Hugh James Munro

1845 - 1935  (89 years)

• Name	Hugh James Munro  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	23 Oct 1845	, , Québec, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 May 1935	Ysleta, El Paso Co., Texas, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I44637	Munro
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	George F. Munro,   b. Est 1815, Inverness, , Inverness, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Carrie Bates,   b. Abt 1817, , , , Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Est 1840	, , , Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F16046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Marie Gilbert,   b. 29 Jun 1854, Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri, USA ,   d. 10 Jul 1935, Ysleta, El Paso Co., Texas, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	11 May 1875	Golden, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA   [3]
  Children	+ 1. George Hugh Munro,   b. 21 Sep 1877, Golden, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1943, Ysleta, El Paso Co., Texas, USA  (Age 66 years)   2. Grace Munro,   b. Est 1879,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F15159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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." ********** «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) ********** Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Clan Munro files - Munro, Nathaniel Gilbert, Nathaniel G. Munro, Membership application for Nathaniel G. Munro - 21 Jun 2000 (Reliability: 3). [S17] Clan Munro files - Munro, Nathaniel Gilbert, Nathaniel G. Munro, Letter from N. G. Munro dated 26 Dec 2000 (Reliability: 3). [S647] Clan Munro files - Munro, Charles R., Jr., Charles R. Munro, Jr., Ancestors of George Hugh Munro - received from Charles R. M unro, Jr. - 21 Feb 2008 (Reliability: 3). [S823] Clan Munro e-files - Munro, Chuck, Chuck Munro, E-mail from Chuck Munro - 5 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 3).