MURRAY William -1906 & Ann -1916
native of Aberdeenshire - for 42 Medical Missionary in Cape Colony
n 1862 Adam Kok and his Griqua people were resettled in the Kokstad area. En route a splinter group of Griqua made their way over the Drakensberg and down the Bastervoetpad. They settled in the vicinity of Ugie. In 1863 William Murray established his mission station on the banks of the Inux and from 1874 onwards the area gradually became settled by white pioneering traders and farmers.
In 1863 Rev. William Murray arrived at Inxu Drift to start a missionary. A house was built for him. A church had to be built. He started the first school. The name of the Griqua village was changed to Ugie.
(source: https://www.maclear.co.za/maclear-history)
contributed by: Christopher Fitchet
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