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1 2. James McMurtrie 1824, b. 1824 Kirkmichael, m. Agnes Sloan, 2 June 1850 at Straiton, Ayr, SCT,
d. 1883 at Schoullwych, Kilbirnie, Sct
James McMurtrie was born in Kirkmichael about 1825 according to census records of his adult years. By 1841, we find him
living with William and Isabella Robertson in Whitehill of Maybole. In 1850, he married Agnes Sloan in Straiton and by
1851 he was living in Dalrymple where his daughter Janet was born. He was then an agricultural laborer though he was later
identified as a forrester and at the end of his life as a carter. He moved back to Kirkmichael for a few years in the 1850s
and then early in the 1860s, he moved northward in Ayrshire to Ardrossan and then on to Kilbirnie by 1867 where he died in
1883.
His parentage is uncertain. Though his son James b 1852 was the informant on the death certificate, the information seems
somewhat bogus. The death certificate states that he was son of James McMurtrie and Isabella Robertson, nee Henderson
later McMurtrie. We can find no record of such a couple nor of such a Henderson, yet we do have a record of an Isabella
Henderson marrying Thomas McMurtrie in Edinburgh in the 1830s and an Isabella Henderson later marrying a Robertson. It is
as if the clerk had access to the indexes and grafted these facts onto the alleged mother of James McMurtrie. However,
there is a documented connection of James McM to an Isabella Robertson. When he was a teenager in 1841, he lived with an
Isabella Robertson (wive of William Robertson) who was born in Kirkmichael. The Robertsons were still in Maybole in 1861,
but died in Dalrymple in the 1880s.
Isabella Robertson's 1889 death record in Dalrymple at the age of 86 is misleading also because it states her parents as
John Wright (Bower) and Jane McMurtrie. The only record we have for such a couple is the 1830 marriage of John
and Jane with Jane being the daughter of Andrew McMurtrie andd Jane McFedreis. The 1851 Maybole census lists a Jane Wright
aged 77 (hence born about 1774) living with the Robertson's, but the 1863 death record for a Jane Wright lists her as
single and the daughter of John Wright and Jean Finlay.
We can find no evidence of a connection between James McM and any of the McMurtrie families who lived in Kirkmichael in
the 1820s or of the Maybole McMurtrie family that came to Crosshill in the late 1830s. William McMurtrie of CF 7 b 1786
Maybole came to Crosshill in the late 1830s and in the 1841 census has a son Renald b 1827 who does not appear in later
records or in the birth registers. We are tempted to believe that James was another unrecorded son of William who remained
behind in Maybole. However, this is just wild guessing. There is a James McMurtrie of Riggend Lanarkshire who married
with Mary Wilson of Kirkmichael Village had a natural daughter Mary in 1825. We could surmise another child to this
couple, but have no evidence for it.
In sum, we are left knowing that James McMurtrie is somehow connected to the McMurtrie family but not knowing how.
2. James McMurtrie 1824, b. abt 1824 Kirkmichael, d. 1883 at Schollwynd, Kilbirnie, Sct
A forrester
Spouse: Agnes Sloan
Married 2 June 1850 at Straiton, Ayr, SCT.
Children:
1 3. Janet McMurtrie, b. 11 May 1851 at Dalrymple, Ayr, SCT
2 4. James McMurtrie 1852, b. 9 October 1852 at Dalrymple, Ayr, SCT, m. Jane Millar, 7
October 1880 at Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct, d. 1927 at Saltcoats, Ayr, SCT
3 11. Sarah McMurtrie, b. 27 December 1854 at Kirkmichael, Ayr, SCT
4 12. John McMurtrie, b. 7 September 1856 at Kirkmichael, Ayr, SCT, m. Christina
Cunningham, 24 January 1883 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT
5 21. William McMurtrie, b. 30 June 1859 at Kirkmichael, Ayr, SCT, d. 16 August 1861 at
Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct
6 22. Agnes McMurtrie, b. 24 December 1862 at Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct
7 23. Thomas McMurtrie, b. 8 February 1867 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct, d. 1870 at Kilbirnie,
Ayr, Sct
8 24. Jeannie McMurtrie, b. 13 February 1870 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct
9 25. Mary McMurtrie, b. 12 October 1875 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct, d. 1878 at Kilbirnie, Ayr,
Sct
3. Janet McMurtrie, b. 11 May 1851 at Dalrymple, Ayr, SCT
4. James McMurtrie 1852, b. 9 October 1852 at Dalrymple, Ayr, SCT, d. 1927 at Saltcoats, Ayr, SCT
A boarding house keeper in 1924
Spouse: Jane Millar, b. 1855
Married 7 October 1880 at Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct.
Children:
1 5. James McMurtrie 1881, b. 22 August 1881 at Kilmore, Sct, m. Mary Louise McKelvie,
19 September 1910 at St. Mary's Manse, Minard Rd, Partick, Glasgow, Sct, d. 28 June
1916 at WW1
2 7. William Miller McMurtrie, b. 1884 at Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct, m. Margaret Stewart
Kerr, 16 January 1924 at Douglas Hotel, Glasgow, SCT, d. 1954 at Kilbride, Sct
3 8. John McMurtrie (2), b. 12 November 1887 at Saltcoats, Ayr, SCT
4 9. Digald McKenzie McMurtrie, b. 1 November 1892 at Harmony Pl, Windmill St,
Saltcoats, Ayr, Sct
5 10. Mary McKenzie McMurtrie, b. 1894 at Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct
5. James McMurtrie 1881, b. 22 August 1881 at Kilmore, Sct, d. 28 June 1916 at WW1
Lance Corporal, 3904, 2nd Bn, Seaforth Highlanders
Spouse: Mary Louise McKelvie, b. 1893
Married 19 September 1910 at St. Mary's Manse, Minard Rd, Partick, Glasgow, Sct.
Children:
1 6. James McMurtrie 1911, b. 13 February 1911 at Crowhill Cottage, Bishopbriggs, Sct
6. James McMurtrie 1911, b. 13 February 1911 at Crowhill Cottage, Bishopbriggs, Sct
7. William Miller McMurtrie, b. 1884 at Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct, d. 1954 at Kilbride, Sct
A joiner
Spouse: Margaret Stewart Kerr, b. 1889
Married 16 January 1924 at Douglas Hotel, Glasgow, SCT.
8. John McMurtrie (2), b. 12 November 1887 at Saltcoats, Ayr, SCT
9. Digald McKenzie McMurtrie, b. 1 November 1892 at Harmony Pl, Windmill St, Saltcoats, Ayr, Sct
10. Mary McKenzie McMurtrie, b. 1894 at Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct
11. Sarah McMurtrie, b. 27 December 1854 at Kirkmichael, Ayr, SCT
12. John McMurtrie, b. 7 September 1856 at Kirkmichael, Ayr, SCT
A ship's baker
Spouse: Christina Cunningham, b. at Glasgow, SCT
Married 24 January 1883 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT.
Children:
1 13. James Cunningham McMurtrie, b. 17 October 1883 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT,
m. Mary Stark, ca. 1923, d. 26 October 1970 at Vancouver, BC, CAN
2 19. John William McMurtrie, b. April 1885 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT, d. 2 October 1915
at WW1
3 20. Elizabeth Lilly McMurtrie, b. September 1887 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT, d. 1968 at
Glasgow, SCT
13. James Cunningham McMurtrie, b. 17 October 1883 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT, d. 26 October 1970 at Vancouver, BC, CAN
To Vancouver BC Canada
A plumber
Spouse: Mary Stark, b. 7 October 1891
Married ca. 1923.
19. John William McMurtrie, b. April 1885 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT, d. 2 October 1915 at WW1
Unmarried
20. Elizabeth Lilly McMurtrie, b. September 1887 at Govan, Glasgow, SCT, d. 1968 at Glasgow, SCT
Unmarried
21. William McMurtrie, b. 30 June 1859 at Kirkmichael, Ayr, SCT, d. 16 August 1861 at Old Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct
22. Agnes McMurtrie, b. 24 December 1862 at Ardrossan, Ayr, Sct
Died 1895 aged 39 in West Derby?
23. Thomas McMurtrie, b. 8 February 1867 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct, d. 1870 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct
24. Jeannie McMurtrie, b. 13 February 1870 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct
25. Mary McMurtrie, b. 12 October 1875 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct, d. 1878 at Kilbirnie, Ayr, Sct
Descendant families report created by Gene 4.2.1, Sun, 26 Aug 2001