurch.ie, Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, 24 September 2015:
... I'm delighted to have confirmed that Richard Murrow was a chorister in the cathedral. This would have been in the time of (later Sir) Robert Prescott Stewart, who was a huge musical presence in Dublin in the second half of the 19th century. Wikipedia has plenty on him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Prescott_Stewart but there is also a Ph.D. thesis on him as well if you've time! http://eprints.maynoothuniversity.ie/1479/
... in the 1848 edition (p.300) [of Thom's directories], out of 7 choristers, the 4th listed is R. Murrow, and I have to say he is amongst illustrious company. Also included are J. Horan (who became the organist) and G. W. Torrance, also a well-known organist who had a large influence on the musical scene in Australia. The 1850 edition (p. 300) lists R. Murrow first out of 6 choristers (which suggests that he might have been the most senior), while unfortunately, in 1851, the choristers are not listed in the directory.
... it is very likely that he learnt how to play the organ from R. P. Stewart, particularly given that two of his fellow choristers went on to become important organists.
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| Person ID |
I0203 |
Hull | Descendants of Pierre Mesney |
| Last Modified |
29 Dec 2015 |
| Father |
Richard Murrow, b. Abt 1799 d. 2 Jan 1844, Dublin, Ireland (Age ~ 45 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Catherine Morgan, b. c. 1811, Dublin, Ireland d. Jan 1883, West Ham, Essex, United Kingdom (Age ~ 72 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Feb 1833 |
Monkstown Church Co. Dublin |
| Notes |
- From Dublin Acts/Grants/Wills 1800-1858:
Diocesan bond:
Richard Murrow to Mary Cath. Morgan 1833 Marr. Lic.
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| Family ID |
F784 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Louisa Jane Mesney, b. Abt 1829 d. 10 Aug 1878, Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland (Age ~ 49 years) |
| Marriage |
17 Jan 1853 |
St. Saviour's Parish, Devon, England [5] |
| Children |
| | 1. One Murrow d. Bef 1857 |
| | 2. Two Murrow d. Bef 1857 |
| | 3. Three Murrow d. Bef 1857 |
| | 4. Four Murrow d. Bef 1857 |
| + | 5. Mary Louisa Murrow, b. 1856, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. 26 Mar 1943, Garden City, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York (Age 87 years) |
| | 6. Richard Mesney Murrow, b. 2 Jun 1857, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland |
| + | 7. George William Murrow, b. 1858, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. 4 Jan 1947, Chicago IL (Age 89 years) |
| | 8. Richard du Mesnil Murrow, b. 17 Jan 1860, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. 17 Dec 1934, Chicago, Cook Co., IL (Age 74 years) |
| + | 9. Winifred Mesney Murrow, b. 3 Jul 1861, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. 22 Jun 1901, Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland (Age 39 years) |
| | 10. Louisa Jane Murrow, b. 11 Feb 1863, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland |
| | 11. Elizabeth Rosa Augusta Murrow, b. 25 Aug 1864, Avenue Road, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. 29 Oct 1913, Nursing Home, London (Age 49 years) |
| + | 12. Louis Henry Tottenham Murrow, b. 19 Aug 1866, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. Sep 1926, Islington, Greater London, England (Age 60 years) |
| + | 13. Gerald Victor Patrick Murrow, b. 23 Sep 1868, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. 24 Oct 1913 (Age 45 years) |
| | 14. Florence Malcolm Eveleen Mesney Murrow, b. 7 Jan 1872, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland d. 5 Nov 1937, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (Age 65 years) |
| | 15. Gertrude Norah Adelaide Murrow, b. 30 Nov 1873, Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland |
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| Family ID |
F073 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Jan 2014 |
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| Photos |
 | Medal
Awarded by the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church Cathedral to Rich'd Murrow for Uniformly Good Conduct and Diligence 1851 |
 | Medal - Obverse
Christ Church Cathedral Dublin |
| Documents |
 | Marriage certificate
Richard Louis Murrow and Louisa Jane Mesney, 17 January, 1853, Totnes, Devon, England |
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| Sources |
- [S11918] Lurgan No. 1 Civil Birth Register.
- [S15710] Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, (June 1900).
Place of birth of Father of this person [Florence Hull]: Ireland
- [ST. MARY'S PARISH REGI] 1831-1841.
Feb. 4 1834 Richard Lewis of Richard & Cath. Murrow
- [S14958] Deaths Registered in the District of Belfast No. 3.
No. 42. 1898 First December, 17 Cliftonville Avenue. Richard Louis Murrow. M. Widower. 64 years. Accountant. Apoplexy, 7 days, Certified. Harry Haslett, present at death, 14 College Gardens. First December 1898. H. D. Osborne, Registrar.
- [S17082] Marriage Certificate.
RLM age 20, Bachelor, Draper, Christ Church, Dublin, Richard Murrow, Draper
LJM age 23, Spinster, -, St. Saviours, William Mesney, Revenue Officer
Witnesses W. Mesney, Mary Mesney
GRO Jan-Mar Volume 5b Page 307 No. 173
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