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Alexander William Monro, of Auchinbowie

Alexander William Monro, of Auchinbowie

Male 1875 - 1960  (85 years)

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  • Name Alexander William Monro  [1
    Suffix of Auchinbowie 
    Born 14 Mar 1875  , , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Apr 1960 
    Person ID I32161  Munro
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2010 

    Father George Home Monro,   b. 28 Nov 1840,   d. 1885, , , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Isabella Selina Baldwin,   b. Abt 1842,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 27 Mar 1873  , , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F11116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Geraldine Marion Murray-Johnson,   b. Est 1877,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1910 
    Children 
     1. David Monro,   b. 1912,   d. 1914  (Age 2 years)
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2010 
    Family ID F21142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      [Alexander William Monro] «i»Eldest son of George Home (Binning) Monro (1840-85) and Isabella Selina Baldwin; b. New Zealand 14 March 1875; educ. Radley; suc. to Auchinbowie on death of uncle David in 1905, sold it to cousin Major George Nowlan Monro 1910; Board of Agriculture inspector from 1899, principally for business under Food & Drugs & Fertilizers Acts; private secretary to successive Presidents of Ministry Agriculture & Fisheries 1915-19; Principal Clerk 1919; C.B. 1919; d. (result of an accident) in hospital 28 April 1960 (funeral in Norfolk), having m. 1910 Geraldine Marion Murray-Johnson, with issue - David (1912-14), Neil (b. 1915) & 1 dr. Jean (b. 1916)

      John A. Inglis, The Monros of Auchinbowie, pp. 124-5, 127; Mackenzie, p. 320; Canon Horace Granville Monroe, Foulis Castle & Monroes of Lower Iveagh, p. 16; Who's Who (1945, 1957 etc.); Times, 4 & 23 May 1960; Burke's Landed Gentry (1937), pp. 1617-18; R.E. Wright-St. Clair, Doctors Monro, pp. 121, 122.
      «/i»
      (R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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      Ref: "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
      320

      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 327 (Reliability: 3).
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