Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Hector Burn-Murdoch

Hector Burn-Murdoch

Lawyer (Barrister)
Male 1881 - 1958  (77 years)


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  • Name Hector Burn-Murdoch 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 30 Mar 1881  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation Lawyer (Barrister) 
    Death 20 Apr 1958  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Probate 28 Jul 1958  London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Siblings 3 brothers 
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2020 

    Father Archibald Murdoch Burn-Murdoch
              b. 10 Dec 1836, 13 Melville Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Jun 1916 (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary Harriet Burn-Callander
              b. 8 Apr 1844  
              d. 6 Feb 1922 (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1874  Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5

    Wife Katherine Mary "Molly" Bruce
              b. Abt 1894, Currie, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Jan 1960, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1921  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Age at Marriage Hector was 40 years old - Katherine was ~ 27 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Katharine Anne Burn-Murdoch
              b. 8 Jan 1922  
              d. 1974 (Age 51 years)
     2. Mary Hariot Burn-Murdoch
              b. 29 Dec 1923  
              d. Abt Apr 2012 (Age 88 years)
     3.
     4. Phoebe Dorothea Burn-Murdoch
              b. 20 Aug 1932  
              d. 7 Jun 1980 (Age 47 years)
     5.
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2020 

  • Notes 
    • of Balabraes, Ayton, Berwickshire.

      Family Life
      From The Times, 8th January 1921:
      Major H. Burn-Murdoch and Miss K.M. Bruce
      An engagement is announced between Major Hector Burn-Murdoch, R. of O., Q.O Cameron Highlanders, of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, son of the late Archibald Burn-Murdoch, W.S. and Katharine Mary (Molly), younger daughter of William Patrick Bruce, Braeburn, Currie, Midlothian



  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Mar 1881 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Mar 1921 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Apr 1958 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 28 Jul 1958 - London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Hector Burn-Murdoch
    Hector Burn-Murdoch

  • Sources 
    1. [S0149] Ancestry, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (ancestry.co.uk), 30 Mar 1881, Hector Burn-Murdoch; FHL Film Number232687; Ref 367.

    2. [S0119] Ancestry, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (ancestry.com), 1958, Hector Burn-Murdoch.

    3. [S0078] Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families (5th Edition), 1905, Burn-Murdoch; page 190.

    4. [S0301] FamilySearch, England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, (familysearch.org), 1874, Archibald Burn-Murdoch; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DGX-B2J : 13 December 2014), Archibald Burn-Murdoch, 1874; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1874, quarter .

    5. [S0385] Ed. Peter Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Landed Gentry 19th Edition (Scotland), (Wilmington, Delaware, 2001), Callander of Prestonhall; p132+.

    6. [S0266] National Records of Scotland, Statutory Register of Marriages, (ScotlandsPeople), 29 Mar 1921, Hector Burn-Murdoch; 685/148.