James Harvey Murray is my husbands Great Grandfather and prior to my research we only had the barest of details and a few family stories about him. We had heard that he was smuggled out of Ireland with the assistance of Catholic priests after shooting someone. We were also informed that he was a very large violent man who had done very well for himself in business (something to do with cinemas) after his arrival in Asia, and that he lived with his part Japanese wife and daughters in a large house in Singapore. At some stage his business interests supposedly suffered a down turn but the family remained comfortable. It was not known when he died but it was supposed to be some time before the Second World War. He is proving to be quite an interesting character to research. Definitely a family black sheep and not the nicest person to have ever lived, but people come in all shapes, sizes and character types and I am not interested in judging them. I still have a lot ...
My genealogy journey.