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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3] |
Malcolm McMurchy |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
4 Mar 1802 |
Argyll, Scotland |
| Marriage |
29 Mar 1842 |
Clarke, Durham, Canada West, United Province of Canadato Janet Renwick |
| Death[1][3] |
14 Feb 1865 |
DeKalb, Illinois, United States |
| Burial[1] |
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Ohio Grove Cemetery, Cortland, DeKalb, Illinois, United States |
Extract from Biographical Sketches of De Kalb County, IllinoisS2:
Malcolm McMurchy, Sr. was reared in his native land and there learned the carpenter's trade, an "occupation which he followed exclusively while yet residing in his native land. In an early day he crossed the ocean to Canada, and in 1845 came to Kane county and there worked at his trade. On the 29th of March, 1842. he married Jeannette Renwick, a daughter of Walter Renwick, both of whom were natives of Scotland. William Renwick. the paternal great-grandfather of our subject, was a native of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and was also a farmer by occupation He emigrated to America with his family, and in De Kalb county, Illinois, engaged in farming, a vocation at which he continued until his death at the age of eighty years. Malcolm McMurchy, Sr., came to De Kalb county in 1850, and located on his farm where our subject now resides in 1863, and there died, February 14, 1865, at the age of sixty years.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Family Tree, in Renwick, Donna. Descendants of William Renwick. (Sept 7, 2005).
Malcolm McMurchy b: 03 Apr 1802 in Argylshire, Scotland m: 29
Mar 1842 in Canada Residence: 1836 Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Property: 1914 Esmond, DeKalb Co., Illinois d: 14 Feb 1865 in DeKalb Co., Illinois Burial: Feb 1865 Ohio Grove Cemetery, DeKalb Co., Illinois
- ↑ Malcolm McMurchy, in The Biographical record of De Kalb County, Illinois. (Chicago [Illinois]: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1898)
Page 284, 1898 .
See extract from the biographical sketch of his son in Personal History section
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Malcom McMurchy household, in Richard, Bernice C. 1850 federal census of De Kalb County, Illinois. (19--)
29 Oct 1850.
This is the only source that indicates he and his wife were born in Switzerland. It is likely that the other sources are correct.
Name: Malcom Mcmurchy
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1802
Birthplace: Switzerland
Home in 1850: Pampas, DeKalb, Illinois
Gender: Male
Family Number: 80
Household Members:
Name Age
Malcom Mcmurchy 48
Jennet Mcmurchy 36
Ellen Mcmurchy 16
Daniel Mcmurchy 7
Walter Mcmurchy 5
John Mcmurchy 3
Malcom Mcmurchy 0
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