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Daniel Munro

Male Abt 1760 - 1799  (~ 39 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Daniel MunroDaniel Munro was born about 1760; died on 26 Sep 1799 in Calcutta, , West Bengal, India.

    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

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. John Munro  Descendancy chart to this point was born est 1785; died in in Of, Madras, India.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John MunroJohn Munro Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born est 1785; died in in Of, Madras, India.

    Notes:

    John was a writer at Madras.

    Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

    John was a Writer in Madras. He was killed in an expedition against a native Indian Prince. He was 22 years old and unmarried.

    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