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====== Why a Murray-Prior history? ====== | ====== Why a Murray-Prior history? ====== | ||
- | In December 1838, TLM-P travelled to [[wp> | + | In December 1838, TLM-P travelled to [[wp> |
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- | {{ :tlmp.jpg?300}} Photo: Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior 1819-92 (referred to as **TLM-P** in this history)((Provenance: | + | {{ :tlmp.jpg?250}} Photo: Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior 1819-92 (referred to as **TLM-P** in this history) |
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- | This family history helps answer the above questions. In doing so, it records fascinating characters and great stories, and provides an intriguing window on the past. We try to give as much context as is needed to understand the family history, but equally hope that the individual lives help us understand the past. TLM-P is its focus point as he was the founder of the largest (but not the only) branch of the Murray-Prior family in Australia. There is considerable information about him and the family, but it is scattered and some of it is misleading. So, on the initiative of Tom A. and M. Therese M-P,((Tom is a descendant of TLM-P and his first wife. When we list T.A & M.T. M-P under provenances of an item, it has come down the family line to succeeding Thomas M-Ps, or been acquired by Tom A. and M. Therese M-P.)) we are integrating this information, | + | This family history helps answer the above questions. In doing so, it records fascinating characters and great stories, and provides an intriguing window on the past. We try to give as much context as is needed to understand the family history, but equally hope that the individual lives help us understand the past. TLM-P is its focus point as he was the founder of the largest (but not the only) branch of the Murray-Prior family in Australia. There is considerable information about him and the family, but it is scattered and some of it is misleading. So, on the initiative of Tom A. and M. Therese M-P,((Tom is a descendant of TLM-P and his first wife. When we list T.A & M.T. M-P under provenances of an item, it has come down the family line to succeeding Thomas M-Ps, or been acquired by Tom A. and M. Therese M-P.)) we are integrating this information, |
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For TLM-P and at least one son and two grandsons, a core of their family identity was the belief that they were descended from powerful kings. We can't understand TLM-P without knowing about this belief, and its flaws. The first part of the section on [[edward_i_butler_morres_and_lodge_families|" | For TLM-P and at least one son and two grandsons, a core of their family identity was the belief that they were descended from powerful kings. We can't understand TLM-P without knowing about this belief, and its flaws. The first part of the section on [[edward_i_butler_morres_and_lodge_families|" | ||
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- | The next part traces the Prior part of the Murray-Prior family from the 13th to the 18th century. It is short on royalty, but big on drama. There are land grabs, winner-takes-all politics, riotous living, elopement, murder, blackmail, assassination, | + | The next part traces the Prior part of the Murray-Prior family from the 13th to the 18th century. It is short on royalty, but big on drama. There are land grabs, winner-takes-all politics, riotous living, elopement, murder, blackmail, assassination, |
==== Limits and your role ==== | ==== Limits and your role ==== | ||
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The quality of the photographs vary, largely depending on the original. Don't forget that you can click on any of them to enlarge. And if you have other photographs that help illustrate the family story, please send them to us.\\ | The quality of the photographs vary, largely depending on the original. Don't forget that you can click on any of them to enlarge. And if you have other photographs that help illustrate the family story, please send them to us.\\ | ||
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- | We are lucky to have so much information about the Prior/Murray-Prior family, so let’s see what results when it’s gathered together.\\ | + | We are lucky to have so much information about the Murray-Prior family, so let’s see what results when it’s gathered together.\\ |
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+ | ==== I'm a member of the family: why aren't I or my parents named? ==== | ||
+ | It's because you are alive, so that's the good news! We haven' | ||
- | ==== I'm a member of the family: why aren't I named? ==== | ||
- | It's because you are alive, so that's the good news! Currently, we haven' | ||
- | ==== HOW many Thomases?! ==== | ||
- | As you can see from the sidebar, this history is largely organised around the eldest son, though if you click on links in those entries, you can follow other sons and daughters. A glance at the sidebar reveals one of the most remarkable aspects of the Murray-Prior family: the tradition of naming the eldest son Thomas. It started with the Prior family, with the first known Thomas Prior living in the early 1300s, as described in [[priors_in_england|]]. Some 300 years later, another Thomas Prior moved to Ireland and, with his son Thomas, established the family there - see [[priors_in_ireland_1636-c.1803]]. The most famous in the family, another [[thomas_prior_m-p_family_founder|Thomas (Tom) Prior ]], left a will which ensured the surname became Murray Prior/ | ||