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Notes for Thomas Everitt MURRAY

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According to information received from Peter Murray in 1997, Thomas
Everitt Murray, "Tom," born October 14, 1870, died May 22, 1941. He was
a farmer of Roode Bloem farm and was the inceptor of, and first President
of, the South African Wool Growers Association and held that office for
some years. Tom was four and a half years old when he moved with his
father and his family to Roode Bloem in 1875. He lived there all his
life. He was a gentle and affectionate family man, an outstanding
farmer, and took a great interest in public affairs. He, with his
brother Arthur, started the Bloemhof-Roode Bloem Friesland Cattle Stud,
and continued on his own when the partnership was dissolved. He was a
great authority on the utilization of floodwaters and an assessor of the
Water Courts. After his death he was described as "one of the most
eminent personalities in the whole sphere of South African farming." For
many years he was chairman of the Graaff Reinet Board of Executors.

He married, in 1900, Eleanor McDonald, born February 15, 1868, who died
April 30, 1963, of Lilyfountain, Queenstown (now incorporated in the
Transkei). Her mother Eleanor (Powell) was the daughter of Charles
Powell and his wife Elizabeth (Southey) the youngest sister of our
ancestor George Southey, the son of the 1820 settler. Tom Murray and his
wife Eleanor McDonald had five children.

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