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Dennis Murray
b.Abt 1856 Burt, County Donegal, Ireland
d.13 Jan 1893 Pittsburgh, Alleghey County, Pennsylvania
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m. 16 Feb 1882
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Dennis Murray died of "typhoid from meningitis" on January 13, 1893 at the age of 36. He lived on California Avenue in the 11th Ward of Pittsburgh (?) at the time. He had been there two weeks. Allegheny County Land records Direct index, M-O 1881-1895; FHL US/CAN Film 1533098 There is a John Murray listed with Dennis and his sisters on the Steamship India passenger list. This might be William or another Murray not known previously. info on SS India from www.cimorelli.com/magellan/ The INDIA was built by W. Simons & Co, Renfrew, purchased on the stocks by Handyside & Henderson (more popularly known as the Anchor Line), and launched in July 1868. 2,290 tons; 94,97 x 11,18 meters/311.6 x 36.7 feet (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion (2nd North Atlantic steamer with compound engines), service speed 12 knots; accommodation for 60 passengers in 1st class and 500 in steerage. 6 February 1869, maiden voyage, Glasgow - Moville - New York. 8 July 1874, last voyage, Glasgow - Queenstown - New York. 1874, Glasgow - Mediterranean - New York - Glasgow (3 roundtrip voyages). 1875-1882, Glasgow-Liverpool-Bombay (18 roundtrip voyages); also 3 voyages Bombay-Mediterranean-New York-Glasgow. 1877, new compound engines by D & W Henderson Ltd. 1882-1893, Glasgow- Mediterranean-New York-Glasgow (30 voyages). 16 April 1893, last voyage, Leghorn-Naples-New York (arrived 15 May). August 1894, scrapped [Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 454]. Pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 132, courtesy of Mystic Seaport Museum, 50 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT 06355-0990. - References
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