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Murray Thomas Creighton, b. 6 January 1923 at
Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan
Father: Barton John Creighton, b. 16
October 1893 at Cardiff, Glam Wales, d. 1977, d. 21 June 1978 at
Boonah, Australia
Mother: Josephine
Julie
Smith, b. 26 August 1902 at Emmerson, Manitoba, d. 28 January
1963 at Victoria, British Columbia
Spouse: Frances Elizabeth Morrison, b. 1 August
1923
at Vera, Saskatchewan
Married 6 September 1947 at Vancouver, British
Columbia.
As the only son of the eldest Smith daughter, Murray became a
contemporary of his youngest cousins, Carrie and Les. He was born
on time to enter the Canadian Air Force with Les during WWII. He
studied at UBC for a time but soon left to follow in his father’s
footsteps in the newspaper business. At 24 he married Frances and
began to raise a family of three boys. The boys had their early
schooling on Cortez Island, which lies between Vancouver Island and
mainland British Columbia. The oldest two, Steven and Michael,
attended high school in Powell River which is a short boat ride from
Cortez. The family operated a general store and marina on the
island until about 1970 when they emigrated to Australia. Murray
picked up his original career by purchasing a newspaper in
Boonah, Queensland. This business would eventually pass to
Michael. Steven had his own business career in real estate,
finance and development and Chris, the youngest, became an executive
for a large multi-national paper company.
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