Daniel Munro b. Abt 1760 d. 26 Sep 1799 Calcutta, , West Bengal, India: Our Family History

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Abt 1760 - 1799 (~ 39 years)

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Name	Daniel Munro [1]
Born	Abt 1760 [1]
Gender	Male
Died	26 Sep 1799	Calcutta, , West Bengal, India [1]
Person ID	I6104	Munro
Last Modified	15 Jul 2009

Father	Alexander Munro, b. 1731, d. 28 Mar 1809, Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland (Age 78 years)
Mother	Margaret Starke, b. Abt 1736, d. 15 May 1807 (Age ~ 71 years)
Family ID	F2461	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Children

1. John Munro, b. Est 1785, d. Of, Madras, India

Last Modified 20 Jan 2009

Family ID F2462 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Daniel died before his father in Calcutta, India. His headstone bears the following inscription:

"Sacred to the memory of Daniel Munro, Esquire, who departed this life, at Calcutta, the 26th of September, 1799, aged 39 years."

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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:

[Alexander Munro] «i»Third and only surving son of Daniel Munro(1697-1764) (tailor) and Christian Wylie B. (? Bapt.?) 25 Apr 1731, merchant in Glasgow (burgess 20 September 1750); said to have been reduced from affluence to compartive indigence by act of confiscation of 1776 (ruined Virginia Trade); d. Edin. 28 March 1809, having married Margaret Starke (d. 15 May 1807), with issue - Daniel (d. 1799, aged 39); Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet«b» «/b»(1761-1827); Alexander (1764-1850); William (d. c. 1786); James (d. 1798), Erskine (m. 1798, 1. [Sir] Jas Turnbull, 2. Hon Henry Erskine), and Margaret. (m. 1801 G.M. Drummond).

Glasgow Parish Records 1731 (per manuscript of M.W. Grant 1965). Gleig, Sir Thomas Munro. Mackenzie pp 366-8. Burke's Peerage . St Cuthbert's (Edin.) M1 - p 57, Edinburgh Evening Courtant 3 April 1809 & 21 May 1807. Scots Mag. (1809) p. 319, (1798) p. 651. Scots Mag (1807) p. 400. Edinburgh Directories, 1805-6 to 1808-9. Ross-shire Journal. 16 June 1961. Edinburgh Marriage Reg. (1751-1800) p. 573 - dr Erskine. Glasgow Burgess Roll (5RS) 20 September 1750. SRO Glasgow Commissariat Record 26 June 1764. E. Grant "Memoirs of a Highland Lady" (1988 edn) ii 59.
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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
366

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

Sources

[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 60 (Reliability: 3).