The McMurry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,687 people carried this name — #8,882 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,726 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McMurry surname

Variant of McMurray.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McMurry» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McMurry in American newspapers,
1897–1911.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name McMurry
New-york Tribune 1905-08-26
Newspaper page from The Freeman carrying the name McMurry
The Freeman 1911-04-01
Newspaper page from Hutchinson Gazette carrying the name McMurry
Hutchinson Gazette 1897-11-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,002 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McMurry in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

54 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McMurry. The most, 13, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 15
New South Wales 11
Victoria 11
South Australia 8
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McMurry.

Who carried it

People named McMurry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas S. McMurry
    Thomas S. McMurry 1855–1918 · politician
  • Lillian McMurry 1921–1999 · record producer
  • Lida B. McMurry (1853-1942) 1853–1942 · teacher educator
  • Ruth Emily McMurry 1892–
  • Leonard McMurry 1913–2008 · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McMurry,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States329 records

329 records of the McMurry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 128
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 55
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. McMurry

    Born 1916 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Shelby; driver. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roderick Dane McMurry

    Born 1946; from Mossyrock, Washington. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fanny McMurry

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool, aged 26; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 329 records for McMurry in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the McMurry name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph McMurry

    Arrived in Victoria in 1880 aboard the Somersetshire, aged 20.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Isabella McMurry

    Of Glendaruel, Victoria; died 1901.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas McMurry

    Arrived in Victoria in 1880 aboard the Somersetshire, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for McMurry in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the McMurry name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Thomas McMurry

    Listed at Windsor Township, Hants, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 1 of 3 records for McMurry in Canada.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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