Wrens and Murrays of Leitrim
Patrick S. Wren (1825-1898) and Annie Murray (1829-1901) emigrated during the Famine years of the 1840s to NYC, where they had 12 children, 5 of whom survived to adulthood (William Henry, Jane, Annie, James E., and Francis P.)
Annie Murray was the daughter of John Murray and Catherine Hackett and the records of Bornacoola Parish indicate a Eugene Murray with the same parents baptized in 1830. Living in the same NYC apartment building with the Wrens were 2 Geelan sisters, who were also baptized in Bornacoola and as their mother was a Hackett living in Rooskeynamona with her Geelan husband, it is assumed they were cousins of Annie Murray Wren.
It is not known where in Leitrim, Patrick Wren originated or whether their marriage took place in Ireland or NYC. Wren presents the usual difficulties of spelling and while normally it is found as Wren, it has also been seen in reference to this family as Renn, Reen, Rinn, and Wrenn.