Editing Fred MacMurray (section)

==Early life and education==
Frederick Martin MacMurray was born on August 30, 1908, in [[Kankakee, Illinois]], the son of Maleta (''née'' Martin) and concert violinist Frederick Talmadge MacMurray, both natives of [[Wisconsin]]. His aunt, [[Fay Holderness]], was a vaudeville performer and actress. When MacMurray was an infant, his family moved to [[Madison, Wisconsin]], where his father taught music.<ref name="1910 US Census">[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYK-SKM2?mode=g&i=7&cc=1727033 "Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910"], [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], Dane County, [[Wisconsin]]; enumeration page dated April 18, 1910. Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce and Labor, [[Washington, D.C.]] Digital image of original enumeration page available at [[FamilySearch]], a free online genealogical database provided as a public service by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, [[Utah]]. Retrieved June 2, 2017.</ref> They relocated within the state to [[Beaver Dam, Wisconsin|Beaver Dam]], his mother's birthplace.<ref>{{cite news|title=MacMurray Family Lived in Gladstone, Fred's Folks Friends of Mrs. S. Goldstein |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1440764/fred_macmurray_19081991/|newspaper=The Escanaba Daily Press|date=September 26, 1935|page=7|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = December 19, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref>

MacMurray attended school in [[Quincy, Illinois]], where he played football and baseball, ran on the track team and worked in a local pea cannery. After graduation, he received a full scholarship to [[Carroll University|Carroll College]] in [[Waukesha, Wisconsin]]. He played the [[saxophone]] in numerous local bands, having picked up the instrument when he was looking to fill his spare time. He continued to play saxophone while attending the Chicago Art Institute in the evenings.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weil |first=Martin |date=1991-11-06 |title=ACTOR FRED MACMURRAY DIES AT 83 |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/11/06/actor-fred-macmurray-dies-at-83/768a3cea-7e62-4082-a076-1cc1583c833e/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Cincinnati Enquirer 12 Jan 1947, page 56 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100163270/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>