William Gordon Mack Burn-Murdoch
1862 - 1939 (77 years)-
Name William Gordon Mack Burn-Murdoch Relationship 
with Marion Murdoch Johnson Gender Male Birth 22 Jan 1862 [1] Census 1871 4 Bruntsfield Gardens, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom 
[2] Census 1881 Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom [3] Death 19 Jul 1939 Siblings3 brothers and 6 sisters Last Modified 18 Jun 2020
Father William Murdoch Burn-Murdoch
b. 9 Nov 1822, 48 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
d. 12 Apr 1878 (Age 55 years)Mother Jessie Cecilia Mack
b. 1830, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
d. 9 May 1891, 18 Merchiston Park, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 61 years) Marriage 25 Jul 1850 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom [4, 5]
Wife Jean Usher
b. Between 1817 and 1881
d. 12 Jun 1927 (Age ~ 110 years)Marriage 14 Jul 1897 [1] Age at Marriage William was 35 years old - Jean was ~ 80 years old. Last Modified 27 Apr 2020
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Notes - Summary
William Gordon Burn Murdoch (22 January 1862 – 19 July 1939) was a Scottish painter, travel writer and explorer. Murdoch travelled widely including India and both the Arctic and the Antarctic. He is said to be the first person to have played the bagpipes in the Antarctic. He published several travel books as well as being an accomplished artist. A cape in the South Orkneys is named in his honour.
Death
William died on the 19th of July 1939. An announcement in The Times of 21st of July 1939 reads:
Burn-Murdoch On July 19, 1939, at a nursing home, William Gordon Burn-Murdoch, of Westloch, Coldingham, Berwickshire, and Arthur Lodge, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, artist, son of the late William Burn-Murdoch, MD, of Edinburgh, aged 77. Funeral private.
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Event Map 
Census - 1871 - 4 Bruntsfield Gardens, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom 
Census - 1881 - Polwarth Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom = Link to Google Earth
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Photos William Gordon Burn-Murdoch
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Sources - [S0385] Ed. Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition (Scotland), (Wilmington, Delaware, 2001), 2001, Burn-Murdoch; Volume 1; Pages 1061-1063.
- [S0137] Ancestry, 1871 England Census, (ancestry.co.uk), 1871, Burn-Murdoch family; Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 113; Page: 1; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1871_166.
- [S0251] Ancestry, 1881 Scotland Census, (ancestry.co.uk), 1881, Jessie Cecilia Mack & family; Registration Number 685/1; Registration district St George; ED 4; Household schedule number 109; Line 1; Roll cssct1881_279.
- [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 25 Jul 1850, Jessie Cecilia Mack; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYM2-VBZ : 11 February 2020), Jessie Cecilia Mack in entry for William Murdoch Burn Murdoch, 1850.
- [S0423] FamilySearch, Scotland Church Records and Kirk Session Records, 1658-1919, (familysearch.org), 25 Jul 1850, Jessie Cecilia Mack; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HR-HN97 : 9 March 2018), William Murdoch and Jessie Cecilia Mack, 25 Jul 1850; citing Marriage, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, The National Archives of Scotland, Edin.
- [S0385] Ed. Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition (Scotland), (Wilmington, Delaware, 2001), 2001, Burn-Murdoch; Volume 1; Pages 1061-1063.