George Thomas Monro

1819 - 1883  (63 years)

• Name	George Thomas Monro  [1]
  Born	9 Sep 1819	Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Aug 1883	Greenville, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I138	Munro
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2002

  
  

  Father	Thomas Bateman Monro,   b. 15 Oct 1794, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1821, Wilmington, New Hanover Co., North Carolina, USA  (Age 27 years)
  Mother	Clarissa Usher Sanford,   b. 5 Sep 1792, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA ,   d. 17 Jun 1854, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1817	Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emily Ann Berry,   b. 26 Sep 1826, Prob., New York, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 1865, Greenport, Suffolk Co., New York, USA  (Age 38 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1847	Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas I. H. Monro,   b. 1 Dec 1847, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA ,   d. 13 May 1893, Toledo, Lucas Co., Ohio, USA  (Age 45 years)   2. Franklin Baker Monro,   b. 31 Aug 1849, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. George Ellery Monroe,   b. 2 Apr 1852, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA ,   d. 4 Jun 1914, Point Richmond, Contra Costa Co., California, USA  (Age 62 years) + 4. Hezakiah Usher Monro,   b. 12 Jan 1854, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 5. Clara M. Monro,   b. 28 Aug 1855, Greenport, Suffolk Co., New York, USA ,   d. 1894, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA  (Age 38 years)   6. Clara Usher Monro,   b. 3 Sep 1855, Greenport, Suffolk Co., New York, USA ,   d. 3 Dec 1857  (Age 2 years)   7. Usher Monro,   b. Abt 1857,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Emily E. Monro,   b. 6 Sep 1857, Greenport, Suffolk Co., New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Alvin Monro,   b. 7 Oct 1859, Greenport, Suffolk Co., New York, USA ,   d. 21 Oct 1863, Prob., Greenport, Long Island, New York  (Age 4 years)   10. Elizabeth M. Monro,   b. 3 Oct 1862, Greenport, Suffolk Co., New York, USA ,   d. 9 Oct 1863, Prob., Greenport, Long Island, New York  (Age 1 years)   11. Joseph H. Monro,   b. Abt 1864, Greenport, Suffolk Co., New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Esther Emeline McLean,   b. Abt 1821,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	5 Mar 1867
  Children	1. Ross Mclean Monro,   b. Abt 1868,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Edna E. Monro,   b. Abt 1872,   d. 12 Jul 1936  (Age ~ 64 years)   3. Clara E. Monro,   b. 9 Jan 1876,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Samuel North Monro,   b. Sep 1877,   d. 12 Jan 1955  (Age ~ 77 years)   5. C. Blaine Monro,   b. Abt 1879,   d. 27 Mar 1905  (Age ~ 26 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F13170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When he was only nine years old, his mother placed George under the care of Captain Norris of Bristol, Rhode Island to go to sea as a cabin boy for discipline. At age 19 he was captain of his own ship. When he married, his wife persuaded him to give up the sea. He studied medicine of the Hahneman method and supposedly began a practice, but a directory of Brooklyn, New York in 1849-50 lists him as a painter. The 1850 census shows him living with his family and Margaret Simpson in Brooklyn, New York. In 1855 he had moved to Greenport, Long Island, New York where he did start a successful practice. He also taught navigation. In a census report of 1860 he listed himself as a mariner. George used the spelling Monro, but in later years may have added the "e". After his wife was burned to death from the explosion of a lamp, he took his younger children, George, Hezakiah, Usher, Emily E. and Clara M. to Bristol, Rhode Island. The youngest, Joseph H. was adopted by people named Jackson in Greenport. He then moved to Pennsylvania to join his kin. He later remarried in Pennsylvania. References: (1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe, 2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-41-22-1 - p. 347 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 581 (Reliability: 3). [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 580 (Reliability: 3).