Margaret Murray

Margaret married Andrew Munro about 1812 in Sutherlandshire, Scotland. Andrew was born about 1776 in Sutherland, Scotland; died on 15 Dec 1851; was buried in St. Johns Cem., Scotsburn, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Andrew Munro
dated 3 Aug 1996

Family/Spouse: Angus Matheson. Angus was born about 1812; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the wooded and hilly land west of Rogers Hill (later renamed Scotsburn), Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Alexander was born in the small frame house that had been built by his father, Andrew. He inherited this same land and house from his father. Alexander added a portion onto the north of the home that doubled it in size. Here was where he lived, played, brought his wife, Wilhelmina Murry to reside, and where they raised their children. The land was by the old road that ran over the hills from the Manse at Bethel Church and came out on the new road by the garage at Forman McCaras. Later the original home was torn down and another one built on the same foundation.

Family lore declares that when Alexander and Welhelmina wanted to be married that there was an altercation over which family would serve the "grog" at the wedding. The Murray's kept Wilhelmina hidden from her suitor until the "grog incident" could be resolved. Supposedly they had her sleeping in their bedroom in a trundle bed so they could keep a watchful eye upon her. As the story is told, Alexander had a friend go to the Murray home and help her depart without the parents knowledge.

Alexander and Wilhelmina were married in 1836 in Scotsburn. Wilhelmina Murray was probably in some way related to Margaret Murray, Alexander's mother. They had thirteen children, all born in Scotsburn. Six of them moved to Nebraska and Colorado. Five of the children are not accounted for.

The eight day Geddes clock that had been purchased by Andrew and willed to his wife, Margaret, was in the family home when Alexander died on 9 Oct 1887. According to a family story, Lillie Smart Hancock was scrubbing the floor in the family when a member of the family came down the stairs to tell her that "Old Alexander has died". At that moment, the Geddes clock stopped.

Ref (2) says Alexander was born in 1815, but a photo of his tombstone in ref (1) says 5 May 1814.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

(2) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Roderic John - Ancestry of Roderic John Munroe
- undated

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

Alexander married Wilhelmina Murry in 1839 in Scotsburn, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Wilhelmina was born on 9 Sep 1819 in Rogers Hill, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Dec 1900 in Lexington, Dawson Co., Nebraska, USA; was buried in Bethel Cem., Scotsburn, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Andrew Munro
dated 3 Aug 1996

Family/Spouse: Angus McKay. Angus was born about 1814; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Andrew Munro
dated 3 Aug 1996

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

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Andrew Munro
dated 3 Aug 1996

Family/Spouse: William Sutherland. William was born est 1819; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret's birth is recorded as 7 Dec 1840 in ref. (1) and 1842 in ref(2). She lived in Colorado.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

Family/Spouse: Alexander McGregor. Alexander was born about 1838; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John's birthdate is recorded as 10 Dec 1842 in ref. (1) and 1848 in ref. (2). In 1870, John was living at Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska having moved there in 1869 from Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a railroad worker.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

(3) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

Family/Spouse: Lillian Doby. Lillian was born about 1844; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andrew lived in Scotsburn, Nova Scotia.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth MacKay. Elizabeth was born about 1846; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1869, Ann and several others of her family, moved to Nebraska. The 1870 census says she was a dressmaker living in Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

(3) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

Anna married Elijah D. Johnson on 6 Oct 1870 in Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska. Elijah was born about 1848; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1870, James was living in Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, having moved there from Nova Scotia in 1869. He was a harness maker.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

(3) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

James married Amelia Phoneta Bruner on 24 Dec 1874 in Methodist Church, West Point, Nebraska. Amelia was born about 1852; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isabelle (or Isabella) "Belle" Munro was born in Scotsburn, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She lived on the family farm near the village of Scotsburn, in the home that had first been built by her grandfather, Andrew Munro. Her father increased the size of the house to give room for their thirteen children.

The family spoke both Gaelic and ENglish and they attended Bethel Presbyterian Church, just west of Scotsburn.

In 1869, Isabelle moved to Nebraska with her sister, Ann, and brothers, James and John, and possibly others of the family. Margaret and Adam also moved to the U.S. possibly later. The 1870 census says she was living in Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska at that time.

Isabella (or Isabelle) "Belle" lived in Nebraska and Canada. In 1870, she was living in Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska.

Belle and Robert Smith were married in Schuyler on 20 May 1873 by Alexander Sutherland, a Presbyterian minister. Robert had also moved from Nova Scotia to Nebraska.

In about 1875, Robert and Isabelle moved with their infant son to Red Buttes, Wyoming, a small railroad town south of Laramie. After adding a daughter to the family in Wyoming, they moved back to Schuyler, Nebraska, where Robert took up farming. Four other children were born in Schuyler.

Early in 1893, the family moved to Olds, Alberta, Canada along with many other families from Schuyler. Ther traveled to Olds on special immigrant railroad cars. The trip took a week and meals were cooked on a little potbellied stove at the end of the car.

Dr. Kay was the first Doctor in the community of Olds and he often asked Isabelle to accompany him to the home of a sick patient to assist him.

Isabelle earned money by boarding the school teacher for twelve dollars a month. In 1897, there was a mining boom in Olds and Isabelle obtained a contract to fill wooden tubs with fresh butter. These tubs were shipped to the mining camps. She was paid fifteen cents a pound for the butter.

In the early 1900's, the family moved to British Columbia and lived near Langley Prairie (later named Langley). First they were members of the Cloverdale Presbyterian Church, and then transferred their membership to the nearby church in Murrayville. Belle was an active member of the Sharon Presbyterian Church until her death.

Isabelle died in 1938 and was buried in Murrayville cemetery along with several other members of her family including her husband, daughter Grace, and sons Daniel and Albert.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - pedigree chart of Joan Lee Coventry
dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

(3) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

(4) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

(5) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith
dated 3 Aug 1996

Isabelle married Robert Smith on 20 May 1873 in Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska. Robert was born on 12 Jul 1846 in , , Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 11 Mar 1934 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Murrayville Cem., Langley, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Adam's birthdate is given as 8 Feb 1861 in ref. (1) and (3) and as 1860 in ref. (2). He married Christene "Christy" Ann Smart. They lived in Colorado.

Ref (1) says Adam died 17 Aug 1936 in Savannah, Missouri. Ref (3) says he died 16 Aug 1936 in Sarama, Mississippi.

He lived in Colorado.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Alexander Munro 1814-1887"

(3) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Roderic John - Ancestry of Roderic John Munroe
- undated

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

Adam married Christene Ann Smart on 18 Dec 1889 in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA. Christene was born on 26 Feb 1865 in Scotsburn, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 21 Dec 1945 in Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Alexander
Munro dated 3 Aug 1996

Notes:

Daniel "Scotty" Smith.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith
dated 4 Aug 1996

Notes:

Mina Jane was born in 1876 in the small railroad town of Red Buttes in the Wyoming Territory. Her parents had moved there from Nebraska, apparently because her father had a job with the railroad.

The family had returned to Schuyler, Nebraska by the time their next child was born in 1880. Mina attended school in the Schuyler area, probably a country school near the small town of Rogers, Nebraska. The family homesteaded a farm two miles east of the town of Olds. Mina had a job in town.

When she was seventeen, the family moved to Olds, Alberta, Canada. By this time, she had attracted the attention of George Coventry, who also lived in the Schuyler area and also moved to Olds, Canada. George was the son of James and Louisa Caroline (Day) Coventry. George and Mina married in 1896 at her parents home in Olds. They were married by the Rev. Peter Naismith.

The couple lived near Olds until 1904 when they decided to return to Nebraska. By then they were the parents of three children. They settled in the cranch country five miles south of Inman, Nebraska where George's father had purchased land. They made their home with him.

Mina's days were busy ones with a large family to care for and all of the duties that a wife needed to accomplish without all of the conveniences that became the norm in later decades. She grew many beautiful flowers, especially moss rose and geraniums. One of her hobbies was making hooked rugs and chair seats. She was also gifted in the art of knitting. Each grandchild was supplied with warm, wool mittens for the cold Nebraska weather. Her seventeen grandchildren were always welcome to have tea at Grandma Coventry's and it was usually accompanied by her delicious sugar cookies, angel food cake, or a piece of luscious pie.

Her afternoon womens clubs were an important part of her life and she received her twenty five year Jewel for active membership in the Rebekah Lodge.

She hosted many Sunday dinners for all of the family in Inman. On 2 Dec 1938 she was doing this usual task and it was not until all were getting ready to leave for their respective homes did she tell them that she had word that morning that her mother, Isabelle Smith, had passed away in British Columbia, Canada. this was typical of her, she did not want to spoil their day.

Mina died in 1950 at her home after a two-week illness. Her family was with her. Funeral services were conducted from the home by the Rev. Roy W. Wingate. The Arbutus Rebeckah Lodge #317 conducted memborial rites, and she was buryid in the Inman cemetery near the grave of her husband, George.

George owned a forty-acre farm which he worked with his two sons. He bottled and delivered milk and also ran an insurance company.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - pedigree chart of Joan Lee Coventry
dated 3 Aug 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "James Robert Coventry 1906-1986"

(3) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith
dated 4 Aug 1996

(4) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of George Albert
Coventry dated 8 Aug 1996

(5) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Mina Jane Smith"

Mina married George Albert Coventry on 23 Dec 1896 in Olds, Alberta, Canada. George was born on 20 Feb 1871 in Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska; died on 18 Jul 1947 in Inman, Holt Co., Nebraska; was buried in Inman Cem., Inman, Holt Co., Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith
dated 4 Aug 1996

Family/Spouse: Maximilian Michaud. Maximilian was born about 1878; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John James "Jack" Smith.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith
dated 4 Aug 1996

Family/Spouse: Mary Macfarlane. Mary was born about 1885; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith dated 4 Aug 1996

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

Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret was born about 1887; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith
dated 4 Aug 1996

Family/Spouse: Delmage. was born about 1883; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - "Isabelle Munro 1851-1938"

(2) Clan Munro files - Mueller, Joan Lee - family group record of Robert Smith
dated 4 Aug 1996

Family/Spouse: Hannah Scott. Hannah was born est 1896; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Roderic John - Ancestry of Roderic John Munroe
- undated

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

Alexander married Anna Estelle Harry on 5 Apr 1917 in Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado, USA. Anna was born on 13 Apr 1896 in Conway, Kansas, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]