Hugh James Munro

Notes:

Excerpt from a letter received from N.G. (Nathaniel Gilbert) Munro dated 26 Dec 2000:

"My Mother told me that my Father suspected his Father ran away from home at about age 15. That my Grandfather's Father was a physician--who in 1840 or earlier, probably worked for Hudson's Bay Co. That my Grandfather refused to go back to Scotland, and study to be a doctor. That my Great grand father disowned my Grandfather for not doing his bidding, so my Grandfather went south to Colorado, went to work for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in 1860. My Grandfather worked 50 yrs. for the D&RG retiring in 1910, bought a farm in Ysleta, Texas. He died in 1936 at age 91 or 92."

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«i»Hugh refused to talk about his family to any of his children, but bits and pieces of his background came to be known. We think that he had an older brother and sister, and it was Hugh James Munro who told the story about the first born son and daughter having the names George and Grace.

The story goes that Hugh and his father, George, had some sort of falling out when Hugh was a young man, and Hugh either ran away from home or just left when he was old enough. He got odd jobs working on the railroad and prospecting in the United States.

He married in 1875, which is somewhat late for that time period.«/i»

(E-mail from Chuck Munro - 5 Jan 2012)
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Hugh married Annie Marie Gilbert on 11 May 1875 in Golden, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA. Annie (daughter of Braxton Craddocks Gilbert and Maranda S. Sparks) was born on 29 Jun 1854 in Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri, USA; died on 10 Jul 1935 in Ysleta, El Paso Co., Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Hugh Munro was born on 21 Sep 1877 in Golden, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA; died on 16 Nov 1943 in Ysleta, El Paso Co., Texas, USA.
2. Grace Munro was born est 1879; and died.

Notes:

George may have been a doctor who emigrated to Canada. His father may also have been a doctor.

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

George married Carrie Bates est 1840 in , , , Canada. Carrie was born about 1817 in , , , Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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