Career
According to the Parish Registers at the General Register Office in Edinburgh four brothers were registered at Crawfordjohn, Lanarkshire:
Thomas Hunter Murray on October 25, 1813
Alexander William Hunter Murray on October 22, 1815
William Murray on April 13, 1817
Ebenezer Murray on May 21, 1819
Alexander, William and Ebenezer were all in Canada by 1841, but found steady work very difficult to find. Alex joined the American Fur Company in 1842 and Hudson"s Bay Company in 1846.