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Mr & Mrs William and Mary Murray

Mr & Mrs William and Mary Murray

Date Added: 16 June 2023 Year Range: 1900 - 1926 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: | 2020_009_04 | Picture No: 15798

Monochrome photograph of Margaret Sutherland of Hillview, Rearquhar and William Murray of Achatomlimi, Nr Langwell, Rogart. After their marriage, they lived in Gilbert Street, Dornoch. William was a carpenter and the couple left Dornoch so that he could help build missions in Cape Province, South Africa where they later became missionaries themselves.

While in Africa the couple had six children, David, James, John, William, Christopher and Marian. The family returned to Dornoch for holidays but in 1926 during a visit home, William senior died of Blackwater Fever. The infection is caused by complication of Malaria. After his death the family remained in Dornoch.

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