The D'Arcy Archive
1863

Francis Murdoch

Of Ayr, Ayr, Scotland.

FamilyAsserted by the family tree. No record has been found for them, and none has been shown against them either. How this archive grades a claim →

Francis Murdoch1863in the tree
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

None of the 8 relationships shown here is written in a record this archive has read. Every one comes from the family tree. That is not a claim that they are wrong — it is a statement about what has been checked, and on this site the difference is the point. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born3 NOV 1863Ayr, Ayr, Scotland

Counted here with the Murdoch family · that family →

Family

Parents

Francis Murdoch · Marion Watt

Brothers and sisters

William Murdoch (1856–1918) · Marion Fleming Murdoch (b. 1859) · James Murdoch (b. 1861) · Janet Murdoch (b. 1867) · George Murdoch (b. 1868) · Jeanie Murdoch (b. 1870)

Where this comes from

No relationship on this page has been checked against a record — the parents, marriages and children drawn above are what the family tree says. Nothing else has been found for them either way. How claims are labelled →

Every entry naming Francis Murdoch in the register →

Others of the same name

This family reuses forenames relentlessly. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Why →

Everywhere Francis appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes aboutFrancis Murdoch in prose, gathered automatically — 4 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →

The Murdochs

…der fifty-eight years. Her children tell the story → Three generations, three hearts 1824 Francis Murdoch · 1824–1909 Labourer, of St Quivox, Ayr. He married Marion Watt at Avondale, Lanarkshire, on 6 May 1854 — the parish of which Str…

Errands

…which is the rarer and duller of the two outcomes. Context → 25 Open The generation above Francis Murdoch ScotlandsPeople · credits, a login Reference requests/scotlandspeople-murdoch.md What it settles The branch the archive has most…

What Has Been Read

…at two. 13 Sep 2026 FreeREG — Ayrshire, Murdoch could not be reached The generation above Francis Murdoch of St Quivox 128 Murdoch records in Ayrshire, across Galston, Tarbolton, Ayr, Kirkoswald, Loudoun, Dailly, Beith and Dunlop — and…

Sources

…tion/5000163 The birth of William Murdoch at St Quivox and Newton, 7 October 1856, naming Francis Murdoch and Marion Watt; and their marriage at Avondale, Lanarkshire, 6 May 1854. ScotlandsPeople itself, which holds the register images…

Sources attached in the tree

  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-760929850/francis-murdoch-in-familysearch-family-tree

These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →

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