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Name:
Per Michael Munro, research discounts Margaret Fraser as the mother of Alexander Munro (originally listed).

married in 1749 in , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Per Email from Michael Munro 11 Sep 2016:

Alexander Munro of Armadale is recorded in the book Australian Representative Men, 2nd Edition, published by Wells and Leavitt, 1887, as a "Cadet of the family of Foulis" and that he removed from his "native county" on receiving an appointment from the Earl of Caithness in about the year 1784. The same book says that his wife Barbara Mackay was related to Lord Reay chief of the Mackays and that she and Alexander Munro settled in Armadale, Sutherland. The article is about their grandson James Munro, Premier of Victoria, Australia.
The Burkes Colonial Gentry, 1891, states that Alexander Munro was "of the family of Foulis, Ross-shire" and that he married Barbara Mackay who was a relative of the chief of Mackays and they settled in Armadale, Sutherlandshire. The article is about their grandson James Munro, Premier of Victoria, Australia.
Note: Y-chromosome DNA testing of a direct descendant in the male line of Alexander Munro, has shown that this Munro line is not descended from that of the Munros of Foulis, contrary to what the above books say.
First contemporary record of Alexander Munro and Barbara Mackay is a parish baptism record dated 30 September 1791 for a son called James in the parish of Durness, Sutherland, which also says that Alexander was a carpenter and they were then living in the village of Ceannabeinne.
Ceanabeinne, although part of the church parish of Durness, was also part of the Rispond Estate. The Old Statistical Account of Scotland (1791 - 1799) says for the parish of Durness that about 20 people of the parish were employed in building two ships in 1788 and 1789 which would sail from Ruspin (Rispond) for herring and cod fishing (volume 3, page 581), and that at the time no roads had been made through that tract of the country, (volume 3, page 580). Alexander Munro was also recorded as a boat carpenter and boat builder in later records.
7 x more children born to Alexander Munro and Barbara Mackay in the village of Armadale, parish of Farr, Sutherland, between 1796 and 1812.
In 1811 Alexander Munro appears on the 1811 parish of Farr census, which has survived, living in the village of Armadale. The 1811 parish of Farr census is available in the Highland Archive Centre, Inverness, Scotland (Ref: HCA/D269/1).
The village of Armadale was part of the Strathy Estate which was sold in 1790 by John Mackay of Strathy to his maternal grandson William Honeyman, who then took the title Lord Armadale. In 1813 William Honeyman sold the Strathy Estate to the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford who later became the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. Thus Armadale became part of the Sutherland Estate. A list of rent paying tenants in the village of Armadale in 1813 can be found in the Sutherland Papers held in the National Library of Scotland Edinbuurgh (REF:DEP.313.1006), and shows both Alexander Munro and his eldest son James Munro (b.1796).
Two documents from 1814 found in the Sutherland Papers, National Library, Edinburgh show Alexander Munro "wright" (carpenter) in Armadale, along with Andrew Ross, wright in Golspie, valuing houses in Armadale.
A list of rent paying tenants in the village of Armadale in 1819 can be found in the Sutherland Papers held in the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh (Ref:DEP.313/1015), and shows both Alexander Munro and his eldest son James.
In Armadale, Alexander Munro and Barbara Mackay owned an Inn that served whisky. A document held in the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh (Ref:AD14/22/196), details a fight that took place there in 1821 between a group of MacDonalds and Mackays who had all been drinking whisky.
A document called the Ledger of Farr, as found in the Sutherland Papers, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh (Ref:DEP.313/1943), in a section dated 13 December, 1830, under the title Incidents, shows a George Munro who was paid for valuing houses in Armadale, an Alexander Munro who was paid for delivering the express (estate mail) to Strathy, and an Alexander Munro who was paid during the Mr Loch, the estate factor's visit for delivering the express to Tongue. (Tongue House and Strathy were where the Sutherland Estate owners had headquarters).
The 1834 rent record for the village of Armadale as found in the Sutherland Papers in the National Library of Scotland Edinburgh (DEP.313/2260), shows Alexander Munro still alive.
The 1835 rent record for the village of Armadale as found in the Sutherland Papers in the National Library of Scotland Edinburgh (Ref:DEP.313/2261), shows Alexander Munro's "widow", thus confirming that Alexander Munro had died, and has a remark for her that says "Duchess- Countess Petition".
The petition of 1835 from Barbara Mackay, widow in Armadale of Alexander Munro, carpenter, to the Duchess of Sutherland is found in the Sutherland Papers, National Library of Scotland (REF:DEP.313.2420) dated 18th August 1835, and confirms that her husband Alexander had died in the previous winter. The same petition also says that two of her sons had drowned in the year 1819 with a crew from Armadale when returning from the herring fishing, and that two of her other sons had died more recently, one in Liverpool and the other in Thurso.
Another petition dated September, 1837, from Barbara Munro, widow in Armadale to the Duchess of Sutherland can also be found in the Sutherland Papers, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh (REF:DEP.313.2407). In this petition Barbara Mackay is described as being "in her 66th year of age". This could mean that she was already 66 years old or it could mean that she had only reached 65 years old and was heading towards 66. Thus making her born about 1771/1772. This completely disagrees with the age on the 1841 census for Barba Mckay which is given as 75, and ages on the 1841 census having been rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5 means that she could have been aged between 75 and 79 and thus born between 1762 and 1766. However, I believe that the age on the 1837 petition which suggests she was born in about 1771/1772 is much more likely to be accurate given that she gave birth to children as late as the year 1812.
Rent records confirm Alex Munro's 'widow' Barbara Mackay in Armadale as dead in 1846.


Submitted by B.J. Steele 12 Sep 2016


Died:
Alexander died at the Parish of Farr.

Alexander married Barbara MacKay about 1790. Barbara was born est 1771-1772 in (?15 Sep) Sutherland County, Scotland; died in 1846 in Armadale, , Sutherland, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
James was born at Ceanabinne.

Died:
James died young.

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Birth:
James was born in Farr Parish.

Died:
Per Michael Munro's email, James "drowned in 1819 when returning with a crew from Armadale from the herring fishing, and as such had no further children. So his above two children did not know their father, but I am pretty sure they knew their grandfather, Alexander Munro, who did not die until 1835".

James married Elizabeth MacIntyre on 5 Aug 1816 in Parish of Farr, Sutherland, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of John MacIntyre) was born in in (Parish of Durness?- see note); and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
George was born in Farr Parish.

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

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Donald was born in Farr Parish.

Donald married Georgina Scobie Ann MacKay on 29 Jan 1826 in Parish of Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland. Georgina was born est 1804; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Gabriel was born in Farr Parish.

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His name is spelled "Honyman Munro" on his parish birth record. He is believed to have been named after William Honeyman, Lord Armadale of Stralthy.

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Birth:
Honyman was born in Farr Parish.

Christened:
Per email from Michael Munro 7/15/16

Honyman married Jane Williams on 17 Jun 1831 in St. Nicholas, Liverpool, England, UK. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Chirsty was born in Farr Parish.

Died:
Chirsty died in Farr Parish.

Chirsty married Donald Morrison on 9 Feb 1827 in , , Sutherland, Scotland. Donald was born est 1806; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MacKay John Scobie Munro went by the name, John Munro.

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Birth:
MacKay was born in Farr Parish.

MacKay married May Paterson on 10 Sep 1856 in Kirkcaldy, , Fife, Scotland. May was born in 1833; died in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Per Email from Michael Munro 8/18/16, "John Munro, b. 1819, drowned on the 21 June 1882 in the parish of Bowmore, county of Argyll, having set off on a loch in a small boat. His youngest son, John Honeyman Munro (1865-1882) drowned with him. So that's three direct generations who drowned."

John married Martha Martin on 5 Apr 1850 in Parish of Barony, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Martha and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Per parish birth record, his surname was spelt as Monro, but throughout his life he used Munro. He became the 15th Prime Minister of Victoria, Australia.

James married Jane MacDonald on 27 Nov 1853 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anne Morrison on 12 Apr 1873 in St. Andrews Manse, Carlton, Victoria, Australia. Anne and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johane married Norman Hume MacDonald in 1852 in Scotland. Norman and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Per parish baptism record, given name is Lexy Munro; later name is listed as Alexandrina Munro. Note that the estate of Strathy had by now separated from the parish of Farr as its own parish.

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Birth:
Per parish baptism record, name listed as Kitty Munro, but later identified as Catherine Munro.

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Alexander married Agnes Kerr on 27 Mar 1885 in Kirkcaldy, , Fife, Scotland. Agnes was born in 1858; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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