Munro

Notes:

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

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Clark, Charles

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

Buried:
Masonic Cemetery

George married Mary Ellen Driscoll. Mary was born about 1829; died on 19 Apr 1908 in Vallejo, Solano Co., California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Notes:

George and his family sailed from Aberdeen, Scotland on the ship "Good Intent" in 1815 and took two to three months passage before arriving in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were among several families aboard the "Good Intent" sho settled in Caribou, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia. They lived first on the mainland. In Nov 1833, George bought Little Caribou Island, later known as Munro's Island and containing three hundred acres, from Thomas Dickson, Esq.

George was a farmer and a ship builder. His will was recorded in Pictou in 1853. His son, George, Jr., administered his father's estate.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Clark, Charles

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

Buried:
George was buried at the top of the hill in Seaview Cemetery.

George married Christian Macbeath on 18 Mar 1808 in Reisk, Kildonan Par., Sutherlandshire, Scotland. Christian was born in 1787-1788 in , , , Scotland; died on 20 Dec 1843; was buried in , Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christian may have been the daughter of Robert and Christian (Gunn or Gun) McBeath.

The McBeaths were in Kildonan Parish. Mormon records of Kildonan Parish, Sutherland mention a family of McBeaths from Reisk of Arichlinie. Lake Arichlinie is located in Kildonan Parish in the area north of Reisk. It is assumed that this is the place reffered to in the Parish Record of George Munro's marriage to Christian McBeath.

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

Buried:
Christian was buried at the top of the hill in Seaview Cemetery.