Amelia Eva Munro

Notes:

BIO:New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

TBL:1887 - BORN - Amelia Ema, daughter of Frederick A. Munro and Laura B. Caldwell of Paspebiac; born September 14, 1887.

TBL:1890 - Died - Amelia Ema, daughter of Frederick Munro of Paspebiac, farmer, and Laura B. Caldwell, died March 30, 1890.

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

1850- BORN - Frederick Agustus, son of William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, and Margaret Gallie, his wife; born 9 July, baptized Sept 1,1850. Parents: William Munro and Margaret Gallie Sponsors: John Gallie, grandfather; R.W. Fitton Esq., Uncle; Sarah H. Fitton, aunt.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

1877 - MARRIED - Fredrick Munro, farmer of Cox Township, batchelor of Cox Twp, County of Bonaventure, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, married Laura Bishop Caldwell, Spinster, of New Carlisle by License on January 8, 1878. By William Murray, Minister Witnesses: Hugh Caldwell and Annie Gallie

DIED - Laura B. Caldwell, wife of Frederick Munro of Paspebiac, farmer, died March 24, 1890. (Note: Apparently result of complications of childbirth) - delivered of son (Frederick Agustus) on February 28, 1890.

1891 MARRIED - Frederick Augustus Munro, farmer of Paspebiac, married Susan Maria Hocquard on June 4, 1891.

DIED - Frederick Augustus Munro, farmer of Paspebiac, died May 2, 1912.

1901 Canadian Census, Quebec, Bonaventure Co., Paspebiac:

MUNRO, Frederick A. Head b. 9 July 1850 Quebec - Scot Presbyterian Farm
Susan M. Wife b. 26 May 1850 " " "
Mary A. Dau. b. 29 Nov 1878 " " "
George H. Son b. 21 Oct 1882 " " "
Maud L. Dau b. 16 Nov 1885 " " "
Frederick A. Son b. 28 Feb 1890 " " "
Bertha M. Dau b. 12 Sep 1892 " " "

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Christened:
Frederick was christened at the Anglican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Frederick was buried at the Hope Brethren Cemetery in Hope, Quebec, Canada.

Frederick married Laura Bishop Caldwell on 8 Jan 1878 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Laura was born about 1855 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 24 Mar 1890 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was buried in Mar 1890 in Hope Brethren Ce, Hope, Bonaventure Co, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIO:New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records, New Carlisle and Paspebiac, Quebec.

TBL:1890 - DIED - Laura B. Caldwell, wife of Frederick Augustus Munro of Paspebiac, farmer, died March 24, 1890.

TBL:Note: Laura Caldwell Had been safely delivered of a son, Frederick Augustus Munro (Jr.) on February 28, 1890. Also dying on March 30, 1890 was Amelia Ema, daughter of Laura, about 2 years and 6 months of age.

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

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Notes:

William owned property south of the Anglican Church at New Carlisle. The street west of the church was the west boundary of the property. Later he traded with Mr. Edward Caldwell for the property in Paspebiac where he made his home. It was here that he started to clear his farm in a thick wooded country of maple, birch, spruce, pine and cedar which was of little value in those days.

The lumber for the buildings were sawed with a whip saw at the old saw pit. Shingles were split from cedar logs and shaved with the draw knife.

He later gave the eastern part of the property to his son William.

While on a visit to the Carr Harris home at Bathurst, William became seriously ill. The doctor was summoned, but he pronounced the case hopeless, and William died shortly after. He was 75 years old.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Munro, Francis Elaine

St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. 1837 - MARRIED - On March 9, 1837, William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, bachelor of major age, twin son of William Johnson Munro, formerly of Caroquette, N.B., merchant, now deceased and of Sarah Sherar his widow; to Margaret Gallais, spinster, 2nd daughter of John Gallais of Cox Township, farmer, and of Ann Marie his wife (Scott), in the presence of and with the consent of her parents and the young man's mother, brother and aunt. William Munro and Margaret Gallie Witnesses: John Gallie and Thomas B. Munro. ---Andrew Balfour, Minister.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records 1833-1987 1886 - DIED - William Munro, farmer of Paspebiac, died at Bathurst, N.B. on August 22, 1886. Buried in New Carlisle.

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Birth:
William and his twin brother, Thomas, were born at their home near Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada.

William married Margaret Gallie on 9 Mar 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Margaret was born on 1 Apr 1819 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 30 Sep 1821 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 8 Jun 1903 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in Jun 1903 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

Note: - 1821 - BORN (2) Baptized on the 30th September 1821, Joanna, born August 24, 1816 and Margaret, born April 1, 1819; daughters of John Gallie, farmer of Cox Township and Moriah his wife. By me - Richard Knagg, Minister. Sponsors: James Scott, Francis Gallie, Jane Scott, Nancy Whittom, Eleanor Knagg, Margaret Gallie.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church 1833-1987 Records, New Carlisle, Quebec. 1903 - DIED - Mrs. William Munro died June 8, 1903.

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Christened:
Margaret was christened at the St. Andrew Anglican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Margaret was buried at the Presbyterian Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Notes:

Married:
William and Margaret were married at the Anglican Church in Carlisle, Quebec.

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.

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