Alexander Murray

Background

Alex, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, left Britain with his wife and four-year-old son Alexander, Junior. on the India for South Australia and arrived on 4 January 1840.

Career

He served for a short term in the South Australian parliament. They initially settled at Morphett Vale, and began farming there. He had skills as a painter, and in 1845 took an exhibition "South Australia As lieutenant Is" to Scotland.

He moved to Coromandel Valley where he built a home "Craiglee" and around 1857 a factory to manufacture biscuits, the first in South Australia, and ten years later was producing around 165,000 pounds (75,000 kg) of biscuits annually.

He started making "Adelaide" jams sometime before 1869 and by 1876 was producing 500 tons annually. He died at his home aged 76 years and 6 months.

Alex Murray & Son had only recently been accepted into the Chamber of Manufactures, but its financial position was not sound: after Alexander"s death creditors were paid 10½daughter in the £ (around 44%). and the derelict factory fell into decay. Murray & Son. Albany Murray (11 February 1865 – 7 November 1938) married Beatrice May Fiveash (died 10 July 1950) on 17 August 1898.

Lived Fashoda Street, Hyde Park then Brandreth Street, Tusmore.

He worked for Doctorate. & J. Fowler, then worked for his father until 1902, was involved in biscuit making in New Zealand, then returned to South Australia to help run the factory of West. Menz & Company

A. Ronald Murray (27 March 1868 – 11 December 1941) of Adelaide

James Gordon Murray (19 December 1875 – ) married Lilla Murray Adams on 14 June 1905, lived at Kalgoorlie. Elizabeth Helen "Nellie" Murray married Lachlan McTaggart on 15 January 1896

youngest son Peter Albany Murray (ca1839 – 17 August 1864).

Membership

He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the seat of Sturt from August 1867, when he filled a vacancy created by the death of Joseph Peacock to March 1868.

Connections

Partner:

Peter Cumming