Martin Sheppard Day

Notes:

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records:

Martin Sheppard, son of Oswald Day, born 19 February 1875 and baptised 8 May 1876.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Oswald lived in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

BIO:St Andrews Anglican Church Record, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. Born - Oswald, Infant son of John Day, Farmer of Cox Township and Jane Charlotte (!! Error) his wife, maiden name Munro; born April 27, 1839 and baptised July 27, 1840, sponsors being Robert Wiley Fitton and parents. -- By John Johnston, Minister

BIO:New Carlisle Presbyterian Church 1833-1987 1840 - BORN - Oswald, infant son of John Day, farmer of cox, and Jane Eleanor Munro his wife; born April 27, 1839 - baptized July 27, 1840 Sponsors: Robert Wiley Fitton and Parents By John Johnson, Minister.

BIO:1872 - Married - Oswald Day of New Carlisle, Esq., Merchant, son of the late John of Paspebiac and Janet Eleanor Munro, his wife, also deceased, bachelor; and Julia Augusta Sheppard, also of New Carlisle, daughter of Martin of said place, Esq., Sheriff, and Jane Adams his wife, Spinster; both of major age, married by license on January 11, 1872 at New Carlisle. Oswald Day M(artin) Sheppard Julia A. Sheppard Louis Robitaille Esq. M.D.----George Milne

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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Oswald married Julia Augusta Sheppard on 11 Jan 1872 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Julia was born on 9 Feb 1842 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 19 Jun 1842 in Anglican Church, New Carlisle, Cox Twp., Quebec; died in Jun 1912 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIO:New Carlisle Anglican Church Record:

TBL:1842- Born - Julia Augusta, daughter of Martin Sheppard of New Carlisle, Esquire, Sheriff of the Inferior District of Gaspe, and of Jane Adams his wife; born February 9, 1842 and baptized June 19, 1842, the sponsors being Mrs. Ann Sheppard of the Island of Guernsey - grandmother, by proxy of said Jane Adams, Miss Harriet Ross and Mr. Amy LeBoutillier, master of the Schooner TEAZER of Jersey. M. Sheppard Harriet Ross Jane Adams Amy LeBoutillier ---- George Milne

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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BIO:1852 - DIED - John Day of Paspebiac, Cox Township, cabinet maker, died October 22, 1852, aged about 42 years, and was buried on the 24th of said month in St Peter's Churchyard in the presence of James Day, his brother, and william Munro, his brother-in-law. -- By George MILNE, Clergy

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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John married Jane Eleanor Munro on 6 Jun 1833 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Jane (daughter of William Johnson Munro and Sarah Sherar) was born on 15 Mar 1818 in Caraquet, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada; was christened on 15 Sep 1822 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 11 Oct 1840 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was buried in Oct 1840 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada "1822 - Baptized on September 15, 1822, Jane Eleanor, daughter of Sarah MUNRO, widow of late William Johnson MUNRO of Caracat (Caraquet, N.B.), born March 15, 1818. Sponsors: James Sherar, Mother (Sarah Munro) and Mary Sherar. -by Richard KNAGG, Minister.

"Gleaner", Item dated October 27, 1840: DIED: Suddenly at Paspebiac.. on Sunday the 11 inst., at 22 years 6 months, Jane, wife of John Day, Esq., daughter of the late William Johnston Munro Esq. of Caraquet. (Clipping from the collection of Dr. Manny, Newcastle, N.B.)

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Christened:
Jane was christened at St. Andrew Angilican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

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Married:
St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle: 1834 - Married - By license on February 6, 1834, John DAY, Yeoman, Bachelor of Cox Township, son of James Day, in his lifetime of said place, master shipbuilder for the House of Messrs. Ch(arles) Robin and Company, and of his widow Angelique Brousseau, to Janet Eleanor, Spinster, daughter of William Johnston Munro, in his lifetime, Merchant, and his widow Sarah Sherar, all of said place, both of Major age in the presence of: Thomas B. Munro (Brother of Janet E. Munro) and M. Sheppard. --The above parties having been illegally married by a seceding minister of the Presbyterian Church on June 4, preceding-- Signed: John Day & Janet E. Munro --Andrew BALFOUR, Missionary.

Notes:

The birth and christening records of William Johnson Munro has not yet been located. History directs that he was born in the city of Montreal due to the following proven facts: (1) William's mother, Mary Brower, with her other seven children, escaped to Fort St. John via Lake Champlain and Crown Point in 1778. (2) Her husband, Captain John Munro, met her at Fort St. John. (3) John was dispatched to Montreal to find housing there for Loyalist families and also took Mary and the children with him. (4) Mary and the children stayed in Montreal until 1783 when John went to England to help plead for compensation for lands lost by Loyalists in New York. (5) William was probably christened by the Regimental Chaplain as he was a personal friend, although some of these records have been lost.

William was named after the celebrated General Johnson of the British Army, a much esteemed comrade in arms of his father, John Munro. He grew up on the Munro land grants at Matilda, near Morrisburg, Ontario. He signed on with the North West Fur Company and eventually settled in Bas-caraquet, New Brunswick in 1807, where he received a land grant as a Loyalist son.

William spent eight years in the service of the Northwest Fur Company, enlisting in about 1798 for an eight year indenture. He spent most of this time in the Grand Portage, Fort William Area, but mad voyages to other outposts from time to time.

In 1808 William completed his indenture to the North West Company. Disappointed at the inadequate wages offered for a "factor" or permanent post with The Company, he left western Canada to take up a merchandising offer made by his cousin, Hugh Munro, of St. Peter (Bathurst) New Brunswick. Eventually he settled on a site at Bas Caraquett on the Bay of Chaleur, opposite the Colony of New Carlisle-Paspebiac. He built a Trading Post-Store where he dealt in furs and provisioned the French fisherman and bought their salted fish for shipping by Hugh Munro and Sherar ships. His long experience in the western lands stood him in good stead and certainly provided him with the language skills to deal also with the French speaking fishermen who populated the area. William may have become an agent for the Hudson Bay Company both on the New Carlisle side of the bay and on the New Brunswick side at Carequete. Hudson Bay Company agents held positions of considerable importance and the agent occupied a central influence in many respects in the community.

Although he died early and in debt, if he had been able to maintain his business until it began to show a profit he would undoubtedly have established a very lucerative post.

Munro Island in the Shippigan area still bears William Munro's name although title went out of the family when his son Thomas Brock Munro sold the property.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

References:

(1) Clan Munro library - "The Munro Beacon" - Spring/Summer 1996 - Vol. 22, No.
2 - p. 5

(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

(3) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 33-38

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Buried:
William died at his home in 1820 at the age of 39 and was buried on his farm because the Catholic Church refused to bury a Presbyterian in their cemetery. In the fall of 1993, a homeowner on the old Munro property discovered human bones while doing an excavation. An Investigation identified the remains as being those of William Johnson Munro and his son. In 1995, after considerable paperwork, the remains were released to William's descendant, Henry Munro for re-interment in the cemetery of Trinity Anglican Church in Riverside Heights alongside W.J.'s father, Captain John Munro.

William married Sarah Sherar on 15 Sep 1808 in Caraquet, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Sherar) was born on 26 Aug 1786 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

All church records of her marriage to William had been lost so Sarah endured a prolonged period of litigation after William's death while she endeavored to unravel his legal title to Crown land grants in Caraquette as well as authenticating the debts due him from fishermen in the Trading Post Store and other business enterprises and inheritances. Eventually most of this was cleared, although she lost title to some of the land through ambiguous title.

Sarah had to liquidate most of William's holdings to pay their debts and support her children. Even some of the lots that William had inherited from his father, Capt. Hon John Munro, in Upper Canada on the Matilda, Dundas County homestead were eventually sold for expenses by his sons William Thomas and Thomas B. Munro after many years of litigation over his estate.

Sarah returned to New Carlisle with her six children to live with her father on the old Sherar homestead which was about a mile west of the Munro homestead at Paspebiac.

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