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Alexander Binning Monro

Alexander Binning Monro

Male 1838 - 1918  (80 years)

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  • Name Alexander Binning Monro  [1, 2, 3
    Born 12 Apr 1838 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Nov 1918 
    Person ID I31775  Munro
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2010 

    Father Alexander Binning Monro, of Auchenbowie,   b. 22 May 1805,   d. 12 Dec 1891, Oxford, , Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Harriet Monro,   b. Abt 1821,   d. 1893  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married 4 Aug 1835 
    Family ID F10959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Cottrell,   b. Abt 1840,   d. 1876  (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Married 1862 
    Children 
     1. George Home Monro, of Argaty,   b. 29 Nov 1865, , , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Of, Liverpool Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Capt. Alexander Edward Monro,   b. 16 May 1867, , , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1956, Northants, , Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. Herbert David Monro,   b. 28 Dec 1869, Of, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Harriet Sophia Monro,   b. Abt 1871,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary Monro,   b. Abt 1872,   d. 1872  (Age ~ 0 years)
     6. Henry Cottrell Monro,   b. 6 Sep 1874, Of, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Elizabeth Maria Monro,   b. Abt 1876,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2009 
    Family ID F11113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Annie Frances Peel,   b. Abt 1840,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1894 
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2009 
    Family ID F11115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
      320

      2. Alexander, born on the 12th of April, 1838. He emigrated to New Zealand, where on the 8th of March, 1862, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Cotterell of the Royal Navy, with issue--...

      Alexander the elder married secondly, in 1894, Annie Peel.

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      [Alexander Monro] «i»Second son of Alexander Binning Monro (1805-91), was born 12 April 1838 & emigrated to New Zealand*; on brother David's death in 1905 suc. to Sophia as heir of entail, & took surname Binning Monro; d. 24 November 1918 having m. (1st) 1862 Elizabeth Cotterell (d. '76) with issue - George Home (b. 1865), Alexander Edward (b. 1867, d. 1956), Herbert David (b. 1869), Henry Charles (b. 1874) & 3 drs.; (2nd) 1895 Annie Frances Peel. *Settled in Melborough & represented Wairan in Melborough Provincial Council, 1869-70.

      John A. Inglis, The Monros of Auchinbowie, p. 124; Mackenzie, p. 320; Scholefield, Dictionary of New Zealand Biographies (1940); R.E. Wright-St.Clair, Doctors Monro, pp. 122, 155, 159; Clan Munro Magazine xi 10.
      «/i»
      (R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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      Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  • Sources 
    1. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 292 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 293 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 302 (Reliability: 3).