Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Rev. John Alexander Higgins Burn-Murdoch

Rev. John Alexander Higgins Burn-Murdoch

Clergyman
Male 1824 - 1883  (59 years)


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  • Name John Alexander Higgins Burn-Murdoch 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 17 Apr 1824  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Baptism 11 May 1824  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Education 1832  Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation Clergyman 
    Degree 25 Apr 1846  University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 9 May 1883  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Siblings 5 brothers and 3 sisters 
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2020 

    Father John Burn
              b. 28 Aug 1793  
              d. 21 Aug 1862, Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Anne Maule Murdoch
              b. 18 Apr 1803  
              d. 21 Dec 1871 (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1820  Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5] 

    Wife Elizabeth Susan Clerk-Rattray
              b. Between 1824 and 1840  
              d. Between 26 Mar 1859 and 1950 (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1857  Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage John was 33 years old - Elizabeth was ~ 33 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Paul Robert Burn-Murdoch, CBE
              b. 26 Mar 1859
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2020 

  • Notes 
    • He was licensed by the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh in 1852. He was ordained by that Presbytery to Nice on 17th September, 1857. He was called to Langholm, Dumfries-shire, in 1864, but remained in Nice.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Apr 1824 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 11 May 1824 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - 1832 - Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDegree - 25 Apr 1846 - University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Oct 1857 - Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 May 1883 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    John Alexander Higgins Burn-Murdoch
    'The Burn-Murdochs of Gartincaber'

  • Sources 
    1. [S0068] John Burke and John Bernard Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry, 1st Edition Reprint, (1849), 1849, Burn-Murdoch of Gartincaber; Volume 3, page 240.

    2. [S0248] Murdoch Family Bible, (This is an 1815 bible gifted by Anne Maule Murdoch to her grandfather James), 1817, Notes on first pages.

    3. [S0265] Edinburgh Academical Club, Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, The, (Edinburgh, 1914), Page 69.

    4. [S0261] ecclegen - Ministers of the Free Church of SCotland 1843-1900, (http://ecclegen.com), http://ecclegen.com/ministers-m/.

    5. [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 18 Mar 1820, Anne Maule Murdoch; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY3C-LM4 : 11 February 2020), Anne Maule Murdoch in entry for John Burn, 1820.