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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1815 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
Alexander Fraser Munro [1] |
| Born |
1 Nov 1815 |
Dundee, , Angus, Scotland  |
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Male |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I60569 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2010 |
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[Alexander Fraser Munro] «i»Son of Finlay Munro (d. 1837) & Christiana Fraser; b. Dundee 1 November 1815; apprentice printer, attended & taught at Sabbath School of Lindsay Street Chapel, Dundee (Rev. D.K. Shoebotham, pastor); moved to York c. 1840, compositor on 'Yorkshireman' newspaper; member & local preacher of Primitive Methodist Connexion; compositions 'more copious than exact', but won £5 prize for Working Men's Prize Essay on the Sabbath, 'Man's Best Day', 1849 (3rd edn. 1850).
Alexander Fraser Munro, «u»Man's Best Day«/u» (op cit); National Library of Scotland, pamphlet 2/570 with 'Sketch of the Author's Life' (pp. v-vii) & p. 23.
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(R. W. Munro's genealogy notes)
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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- [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 303 (Reliability: 3).
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