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20/01/2017
20/01/2017 Private James McMurran, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Emyvale, County Monaghan, died of wounds.
20/01/2017
20/01/2017 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 19th March 1917:
20/01/2017 The CWGC record Private J McMurrin as the son of John and Matilda McMurrin of Tonynumery, Emyvale, County Monaghan.
20/01/2017 Private J McMurrin is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France.
20/01/2017 Private James McMurrin was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of wounds in France on Friday 9th March 1917.
20/01/2017 James McMurrin enlisted in Aughnacloy. He was still living in Monaghan at the time.
20/01/2017 The 1911 census lists James as age 14, living with the family at house 2 in Tonynumery, Anketell Grove. James was still at school.
20/01/2017 The 1901 census lists James as age 4, living with the family at house 1 in Tonynumery, Anketell Grove, County Monaghan. They were a farming family.
20/01/2017 Family: John McMurrin, Matilda McMurrin, Lizzie McMurrin (born about 1884), Mary McMurrin (born about 1890), Edward McMurrin (born about 1892), Margaret McMurrin (born about 1894), John McMurrin (born about 1896), James McMurrin (born about 1897), William McMurrin (born about 1899), George McMurrin (born about 1900).
20/01/2017 Derivatives of the spelling of the surname include McMurran, McMurrin and McMurren.
20/01/2017 James McMurrin was born about 1897 in Aragon, County Monaghan. He was one of ten children, eight surviving.
20/01/2017 James McMurrin was the son of John and Matilda McMurrin. They were married about 1882.
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