Alexander Munro b. 17 May 1764 d. 5 Jul 1830: Our Family History

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Name	Alexander Munro [1, 2]
Born	17 May 1764 [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Died	5 Jul 1830 [2]
Person ID	I6107	Munro
Last Modified	3 May 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

Family Anne Jane Brown, b. Jul 1786, d. 28 Feb 1862 (Age ~ 75 years)

Children

	1. Alexander Munro, b. 1813, d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Patrick Munro, b. Est 1815, d. Yes, date unknown
+	3. Elizabeth Munro, b. Est 1817, d. 13 Oct 1883 (Age ~ 66 years)

Last Modified 20 Jan 2009

Family ID F2463 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Alexander was of Edinburgh. His wife was the daughter of Captain Patrick Brown of Edinburgh. They had children, but this line is now extinct.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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

[Alexander Munro] «i»Son of Alexander Munro (1764-1850) and Anne Jane Brown; nephew of Sir Thomas Munro; born 1813; educated Edinburgh Academy, 1825-1829; d unmarried. (father was on committee of contributors appointed in 1822 to promote the founding of the Academy.)

Mackenzie p. 367. EA Reg. p. 19. Scotsman- July 1850 - father.«/i»
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References:

(1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
367

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1, 2]

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).
[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 94 (Reliability: 3).