• Born: 1847, Leicester, Leicestershire, England ⁵
• Marriage (1): Clara Jane Margaret COOPER on 8 August 1881 in Oatlands, Tasmania ^{1 2 3}
• Died: 7 February 1936, Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 89
• Buried: 8 February 1936, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

   Other names for William were William MARSELL, W. MURSELL,⁶ William MURSELL,^{1 2 5} William MURTELL ⁷ and William MURTELL (MARSELL).

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He worked as a teacher.

• He immigrated on the ship "Hankow" on 6 February 1877 to Melbourne, Colony of New South Wales.

• He resided at Schoolhouse, Mount Seymour in Oatlands, Tasmania on 13 May 1882. ⁶

• He had a residence in 1914 in Launceston West, Bass, Tasmania, Australia. ⁸ Mursell, Clara, Trevallyn, domestic duties, F
  Mursell, William Berkeley, Trevallyn, insurance agent, M

• He had a residence in 1919 in Auburn, Kooyong, Victoria, Australia. ⁸ Mursell, William Berkeley, 872 Burwood rd., Auburn, estate agent, M

• He had a residence in 1931 in Melbourne East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ⁸ Mursell, William Berkeley, 165 Gipps st., M

William married Clara Jane Margaret COOPER, daughter of William James COOPER and Hannah MATTHEWS, on 8 August 1881 in Oatlands, Tasmania.^{1 2 3} (Clara Jane Margaret COOPER was born on 16 August 1858 in Sorell, Tasmania ⁹, christened on 24 September 1858 in Sorell, Tasmania, died on 10 November 1926 in Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ^{4 10} and was buried on 11 November 1926 in Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.)

  Marriage Notes

The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: 1860-1954), Saturday, 27 August 1881, Page 4 of 6, Column 4:

MARRIAGES.
MURSELL-COOPER.-On August 8, at the Manse, Oatlands, by the Rev. L. Campbell, William, son of the Rev. James P. Mursell, Leicester, England, to Clara, daughter of Mr. Wm. Cooper, Hobart.

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