Margaret Allan

Notes:

Margaret was the daughter of John and Ann (Reid) Allan.

BIOGRAPHY: Ina Donaldson, in her letter to Neva and Jim Munro, 26 February 1998, tells us that "Grandma Munro used to have all her son's pictures on the top of her dresser, and she used to change them every week and make him the banker for the week." Also, "Granda (William) Munro never lived at Primrose Cottage it was after he died that Grandma moved up there when J. Sime married Jessie Munro and Primrose belonged to Antie Maggie (Wilson) at that time and Gma paid her a rent and Aunt M. kept the garden for hersel (herself), and a while before that it was the Post Office for the Village and up until it was sold the Post Office door was still on what was the kitchen then in Grandma time, but it changed hands a lot since then."

RESIDENCE: More from Ina Donaldson in her letter to Neva and Jim Munro, 6 Apr 1998: Primrose Cottage and Hilton House are both on the main road. Primrose on the right going down (west) and Hilton on the left, on the corner as you go up (south) to the railway station. It has a licensed grocer shop, and it was a shop when Ina's Aunt Maggie lived there. It has changed hands a few times since she hat it. It was a Mr. and Mrs. Kirk that had it last, but he died. Since that the shop has been closed; Mrs. Kirk still (1998) lives there.

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Birth:
BIRTH: Scottish Church Records for Boyndie, Banff, Scotland, film number 990820, Ref. Opr. 149/3 reads: July 23rd 1836, John Allan Lochside and his wife Ann Reid, had a child born this day and baptized 23rd August and named Margaret in presence of Margaret Reid Blairmaud and John Scott Whitehills.

Buried:
BURIAL: Margaret Allan was buried in Urquhart Cemetery, Urquhart, Moray, Scotland. The gravestone was photographed by James Reuben Munro in September 1993.

Margaret married William Munro on 24 Dec 1861 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland. William (son of William Munro and Anne Dustan) was born on 12 Jul 1836 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; was christened on 17 Jul 1836 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 9 Mar 1891 in Urquhart, , Moray, Scotland; was buried in Urquhart, , Moray, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
MARRIAGE: 1861 MARRIAGES in Parish of Grange in the County of Banff. William Munro, bachelor farmservant, age 25 from Hillockhead Parish of Huntly, father William Munro, crofter, and mother Ann Munro (maiden surname Dustan); married Margaret Allan, spinster dressmaker, age 25 from Balnamoon Parish of Grange, father John Allan, farmer, and mother Ann Allan (maiden surname Reid); on 24th December 1861 at Tillybrae, after Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland. Signed James Allan, minister of Grange; witnesses signed: Alexander Wilson and Alexr. Allan. Registered December 27th 1861 at Grange by Arthur Gerrard, Registrar. Sacramento Family History Center, Film: 0224161.

CONFLICT: Birth record for William Munro gives his mother's name as Jean Dustan rather than Ann Dustan.

COMMENT: Margaret Allan had an uncle named Alexander Allan.

1. Margaret Munro was born on 9 Feb 1858 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 11 May 1946 in , , , Scotland.
2. John A. Munro was born on 30 Sep 1862 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland; died on 1 Sep 1925.
3. Annie Munro was born on 28 Nov 1864 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 1 May 1953 in Urquhart, , Moray, Scotland; was buried in Urquhart, , Moray, Scotland.
4. James Allan Munro was born on 19 Sep 1866 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 1 Jul 1956 in Hamden, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA; was buried in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.
5. William A. Munro was born on 20 Jun 1868 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 12 Feb 1949; was buried in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.
6. Alexander Munro was born on 1 Jun 1870 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 9 Nov 1928.
7. George A. Munro was born on 20 Feb 1872 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 22 May 1965 in , New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA; was buried in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.
8. Charles Munro was born on 21 Dec 1873 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 21 Jan 1959 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.
9. Jane Munro was born on 28 Mar 1875 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 20 Jan 1926 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA; was buried in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA.
10. Jessie Munro was born on 13 Jul 1876 in Grange, , Banffshire, Scotland; died on 28 May 1961.