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Eunice Jessie Murray [1918-1998] m Raymond Down.

Eunice Jessie Murray was a beautiful person, full of grace and compassion. She married Ray Down in 1942 at the Church of England, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Ray and Eunice raised 2 sons, Allan and Dennis Down. While her father, John Murray was descended from the Murray squattocracy, her mother Lucy Caroline Pierce was descended from the convict class of colonial Australia. In fact, her descent is from at least 6 convicts of which two, namely Robert Forrester and Thomas Hilton Tennant (alias Phillip Devine) were first fleet convicts. The other convict ancestors include Thomas Pearson, Edward Devine, Charles Homer Martin and Ann Doyle.

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