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Thomas Hector MUIR 1796–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1796

Birth Location: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Feb 1879

Death Location: Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Father: William MUIR

Mother: Margaret HANCE

Spouse(s): Mary ANDERSON, Elizabeth BURNS

Children(s): John MUIR, James MUIR, William MUIR, Mary MUIR, Elizabeth MUIR

The story of Thomas Hector MUIR began in 1796 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Thomas Hector MUIR married Elizabeth Burns, Mary Anderson, and had children including Elizabeth Muir, James Muir, John Muir, Mary Ellen Muir, William Muir. Thomas Hector MUIR passed away in 1879 in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Thomas Hector MUIR began in 1796 in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Thomas Hector MUIR married Elizabeth Burns, Mary Anderson, and had children including Elizabeth Muir, James Muir, John Muir, Mary Ellen Muir, William Muir.
  • Thomas Hector MUIR passed away in 1879 in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William MUIR
1770–1831
Birth Location: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margaret HANCE
–1840
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Mary ANDERSON
1800–1850
Birth Location: Ireland
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Elizabeth BURNS
1819–1901
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

John MUIR
1825–1895
Birth Location: Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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James MUIR
1816–
Birth Location: –
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William MUIR
1829–
Birth Location: –
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Mary MUIR
1860–
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth MUIR
1861–1920
Birth Location: –
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Thomas MUIR's Ancestors

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Thomas MUIR
1796–1879
Birth Place: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
William MUIR
1770–1831
Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret HANCE
–1840
Grandparents
David (William) MUIR
1738–
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William MUIR
1714–1793
Agnes FINDLAY
1716–1746
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William MUIR
1676–1758
Barbara GESCHAW
1700–

Thomas MUIR's Descendants

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Thomas (Hector) MUIR (1796–15 Feb 1879) m. Mary ANDERSON (1800–1850) m. Elizabeth BURNS (1819–1901)
  1. 1. John MUIR 1825–1895 m. Elizabeth (Kennedy) McWHIRTER 1815–1895
    1. 1. Mary MUIR 1853–1921 m. Robert MATHESON 1847–1929
      1. 1. Ellen MATHESON 1888–1980 m. William (Jamieson) LESTER 1882–1941
        1. 1. Thelma (Elizabeth) LESTER 1924–2010 m. Desmond (Victor) PAYNE 1926–2020
        2. 2. Ernest (Gordon) LESTER 1910–1994
        3. 3. Ellen (Alma) LESTER 1916–1987
        4. 4. William (Robert) LESTER 1907–1984
  2. 2. James MUIR 1816–
  3. 3. William MUIR 1829–
  4. 4. Mary (Ellen) MUIR 1860–
  5. 5. Elizabeth MUIR 1861–1920

Thomas MUIR's Timeline

2 Records

1796
1796
Birth of Thomas Hector MUIR in Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1879
15 Feb 1879
Age 83
Death of Thomas Hector MUIR in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1796
    Event Place: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1879
    Event Place: Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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