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William Munroe

William Munroe

Male 1819 - 1882  (63 years)

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  • Name William Munroe  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 8 Sep 1819  Inverness, , Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Sep 1882  Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    • Error alert: The family Bible of Thomas Freeman Munroe records William's death on 15 Sep 1882 and says he was 65 years and 8 days old which would place his birth on 7 Sep 1817 instead of 18 Sep 1819 which is recorded in other references.
    Person ID I305  Munro
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2014 

    Father William Munroe,   b. Abt 1778,   d. 17 Jun 1862, Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Mother Alice Logan,   b. 1783, Inverness, , Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1819, Inverness, , Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 26 Oct 1803  Inverness, , Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F155  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cornelia Mary Freeman Fitzgerald,   b. 12 Aug 1828, , , Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1856, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1844  Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Freeman Munroe,   b. 24 Dec 1845, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1909, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +2. William J. Munroe,   b. 1 Sep 1847, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1902, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     3. Sarah Virginia Munroe,   b. 28 Oct 1849, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1851, Blackstone, Nottoway Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     4. Alice Robina Munroe,   b. 23 Apr 1851, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1915, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     5. Cornelia Fitzgerald Munroe,   b. 19 Sep 1852, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1894, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     6. Freeman Fitzgerald Munro,   b. 24 Jan 1856,   d. 13 Feb 1856, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Julia Margaret Edmonds Welch,   b. 29 Dec 1835, Norfolk, Norfolk (City), Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1915, Oxford, Newton Co., Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1857  Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Children 
    +1. Julia Robina Munroe,   b. 28 Nov 1857,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Richard Irby Munroe,   b. 12 Nov 1858,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Mark Welch Munroe,   b. 26 Feb 1860, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1940, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     4. Harry Munroe,   b. 13 Mar 1861,   d. 4 May 1861  (Age 0 years)
     5. Ann Eliza Munroe,   b. 19 May 1862,   d. 19 Sep 1863  (Age 1 years)
     6. Mary Logan Munroe,   b. 2 Jul 1863,   d. 29 Sep 1866  (Age 3 years)
     7. Robert Lee Munroe,   b. 22 Sep 1864,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Harry Logan Munroe,   b. 25 Jan 1866,   d. 12 Jul 1871  (Age 5 years)
    +9. George Dismukes Munroe,   b. 17 Jun 1867,   d. 19 Jan 1917, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     10. Mary Jepson Munroe,   b. 30 Aug 1868,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Charles Donaldson Munroe,   b. 13 Nov 1869,   d. 9 Jun 1870  (Age 0 years)
     12. Alexander Fraser Munroe,   b. 10 Apr 1871,   d. 29 Sep 1871  (Age 0 years)
    +13. Albert Sidney Munroe,   b. 18 Dec 1872, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1939, Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     14. Bessie Margaret Munroe,   b. 12 Jul 1874,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +15. Edward Logan Munroe,   b. 26 Dec 1875,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +16. Daisy Munroe,   b. 3 Jan 1877,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F1130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • William fathered 22 children - six by his first wife, Cornelia, and 16 by his second wife, Julia Margaret Edmonds (or Edmunds) Welch. Seven of his children died in childhood.

      He emmigrated to Gadsden County, Florida in the early 1940's.

      Ref: Clan Munro files - de Buhr, Alice
      - Gregory, Julia
      - Munroe, Don - letter 10 Aug 1995

      References:

      (1) Clan Munro files - Hinson, Marian Munroe - membership application dated 4
      Aug 1996

      (2) Clan Munro files - Parks, Nancy Lamar Bostick - Membership application of
      Nancy "Nellie" Lamar Bostick Parks dated 2 Sep 1996

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

  • Sources 
    1. [S581] Clan Munro files - Girardeau, Martha Harriet, Martha Harriet Girardeau, Ancestry chart - 5 May 1987 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S193] Clan Munro files - Rogers, Jo An Munroe, Jo An Munroe Rogers, Membership application for Joan Munroe Rogers dated 25 Au g 2002 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S400] Clan Munro files - Buford, Albert Lewis, Jr., Albert Lewis Buford, Jr., Membership application for Albert Lewis Buford, Jr. date d 1 Apr 2005 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S856] Munro Eagle, Spring 2013. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S64] Clan Munro files - Bates, Mark William, Mark William Bates, Family Bible of Thomas Freeman Munroe (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S243] Clan Munro files - May, George Dismukes, George Dismukes May, Membership application for George D. May dated 10 Sep 2003 (Reliability: 3).