Capt. Hon. John Munro

Notes:

John was born near Foulis Castle, on an adjacent Munro estate in Ross-shire, Scotland, and spent his childhood there. His birth date is accepted as 1728, although sources have stated 1731.

When war broke out between the French and British in the American Colonies in 1755, a call was put out for soldiers to expand the 48th foot, and John joined this regiment where Munro's had served before with distinction. Some sources have stated that he was a "Subaltern", but in documentation by his own hand, he states he was a Sergeant in the 48th. Some references list him as a Major in the 48th, but this is an error which probably originated from the fact that he later was a Captain in the King's Royal Regiment of New York during the American Revolution.

He was posted with the 48th to the American Colonies in 1756 for the French-Indian wars, and arrived in America on 8 Jun 1756. He was stationed at the fort in Albany.

John was well educated and had moved in the upper levels of the social circles in Scotland. He was soon well acquainted and became a confederate and military companion of Sir William Johnson, kin of the DeLancey family, and became a member of the aristocratic level of the English and Dutch social community.

On 12 Apr 1758, he may have married Jane Caldwell, of the socially prominent Caldwell and Van Courtlandt families. Although no marriage record has been found, there exists a marriage bond for a couple with these names bearing a signature comparable to the same John Munro. However, on his subsequent marriage to Mary Brouwer in 1760, John is not listed as a widower, so it is doubtful that the marriage actually took place.

John was active throughout the French-Indian campaigns and served with Sir William Johnson in some campaigns. He was present with his Regiment at the capitulation of Quebec. He obtained an early discharge from the Army in 1760, and settled on Crown land grants on the Hudson River in New York Province. His grants and purchases totaled almost 15,000 acres.

On 5 Apr 1760, he married Mary (or Maria) Brower (also called Maritje Talbot Gilbert Bruere). She was the daughter of Cornelius and Cornelia (Barlieyt) Brower (or Brouwer) of Schenectady, New York. At this time, John was engaged in the mercantile business in Schenectady and became rather affluent. Before the American Revolutionary War, he moved to Albany and went into business there. While he lived in Albany, he was an elder and trustee in the Scottish Presbyterian Church.

In 1767, he built a home on the east side of the Hudson River in Shaftsbury and named his estate Fowlis. His business continued to expand until it included grain and lumber mills, a nail factory and other enterprises. He was active in political and social circles and was appointed Magistrate and Justice of the Peace of the New Hampshire holdings, a controversial area claimed by both New York and New Hampshire. Intolerant of raids conducted by The Green Mountain Boys, John became embroiled in a protracted struggle with Ethan Allen and his New Hampshire supporters for ownership of the same land.

Tensions grew as the American Revolutionary War drew closer, and John, who was known for his unswerving loyalty to the crown, was soon marked by the local Patriots. When the New Hampshire contingent seized the opportunity to discredit him, he went to New York to meet with General McLean, his old military commander, who enrolled him as a Captain in the new Royal Highland Emigrants 84th Regiment, which was being raised from Loyalists in New York, many of them previous British troops. Later McLean cited him as being the first to report for duty.

McLean commissioned him to return to Vermont and raise a company of Loyalist recruits and to provide intelligence and information on rebel troops, supplies, provisions, arms etc. He used his own money to finance his operations, depleting his farm stores to equip and support the troops he raised. He had several adventures while delivering dispatches and escorting British dignitaries through the rebel lines between New York and the British forts around Quebec and Montreal.

Eventually John was seized and imprisoned for 18 months for his Loyalist acts. He was offered freedom if he would accept a commission as Lieutenant Colonel in the American Army, but he refused. He was one of the first Loyalists imprisoned at the Fleet Prison at Esopus. Eventually he was rescued from captivity by his compatriots. Once free, he resumed his Loyalist activities meeting with General Tryon on board the British warship Dutchess of Gordon, where he received 100 pounds with which to pay his recruits and a dispatch to take to the Bishop of Quebec.

On his return from Canada, he was recaptured. This time he was sentenced to be hung and narrowly escaped that fate by rescue and flight to the British lines.

John joined General Burgoyne in the New York campaign, but realizing that he is about to be defeated, Burgoyne sent John and other well known Loyalists to Canada to avert their being captured by the Americans.

Reporting to the British Army at Quebec, he found that the Royal Highland Emigrant commissions were all filled. Instead, he received a commission as Captain in Sir John Johnson's new King's Royal Regiment of New York. Now wearing his red British Uniform as a captain of the first battalion, he officially joined the American Revolutionary War. Eventually he enlisted his oldest son, Hugh, and an Ensign, then Lieutenant in his battalion, and his three other sons as privates.

During John's imprisonment and flight Mary remained at the Bennington estate and she and her children became prisoners or hostages of the Patriot Cause. They were allowed to stay in the house and keep two milk cows to provide for the children, but they soon found themselves in dire straights as the Munro estate was picked clean by vindictive neighbors. In desperation, Mary wrote the following letter to John in Montreal:

Mr dear John

I hope when you receive these few lines they may find you in good health. Your Dear Children are all well, as for myself I am in a poor state of health and very much distresst. I must leave my house in a very short time, and God knows where I shall get a place to put my head on, for my own relations are my greatest enemys, the mills they have had a long time in their possession -- likewaise all your tenants houses and lands -- They have distressed me beyond expression. I have scarcly a mouthful of bread for myself or Childer for heavens sake my dear Mr. Munro send me some relief by the first safe hand. Is there no possibility of your sending for us, if their is no method fallen upon we shall perish, for you can have no idea of our sufferings here, let me once more entreat you to try every method to save your family - my heart is so full it is ready to break -- Adew my Dearest John May God Almighty bless and preserve and protect you, that we may live to see each other is the constant prayers of Your affectionate tho afflicted wife
Mary Munro P.S. The Childer send their love to you

[Public Archives of Canada
MG 21, Vol B214, Pg 35]

In 1778, after receiving this letter, Captain Munro wrote to British authorities and Governor Clinton pleading with them to intervene with the American Generals to allow his wife and children to move to Canada as she and their seven children hadn't enough to eat. His plea was successful and Mary left Shaftsbury using money she got from selling some silver plate that she had hidden from her persecutes. She went first to Schenectady but relatives there refused to shelter or help her. She was finally aided by a friend or relative and made her way to Lake Champlain over the roads and Indian trails. There she was provided transportation by boat to Crown point and Fort St. John. John met her there and took her to Montreal where he obtained quarters for the family. In 1784, at the close of hostilities, she was established at L'Assumption.

Although the seven children seemed to survive this adventure with little effect, Mary became very ill. She eventually recovered, but she suffered from the debilitating effects of these years for the remainder of her life.

Mary was widowed in 1800 and died in Upper Canada, at another manor house and estate called Fowlis, on 12 Apr 1815, aged 76 years, 6 months and 3 days.

John was mustered out of the military at half pay in 1781, but John Johnson requested that he help with Land Claims for displaced Loyalists, and he spent three years in England lobbying for settlements for these claimants as well as for himself before returning to Ontario with no success and virtually penniless.

In 1784 he accepted Land Grants in the Lunenburg, Upper Canada area, settled by his compatriots from the First Battalion, and was instrumental in settling the Matilda township (later Dundas County). He built a home and established mills and other enterprises.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE HONORABLE JOHN MUNRO, ESQUIRE Filed 16 Dec 1800 (Surrogate Court Records of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Wills 1800-1821, Microfilm Reel 862340, Ontario Archives)

"I give and bequeath to my loving wife MARY MUNRO during her natural life my dwelling house with so much of the furniture as will be necessary for her comfort and support, together with so much of the live cattle as she might have question for, that in any case any of my sons should marry, and that she might wish to remove that then and in that case the other house on the farm shall be repaired and made comfortable and warm, that she shall be supported from the income of the property under the direction of the Executors as shall be hereafter named in this my will, that in case it should so happen that either of my sons or daughters should leave her under this protection, she is to have the same allowance from the estate as if she were living by herself, in order to compensate them for their support, I further will, that twelve hundred acres that I have located in her own name shall be within her own right to will to whom she pleases at her death. It is also my will that each of my children shall enjoy twelve hundred acres to each, that is to say, to HARRY 1200 acres, to JOHN 1200 acres, to WILLIAM 1200 acres, to CHRISTINA 1200 acres, to CHARLOTTE 1200 acres, to CORNELIA 1200 acres, which I have located for them, and shall do my duty to have the same granted in their own names, with respect to my Military Lands. It is my will that no part should be disposed of, unless necessity requires it to pay my debts, until such time as land will become of full value.

To my three grandchildren I give and bequeath the twelve hundred acres granted to me by the Government for giving up my claim to the township, that is to say, to Hugh's SON four hundred acres, to JOHN MOUNT four hundred acres, and to Cornelius' Son JOHN four hundred acres, to be equally divided between them. The remaining rest of my property to be divided between my three sons HENRY,WILLIAM and JOHN, reserving to my son HENRY the money he has advanced for the payment of land purchased from his brother HUGH. That in case I shall not be able to obtain some lands for my son Hugh's children, HENRY, JOHN and WILLIAM will give a fourth part of the undivided remains to his children, when the property is divided, but in case I shall be able to get lands for himself or his children and in that case the remainder of any property is vested in Henry, John and William and to their heirs and assigns forever.

I beg and pray that my children shall agree amongst themselves and it is my will in case of any dispute in settling among themselves it shall be finally settled by my Executors and not be any mean go to court and that the settlement made by the Executors shall be binding and finally settled.

I further will and authorize my Executors to make sale and dispose of so much of my property as will be necessary to pay my debts which may be honestly due upon the Estate after my decease if it cannot be otherwise discharged. I struggle hard and shall so long as God is pleased to spare me in this life to clear my Estate of incumbrance that whatever remains may be of service to my dear family.

I bequeath to my son CORNELIUS my sword and I hope he will think I have done by him as well as the rest of his brothers, they are all equally beloved by their poor old father, and if I should err in any way in this my will its not with a design to favor one more than the other, that they will be friendly and kind to one another and that they will never see one another in distress without giving relief to each other, and they will be prudent, careful, and industrious to make the best use of what may remain of the Estate after all debts is paid. I do appoint my loving Nephew HUGH MUNRO, ESQ., Doctor PHILLIP MOUNT, Malcolm McMartin, Esq., my Cousin HUGH MUNRO, Esq., THOMAS FRASER, Esq., and my son HENRY MUNRO or any three of them, to be my Executors, giving these full power and authority and anything to do all lawful deeds and acts, the same as I would do in my lifetime.

For the use and benefit of my poor family I further will that my son HENRY, DR. PHILIP MOUNT shall be trustees to oversee and regulate all and everything belonging to my Estate to prevent waste or mismanagement in carrying this my will on to Execution and last of all I give all my loving family my blessing, praying that God may bless and prosper them in this life and in the life to come.

In witness whereof I hereunder set my hand seal at the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred.
(s) John Munro
Signed, sealed and published and delivered by the Testator JOHN MUNRO as and for his last will and testament in presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names respectively as witnesses: (s) Rev. F.C.L.Broeffle, br T. Fraser, CORNs Munro"

LETTER FROM JOHN MUNRO TO CHILDREN (Accompanies Will) "My dear children and friends, my Executors in which I have every confidence to do all for the best. I request that you will bear all your Mother's unfortunate temper with patience as I have done and that she might have what will be sufficient to keep her comfortable during her lifetime. I should have appointed her Executrix, but being sensible of her disposition, I conceived it dangerous to the interest of all the family as her rashness of temper might lead her to what she afterwards would be sorry for, injurious to herself or her children.

I request that my silver watch will be delivered to my son WILLIAM, and my miniature picture be given to my son HUGH, being my oldest ... any clothing I may have to my son JOHN. I further request of all my children to let John have the best part in making the decision in consideration of him staying with his father and mother to carry on the business, and be good to him, for he is little acquainted with the world and the nature of mankind to guard against every advantage which may be taken of him, which is indeed my reason for not giving him more power.

Be kind and friendly to one another upon all occasions and should it so happen that the one is more successful than another let him give his assistance to him who may be in want, resoluting that all blessings is from the Hand of Providence.

I shall leave a list of what I may be indebted at the time of making this my last will and testament as near as I can recollect.

God grant you his blessing which is the prayer and will be while.
(s) John Munro"

The family erected a stone at his original burial site which was later flooded by the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. It stated "The Honorable John Munro, Esq. one of his Majesty's Legislative Council of Upper Canada, Formerly Captain in the King's late Royal Regiment of New York who died 27th of October, 1800 age 72 years."

The Munro burial marker stones were relocated at the Riverside Heights U.E.L. Memorial Cemetery with Honors in 1968. Also included in the new burial plot, surrounded with an ornate wrought iron fence, was the grave site of his wife Mary with the following inscription: "Here lies the remains of Mary Brewer (sic) relict of the late Hon. John Munro who departed this life the 12 April AD 1815 age 76 years. This humble monument is erected to her revered memory by her affectionate daughter Charlotte Munro de Lotbinere." The spelling of her name varies in references, however, the error in spelling here occurred when the old original markers were refaced and a copy of the old inscription was engraved on the new marble back in preparation for the UEL Memorial.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

References:

(1) "The Munro Beacon" - Spring/Summer 1996 - Vol. 22, No. 2 - p. 5

(3) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 29-30

Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - New York Unconnected Monroes

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

Died:
John died at Dickinson's Landind.

Buried:
John's original burial site was flooded by the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. In 1968, the marker stones were moved to the Riverside Heights U.E.L. Memorial Cemetery.

John married Mary Brower on 5 Apr 1760 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA. Mary was born on 9 Oct 1738 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA; was christened on 14 Oct 1738 in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York, USA; died on 12 Apr 1815 in Morrisburg, , Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1968 in Riverside Heights, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the will of the Hon. John Munro (her father), dated April 12, 1800, Christina is named to inherit 1200 acres of land. Her son JOHN MOUNT is also named to inherit 400 acres as a "grandchild".

Her husband "Doctor Philip Mount" is named as an executor of John's will and estate. Philip Mount received Lots 6 and 7 in 3rd con. by Crown Patent in Sept 1797. This was probably land that Christiana was entitled to as the daughter of a United Empire Loyalist when she married as it adjoins other land the Hon. John Munro claimed for his children.

Christiana died in 1836, being a widow since her husband, Philip died in 1816. In deeds dated May 1837 and July 1839 these lots were sold with the following list of inheritors and owners:Francis Mount, John Mount, Philip Mount, Christina Mount, Joseph Mount, Henry Mount, Mary Mount, Helene Mount and William Mount. In the 1839 sale the six Mount sons are listed (Francis, John, Philip, Henry, Joseph and William) as well as the following: Mary Davert, Helen Davert, Francis C. Davert, Louis C. Davert, Christina McDougall and Christina Mount.

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

Christiana married Philippe Magante Mount on 29 Aug 1786 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Philippe was born about 1753; died on 31 Dec 1815 in St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, St. Hyacinthe Co., Quebec, Canada; was buried on 2 Jan 1816 in Lachenaie, , Lower Canada, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Cornelia Munro had no children by either her marriage to Alan Patterson or her later marriage to Thomas Fraser. The Alexander Patterson and Jannet Patterson who sold Crown lots 4 and 5 in Matilda and the E 1/2 of Lot 9 Con 4 in 1853 1nd 1854 were children of Allen Patterson's brother Robert.

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

Cornelia married Allen Paterson on 7 Feb 1784 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Allen was born in 1752; died in 1809 in Morrisburg, Matilda, Ontario, Upper Canada; was buried in 1809 in Morrisburg, Matilda, Ontario, Riverside Uel ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cornelia married Thomas Fraser about 1815 in , , Ontario, Canada. Thomas was born in 1748 in Strathrich, Inverness, Scotland; died in 1821 in , , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Hugh was the oldest son of John and Maria, but their third child as he was preceeded by two sisters. He was born in Albany City, New York, where his father was a merchant. He would have been nearly five years old when they moved to their new home in the Albany County wilderness - later to become part of the state of Vermont. These would have been busy times for his parents as his father continued to build his new estate and oversee the clearing and planting of the fields, the workings of the new mills, and the settlement of numerous small tenant farmers.

According to the old Scottish practice, as the oldest son, Hugh would be expected to eventually manage and inherit the main property at the Fowlis estate upon his father's death, and he would be educated and trained for that occupation.

Hugh had a very busy childhood. He was probably schooled at home or with a tutor until there was an appropriate school available. He would ride out with his father to visit the tenant farmers, and oversee the workings at the mills, potash works and forges. In addition he would be a silent witness to the many casual meetings and conferences where John helped his many friends and neighbors with their problems.

Hugh witnessed the distress of his father's tenants and settlers who were accosted and attacked by Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys," who thought they had a prior right to the land through their adjoining New Hampshire grants. Allen was determined to drive John Munro, "The Yorker," from his lands, or discredit him to break his influence with the settlers. The conflict escalated, and Hugh was home when the Allen cohorts burst into the manorhouse at Fowlis and bullied his mother and frightened his brothers and sisters before his father finally managed to eject them from the house, and then drive them from the yard where they had tried to set fire to the porch and house. He also helped to carry water in the vain attempt to control the fire at the potash works also set by the same unruly mob.

By 1775 Hugh was 11 years old, and wise beyond his years with the knowledge that political conflict was spreading through the land like wildfire. As expected, he and his mother bore the responsibility for the estate on the ever more frequent occasions when his father was absent on some mysterious errand about the countryside, or to Albany, Schenectady, or even Boston or New York. He was firmly bound with his father in his unswerving loyalty to King George, and heard many heated discussions about local "loyalists" and "rebels." He overheard enough to know that his father was secretly encouraging veterans of the old regiments to sign up for service in Captain John's new loyalist company in the Scottish Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment newly formed by British General Alan McLean.

Then, the summer before Hugh had his 12th birthday, the whole secure world at Fowlis suddenly was blown apart for the Munros. John was arrested and taken to Albany to appear before the rebel Committee of Safety to ascertain his political leanings and to prove he was not spying for the Crown. He testified and was parolled, then arrested and required to appear again. During his absence light-fingered cohorts of the Allen gang and fellow patriots visited Mary to bully and frighten her and the tenants, and also to liberate usable items from the Munro estate.

The family's worst fears are confirmed when they recieve word that John had been thrown into the Albany prison as a Loyalist Tory and traitor to the American cause. Eventually John's name appeared on the list of landowners whose estates were to be confiscated for activity against the new independant American Colonies, and a committee arrived to strip the estate of all remaining supplies, stock, horses, and even to ransack the house for any useful plunder that may have been overlooked on previous occasions. At first a fairly sympathetic rebel allowed Mary to retain one riding horse and saddle for their use, but he later reconsidered this generosity and sent it away with the others. After he heard her plea in the name of her seven children, he allowed her to keep one milk cow - but only as a loan until it may also be called for. Hugh struggled to help Mary find enough for the family to eat from day to day.

John was identified as being too influencial to be risked, so he was sentenced to be hung. He was put in irons and is sent to a prison ship on the Hudson River near Esopus. Mary was desperate when she heard he was not at Albany. She was told that he was hung. John was told that his wife and family were all murdered.

After 18 months in prison, John escaped with a group of prisoners and found his way to the British lines near Fort Ticonderoga where he joined "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne. Old friends told him his family was alive and he sent word to Mary to find a way to join him in Canada. Mary's reply pleads for him to help her get away from their home where she is constantly harrassed by American rebels.

Hugh helped Mary and the girls make packs to carry the extra clothing and the few remaining valuable items that they had sucessfully hidden from the looters, and they started off on the long walk to Schenectady to seek help from family or friends. His youngest brother, John Jr. is hardly four years old and Hugh assumed the responsibility of carrying him or encouraging him along. Hugh also scouted the roadway, looked for food, found the evening stopping place, looked after Cornelius and Harry, and worried about their safety - a long list of responsibilities for a 12 year old boy. The older girls, Christine and Cornelia, were fully occupied in helping their mother with the bundles and in taking turns carrying baby Charlotte, a toddler not yet two years old.

How discouraged and angry Hugh must have been when they finally reached Schenectady and the Brouwer relatives refused to help them. Selling a piece of silver to a merchant at least gave them good Dutch food to fill their stomachs for a short while. They were finally rescued and hidden away by old merchant friends of John for a few months of rest, but all of them were aware of the rebel hatred of "Tory traitors" and were determined to find some way to get to Canada. The last few pieces of hidden silver plate and all of the salvaged best dresses and finery of Mary and the girls were sold to help provide the needed bribes to get a pass and make the journey to Canada possible. Ten years later Capt. John, ever the honorable Scot, listed as debts the expenses owed to John Glen of Schenectady and Richard Duncan of Albany for the feeding and care of his family and expenses for their escape to Canada.

Outfitted in their sturdiest shoes and warmest clothing Hugh finally headed the group of women and straggling children on the trail north from Albany to Fort Ticonderoga, a trail fought over by both Loyalist and Rebel troops in the two years previous, and also frequented by Indians of unknown sympathies. It was early Autumn with warm days for walking, but nights that could be bone chilling in the open without adequate shelter or blankets. They ate sparingly of the food they carryied for they knew it might be hard to find sympathetic farmers along the road. The early days on the trail are again a trial for Mary in her poor health.

When they had traveled beyond the area where Hugh had visited farmers and friends with his father, it became a daily trial to attempt to identify the political sympathies of settlers along the way so they would know if it would be safe to ask for food or shelter because they were constantly at risk of being reported to the local Militia. Hugh was especially at risk because he was nearly 14 years old and it was common practice for the Americans to conscript into the rebel army, the male children of Tories over 12 years old.

The sore-footed, bedraggled family finally passed the front lines of the Americans and arrived at the forested shore of Lake George only to find no escort waiting to take them across the bay and up the river to Canada. There were no boats available of any kind, and they were in a no man's land frequented by hostile Indians. For six long days, shivering with cold and with little to eat, they lay hidden in the dense undergrowth, so near, and yet so far, from sanctuary in Canada. To their immense relief, late on the seventh day they were joined by another party of escaping Tory women and children, and found an escort who was able to provide transportation for all of them. Even then they did not escape without one last fright, for as they were taken by canoe across Lake George to the British boats they were discovered and closely pursued by a canoe manned by a war party of Indians.

One can only imagine their joy when they at last reached Fort St. John and were met on the landing by John. It must have been with immense relief that Hugh lay down his burden of responsibility for his mother and siblings. And when the story of their trials was related in detail, Hugh must have felt great reward in the praise and approval from his father. Indeed, it was probably at that moment that John acceded to Hugh's request to join the army, finding him matured way beyond his tender years from the past three year ordeal. Hugh signed the enlistment roll of the First Battalion of the King's Royal Regiment of New York on 10 Oct 1778, just five days short of his 14th birthday.

Hugh would have been warmly welcomed into his father's First Battalion Company of the King's Royal Regiment of New York as it was made up almost entirely of the old Scottish friends, neighbors, and tenants of the Munros - many of them disbanded veterans of the Seven Years War. They would welcome this eldest son of their Captain, and would be kind in teaching him the necessary Army drills and Manual of Arms, as well as the unpublished "Manual of Skills" so necessary for rank and file survival.

Complete records were not preserved of the enlisted men in the King's Royal Regiment, but some muster and provision rolls were saved that list Hugh in Captain John Munro's Company. His early duties would probably have been at Fort St. John on the Richelieu River. With the onset of winter in 1778, Captain John was ordered to Montreal to find and supervise housing for some of the New York Loyalists. He moved Mary and his children there for their protection and care.

In Oct 1780 Captain John was detailed to take fifty men and a party of Indians and Rangers down to Albany where he was to join Colonel Sir John Johnson who was raiding through the Mohawk Valley. Together they were to sweep north through the settlements burning and destroying the field crops and forage of the rebels, encourage able bodied Loyalists to join up, and, hopefully, capture a few important officers and rebels for the exchange of imprisoned Loyalists. It is likely that Hugh was among the soldiers on this excursion, traveling over the same route on which he had shepherded the family two years before.

Hugh must have fared well with the men of Captain Munro's Company as he rose to the rank of Ensign on 13 Nov 1781, and, at the age of 19, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 24 Oct 1783. Along with the rest of the officers of the First Battalion he was reduced to half pay at the end of 1784 and subject to recall if the Army had need of him.

By 1785 Hugh wass residing at L'Assumption, an old french village on the horse-shoe bend of the L'Assumption River. It was long known as "la Portage" by both the French and the Coureurs de Bois of the Fur Trade, as canoes were beached at the north side of the river bend, carried down the main street, Rue Portage, and launched again on the south side, thus avoiding the intervening falls. L'Assumption became an important hub for fur trading and commerce for the area east of Montreal. Hugh's mother, Mary, and the rest of the family had been settled here before his father sailed to England to hopefully gain reparation for the lands and fortune he lost to the American rebels in New York and Vermont. Once again, as the oldest son, Hugh feelt the responsibility for the family.

As a commissioned officer and the son of Captain John Munro, Hugh was a desirable single guest to grace the dinner tables and evening socials of the well placed families in village. Under British rule it was a political necessity for the French to make friends and trade connections with influencial English Loyalists. The business and social elite at L'Assumption included the Leroux d'Esneval and LaRocque families, now united by the marriage of Angelique to Francois Antoine LaRocque. LaRocque soon found Hugh a most desireable employee, and an amiable dinner companion and guest. The Larocque Company was building a prosperous trade in lumber and wheat, and Hugh, as its English representative, was a great asset when dealing with the British merchants in Montreal. By the time his father returned to L'Assumption in 1787 and prepared to move his growing family to promised land grants on the upper reaches of the St. Lawrence River, Hugh was firmly established with the LaRocque firm.

Hugh had been educated and trained to manage the family estates and a tremenous task awaited the Munros in Upper Canada where they would be starting over in unsettled lands. Already disappointed in his claims to the British government, John could not have been happy when Hugh announced that he was staying at L'Assumption with the LaRocque firm. Indeed, he must have felt it a real betrayal of his duty to him, his father, and to the family. John was nearly 60 years old, had limited funds, and needed the help of his sons in this new endeavor. More than that, he had counted on Hugh to set the pace for his brother, Cornelius was 20 but not overly ambitious, Harry was totally immersed in his books and studies to be a doctor, and John Jr., at 14, was just too easy going and indecisive to train for any leadership.

It is not hard to imagine the argument that must have raged between this war-weary, army-hardened, tough old Scot and his equally stubborn, independant eldest son. At 23, Hugh was two years past his legal majority. Was he to be expected to give up the job he valued, the friends who respected him as an individual, and the life he had built for himself, to return to living in a virtual wilderness, clearing land and grubbing in the dirt to plant a crop ? He acknowledged his duty to the family, but, in return, had he not paid full measure ? What of the lost years of his youth spent carrying the burden of an abandoned family in New York ? This was a new country. He had given it nearly seven years of military service - did he not then deserve, at last, to make a decision to lead his own life as he saw fit ? How could his father criticize his work as a merchant when he, himself, had built his fortune in America beginning as a merchant in Albany ? Perhaps his father was too old to see the opportunities and genteel life he enjoyed in Montreal and L'Assumption. He was now fluent in French and he enjoyed their life style. He had no need to live in an all English community.

In the end, John and the family left for the new lands in Upper Canada, and Hugh continued his life in L'Assumption. An uneasy, unsettled silence continued between father and son.

As the LaRocque business grew and prospered, Francois felt the need to widen his influence, and was soon involved in the political scene, leaving more of the merchant duties to Hugh. At last, in 1792, he was elected to represent the L'Assumption district at the first Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Alas, before he was able to attend even one session he fell ill and died on 2 Nov 1792 at the age of forty-one. He left his young widow with two young sons age six and eight, and a thriving business managed by Hugh.

With Francois only a short six months in his grave, the widow LaRocque and Hugh journeyed down the L'Assumption River to Montreal to plight their troth before the Reverend Delisle in the Anglican Church on 4 May 1793. On 12 Oct of the same year Angelique gave birth to their first child, a daughter who died just after her birth. She was buried in the family plot beside the four little LaRocque infants.

At the age of 28 Hugh took over the LaRocque business and ran it successfully for twenty years before selling it to Angelique's brother, Laurent Laroux. Called back for army duty at erratic intervals, Hugh served during the war with the United States in 1812 as a Captain. Having sold the business, he moved his family to the village of Saint-Esprit, northwest of L'Assumption, where, as a retired officer living on half pay, he became the local Magistrate and Justice of the Peace.

Except for the death of their daughter Lucie at the age of 13, these were tranquil years for Hugh and Angelique. Their five surviving children found their places in the world. Hugh, Jr. left on his great adventure to the Far West. Horatio was married and established as a farmer. The daughters, Marie Angelique and Charlotte, were married and gone. Only the youngest child, Emilie, lives at home with her parents.

Hugh became almost totally immersed in the French community and culture. He maintained a close relationship with his older sister Christine, and his brother Doctor Henry, who both married French spouses and lived in Montreal with growing families. They served as god-parents for each other's children, and attended the many festive family Catholic christening and marriage ceremonies. He maintained a more distant relationship with his youngest sister Charlotte and her famous French husband, Chartier Alain de Lotbiniere, who dropped his French title as Marquis in deference to the new British ownership of Canada.

Sharing as they did a pride as prickly as a Scottish thistle, it is doubtful that Hugh and his father comletely resolved their long-standing dispute before John's death in Oct 1800. Hugh had already divorced himself from the Upper Canada location by selling his Crown land grants there to his brother, Henry. John, however, could not carry his anger beyond the grave, and willed a share of land to Hugh's son equal in size to that willed to each of his other grandchildren. He also directed Hugh, as the eldest son, to be given his valued minature portrait. Finally humbling himself in a letter enclosed with his will, he stated his children were "all equally loved by their poor old father," and begged them all to be "friendly and kind with one another."

Hugh had gone to Upper Canada to bury his father in 1800, and returned to bury his mother in 1815. His brother Cornelius was prematurely taken in death in 1806, his sister Cornelia widowed in 1809 with the death of the seemingly indestructable fur trapper Allen Patterson. Dr. Philip Mount left the eldest sister, Christine, a bereaved widow in 1816, and out in far Bas-Caraquet, New Brunswick, even the baby of the family, William Johnson, was not spared by the grim reaper from an untimely death in 1820. Also Charlotte was to find that neither wealth nor advantages could buy health and longer life for the great de Lotbiniere, who died in 1822. By 1825 only Hugh, Henry, and John Jr. were left of the five brothers, and the three sisters were all widows.

Now it was Hugh's turn to mentally review the many adventures of his sixty one years as he lay seriously ill with an "inflamation of the breast." He must have derived the most comfort from his bride of thirty-two years as they had comforted each other during tragic periods in their life together, the deaths of parents and other family members, but most of all the early deaths of five of their own ten children. Although attended by local physicians his condition only continued to worsen, and he sliped away from the family gathered about his bed on 22 Sep 1825. Having converted to the Roman Catholic faith, he was attended by Father Arsenault and was buried in the Catholic cemetery at St. Ours du St. Esprit. Signing his death notice in the parish register were his brother, Dr. Henry Munro; his brother-in-law, Laurent Laroux; and his step-son, Francois Antoine LaRocque, Jr.

Because there were two or three other Hugh Munros listed in Captain John Munro's Company, there has been some errors made in other references. This Hugh is not the same person as Hugh Munro [4778], born 1744 in Scotland, Enlisted in the British army 19 Jun 1776, served in Watt's Company 1776-1777, in McDonnell's Company 1781, in Munro's company 1781-1783, married Catherine Campbell and had two sons and two daughters in 1784.

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Buried:
Hugh was buried at Saint-Ours-du-Saint-Esprit Catholic Church in Saint-Esprit, Quebec, Canada.

Hugh married Angelique Leroux on 4 May 1793 in L'assumption, Quebec, Canada, Canada. Angelique was born on 6 Nov 1865 in Montreal/L'assum, Quebec; died on 22 Nov 1837 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada; was buried on 24 Nov 1837 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

Cornelius enlisted in his father's company in the British forces on 10 Oct 1778 to fight in the American Revolutionary War. In 1784, after the war ended, he went to L'Assumption.

Cornelius Munro was serving as Sheriff of Cornwall in 1800 when his father's will was probated. He lived in the Cornwall vicinity most of his adult life. He hand wrote his own will in 1801 and had it witnessed by Thomas Fraser. He probably died in 1806 (at age of 38 ?) as there is a petition on file for 21 Jan 1807 for bond in the inventory of his Estate by his wife Frances Delisle Munro with co-signer Frederick Delisle of Cornwall (her brother ?).

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Christened:
Cornelius was christened at the Dutch Reformed Church in Schenectady, New York.

Cornelius married Frances Delisle on 5 Oct 1794 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Frances was born about 1770; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

On 1 Feb 1780, Henry Munro enlisted in his father's company in the British forces to fight for the British in the American Revolutionary War. In 1784, after the war was over, he went to L'Assumption.

Henry became a surgeon in the service of the North West Company in 1796. For several years, he was stationed at, or near, Grand Portage. In 1805, he was sent to succeed J. B. Perrault at the Pic on Lake Superior, and in 1812, he was appointed surgeon's mate in the Corps of Canadian Voyagers raised by the North West Company.

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Buried:
Henry was buried at the Old Protestant Cemetery in Maschouche, Quebec, Canada.

Henry married Marie Josephette Serindac in 1809 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Marie was born on 29 Aug 1780 in , , Québec, Canada; was christened in in , , Québec, Canada; died on 4 Mar 1860 in La Chenaire, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Mar 1860 in Lachenaie, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 1 Feb 1780, John Munro, Jr. enlisted in his father's company to fight for the British in the American Revolutionary War. In 1784, after the war ended, he went to L'Assumption.

An Agriculture census shows that John owned 50 acres with 25 acres under cultivation (8 to 10 acres in crops such as wheat, barley, etc.; and 15 to 17 acres of pasture). One acre used for home garden and orchard and the remainder listed as "woods and wild".

John does not appear on the 1861 census for Williamsburg Township.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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John married Kathryn Rosenberger about 1810 in , , Ontario, Upper Canada. Kathryn was born about 1795 in , , , USA; died about 1851 in Williamsburg, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Buried:
Charlotte was buried at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada.

Marie married Michael E.G. Alain Chartier De Lotbiniere, Marquis on 15 Nov 1802 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada, St Michael Cath. Michael was born on 31 Aug 1748 in Québec, , Québec, Canada; died on 1 Jan 1822 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, , Canada; was buried in Jan 1822 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada, St Michael Cath. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie married Paul Dennis about 1893. Paul was born about 1774; died in in Couteau-Du-Lac, , Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The birth and christening records of William Johnson Munro has not yet been located. History directs that he was born in the city of Montreal due to the following proven facts: (1) William's mother, Mary Brower, with her other seven children, escaped to Fort St. John via Lake Champlain and Crown Point in 1778. (2) Her husband, Captain John Munro, met her at Fort St. John. (3) John was dispatched to Montreal to find housing there for Loyalist families and also took Mary and the children with him. (4) Mary and the children stayed in Montreal until 1783 when John went to England to help plead for compensation for lands lost by Loyalists in New York. (5) William was probably christened by the Regimental Chaplain as he was a personal friend, although some of these records have been lost.

William was named after the celebrated General Johnson of the British Army, a much esteemed comrade in arms of his father, John Munro. He grew up on the Munro land grants at Matilda, near Morrisburg, Ontario. He signed on with the North West Fur Company and eventually settled in Bas-caraquet, New Brunswick in 1807, where he received a land grant as a Loyalist son.

William spent eight years in the service of the Northwest Fur Company, enlisting in about 1798 for an eight year indenture. He spent most of this time in the Grand Portage, Fort William Area, but mad voyages to other outposts from time to time.

In 1808 William completed his indenture to the North West Company. Disappointed at the inadequate wages offered for a "factor" or permanent post with The Company, he left western Canada to take up a merchandising offer made by his cousin, Hugh Munro, of St. Peter (Bathurst) New Brunswick. Eventually he settled on a site at Bas Caraquett on the Bay of Chaleur, opposite the Colony of New Carlisle-Paspebiac. He built a Trading Post-Store where he dealt in furs and provisioned the French fisherman and bought their salted fish for shipping by Hugh Munro and Sherar ships. His long experience in the western lands stood him in good stead and certainly provided him with the language skills to deal also with the French speaking fishermen who populated the area. William may have become an agent for the Hudson Bay Company both on the New Carlisle side of the bay and on the New Brunswick side at Carequete. Hudson Bay Company agents held positions of considerable importance and the agent occupied a central influence in many respects in the community.

Although he died early and in debt, if he had been able to maintain his business until it began to show a profit he would undoubtedly have established a very lucerative post.

Munro Island in the Shippigan area still bears William Munro's name although title went out of the family when his son Thomas Brock Munro sold the property.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald
Stroud, Anna Margaret

References:

(1) Clan Munro library - "The Munro Beacon" - Spring/Summer 1996 - Vol. 22, No.
2 - p. 5

(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

(3) "The Munro Eagle" - number 27 - summer 1997-1998 - p. 33-38

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Buried:
William died at his home in 1820 at the age of 39 and was buried on his farm because the Catholic Church refused to bury a Presbyterian in their cemetery. In the fall of 1993, a homeowner on the old Munro property discovered human bones while doing an excavation. An Investigation identified the remains as being those of William Johnson Munro and his son. In 1995, after considerable paperwork, the remains were released to William's descendant, Henry Munro for re-interment in the cemetery of Trinity Anglican Church in Riverside Heights alongside W.J.'s father, Captain John Munro.

William married Sarah Sherar on 15 Sep 1808 in Caraquet, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Sherar) was born on 26 Aug 1786 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WRIGHT, "Families de St Charles-sur-Richelieu T3 Comte St Hyacinthe 1741-1987" p. 496-7

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Francois married Celcote Lareau about 1825. Celcote was born about 1789; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Mary married Louis Duvert about 1810 in , , Québec, Canada. Louis was born in 1787; died on 19 Dec 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!"Families de St-Charles-Sur-Richelieu, Comte St. Hyacinthe 1741-1987":
Francois-Philippe Mount b. 13 Aug 1787 m. Angelique Gariepy
Catherine Mount (ve) Louis-Francis-Jacques Genevay m 2nd:29 Sept 1835 Louis LaCoste (vf. Catherine de la Bruere of Boucherville.
Mary Mount b. 1792 d. 6 Aug 1843 m. Louis Duvert b. 1787 d. 16 Dec 1840.
Helene Mount b. 1793 d. 14 Apr 1858 m. Francois Chicou-Duvert b. 1789 d. 9 Aug 1841. Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records of Rev. John Bethune, Anglican Church: 1786 (pg. 113) "Philip Mount Surgeon was married to Christian Munro daughter of Capt John Munro of the late Royal Regiment of New York on the 29th Day of August" (1786).

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Veronique married Francis Chicou Duvert about 1815 in , , Québec, Canada. Francis was born in 1787; died on 9 Aug 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Philip married Angelique Gariepy in 1820. Angelique was born about 1800; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Catherine married Louis Francis Jacques Genevoy about 1810. Louis was born about 1798; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married Louis La Coste on 29 Sep 1835 in , , Québec, Canada. Louis was born about 1798; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

BIO:Charlotte died at age two.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Notes:

BIO:Notes from Vaudreul-Soulanges Museum:

TBL: HUGH MUNRO b. 15 Oct 1764 m. to Angelique Leroux (widow of LaRocque) on 4 May 1893 by Hougenaut Minister, Delisle. Children: MARIA ANGELIQUE - b. Jan 1796, m. in Montreal to Capt Rodolphe Amere'die' de May, d'Uzistorf-Canton de Bein (Switzerland) Capt in Meirons. He died in Berne, Switzerland on 18 Feb 1848.

TBL:DIED: 1861 on 9 March, at L'Hotel Dieu of St. Hyasinthe at 1:15 PM, Saturday 9 March, 1861 Maria Angelique Munro, widow of Capt Rudolphe Amedie'de May, d'Uzsitorf (Switzerland) of this city and was buried at the graveyard of the church at L'Hotel Dieu St. Hyasinthe. Age was 65 years.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Marie-Angelique married Rudolphe Amerede' De May in , , Montreal, Quebec. Rudolphe was born about 1794; died on 18 Feb 1848 in Berne, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIO:Note from French-Canadian Journal:

TBL:........"his brother, much younger, Dr. Joseph LeDuc (1793-1829) graduated medicine in 18--, practiced at St. Roch L'Achigan, Montreal and finally at St. Polycarp where he died. He had married well, in 1819 in Montreal, Charlotte Munro (1798-1830), neice of her namesake the seigneuresse of Vaudreuil .... and daughter of Hugh Munro of St Esprit de Montcalm, Merchant, and of Angelique LeRoux (They married Montreal 1793). She had previously married in 1781 Francois Antoine Larocque (1753-92) who was elected deputy for L'Assumption in 1792 but dies prior to taking his seat."

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Marie-Charlotte married Joseph Leduc, M.D. on 15 Feb 1819 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Joseph was born on 3 Aug 1795 in L'assumption, Quebec, Canada; died in 1829 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Charlotte married Michel Borne on 22 Feb 1830 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Michel was born about 1795; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIO:Marie Lucie died at age of one month.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

Notes:

!An interesting addition to the preceding family group is the documentation of the life of Hugh Munro or "Rising Wolf" of the Blackfeet indians in the Centennial Canadian Issue (No. 10. 1967) of the Clan Munro Magazine from Scotland. J. W. Schultz wrote two books* on the life experiences of Rising Wolf (Hugh Munro) from direct acqauintace with him in his later years. Hugh states he spent his early years roaming the outdoors near his Quebec home, spending only enough time at his studies to learn to read and write. At 15 years of age he joined the Hudson Bay Company as an engage' and journeyed west. He never returned to eastern Canada or saw his family again.
There are a number of his descendants among the Blackfeet Indians; a grandson, William Jackson, was a scout for Custer, later becoming a partner of the author Schultz.

Schultz states in his narrative of Hugh Munro's second year with the Blackfeet (RED CROW'S BROTHER, James Willard Schultz, Houton Mifflin Co, 1927) the following about the Glacier Park area: ...We came to a beautiful lake, the second one of the lakes of Two Medicine Lodges River. At its head was a pine-clad, steep mountain which Red Crow said was named Rising Bull. It did have the appearance of the sharp back of a buffalo getting up onto its feet. (1) And just to the north of us was another and still higher mountain, of reddish rock, which was I-kot-ei Is-tuki (Red Mountain), one of the great peaks of the range. (2)

(1) Later named Sin-o-pah-ki Is-tuk-i (Fox Woman Mountain). Fox Woman was the faithful wife of Rising Wolf (Hugh Munro) (2) In 1896, after our old friend died, and we buried him in the Two Medicine Valley and in sight of this mountain that he loved so well, we named it for him: Rising Wolf Mountain.

George Bird Grinnell, who wrote many articles and books about his experiences with the Indians, also was also a friend of Hugh Munro. In his book PAWNEE,

BLACKFOOT AND CHEYENNE (Scribner's 1913) he related the following about lakes in the Montana mountains (Glacier Park):
This region is known throughout northern Montana as the St. Mary's Lake country. In a narrow valley running back into the mountains lie two great lakes, the upper about 12 miles long, and the lower seven. These are enlargements of the St Mary's River, a branch of the Saskatchewan. Here, forty-eight years ago (about 1837), Hugh Monroe [sic], a devout Catholic, assisted by a party of Kootenai Indians, set up on the shores of the lower lake a great cross made of two pine trees, and called the lakes St. Mary's.

BIO:HUGH MUNRO, JR - HIS EARLY YEARS IN L'ASSUMPTION

BIO:LA PAROISE DE L'ASSUMPTION - REPERTOIRE DES BAPTISMES 1724-1800 Publication # 17 (1981) LaCentre de Genealogie S.C. Ottawa, Canada Children of Hugh and Angelique Munro:

TBL:#6318 MUNRO, HUGH Born: 25 Aug 1799 Baptised: 26 Aug 1799

BIO:BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES AND SEPULCURES of PAROISE St. Surplise, L'Assumption de la Vierge Marie, de Montcalm, Quebec; diocese of Montreal, Quebec. (1724-1876) Mf # 1018241, SLC, UT 1994 VBM

TBL:BAPTISM: de Hugues Munro: Le vingt Six Aout mil Sept Cent quatre vingt dix neuf par moi Fretere Soussigne a ete Baptiste hughes ne' hier de legitime Mariage de Monsieur hughes Munro, Merchand et da Dame Angelique Leroux les fere et Mere de cette Paroisse. Le Larein a ete' Monsieur Charles Dorion et la Mareine Marguerite Dorion. Les quels out Signe avec vour ainvique le Fere present. deap mot interlique's et deux ralure valable. [Signed] Hugh Munro Charles Dorion Marguerite Dorion

*James Willard Schultz, "Rising Wolf, The White Blackfoot: Hugh Munroe's Story of His First Year On The Plains", "Red Crow's Brother: Hugh Munroe's Story of His Second Year On The Plains", Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, N.Y., 1919 & 1927. In 1951 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released part of his story adapted as the Western "Across The Wide Missouri" with John Hodiak as Hugh Munro.

BIO:Biographical information of Hugh Munro is mainly contained in the volumes on the Blackfeet Indians written by James Willard Schultz who was a contemporary of Hugh in the last two decades of his life. Schultz describes Hugh as: "slender, but not tall with brown hair and blue eyes." (The blue eyes are a legacy still seen in various present descendants!) He records the following from his conversations with Hugh "Rising Wolf":

TBL:NOTE:Biographical data provided by J.W.Schultz has proved grossly inacurate in some areas. It must be kept in mind that Schultz was a "story-teller" and consigned his recollections to paper long after Hugh Munro had died. Some of his narrations are "composites" of experiences written in a manner to provide a a free flowing story.

TBL:Hugh was born in the Three Rivers area of Quebec where his father, Capt. Hugh Munro of the British Army was associated with his mother's family in business.
His mother was of a noted family of French emegres' and her father owned a fine mansion in Montreal as well as a large estate in the Three Rivers area where they lived. His childhood days were quiet enough as he played with the peasant children. A Jesuit Father, residing with the Leroux household, taught Hugh a smattering of reading and writing in both French and English. The gift of a light smooth-bore gun was a turning point in his young life. From that time on he spent most of his time hunting in the forest surrounding the settlement. At age 12 he killed his first deer; at 13 he shot two black bears. An old pensioner of his mother, a half-breed Montagnais Indian, too old and feeble to do much for himself, taught him to trap beaver, otter, fox, fisher, martin and mink. Every spring his grandfather sold the pelts for him in Montreal for a good price.
In the autumn of 1812, during the months of the War, his grandfather sent for them to live with him in Montreal. Hugh disliked city life as he could neither hunt nor trap, and he did not understand the "town boys" whose interests were so unlike his own. Mornings he had to attend the parish school, but afternoons he escaped to row on the river or visit in the warehouses of the Hudson Bay Company with which his grandfather was affiliated. There he met voyageurs and trappers from far places. They presented a exotic picture with their buckskin clothes, fur caps and colorful beaded moccasins. He became fast friends of both the French and English factions and spent many happy hours listening to their tales of wild adventures, of fights with Indians, encounters with fierce bears of the Far West, and of the perils of canoe trips on madly running rivers. He began to beg his family to let him join "The Company" and go West.

BIO:Young Hugh would have been living in a "family of women" at L'Assumption. He was preceeded in birth by five sisters [two surviving] and followed by another two sisters and only one brother - five years his junior. He would have had every opportunity to taste the excitement of the voyageurs, fur trappers and traders from even his own front doorstep. L'Assumption lies in a noted horeshoe bend of the l'Assumption River and the canoes were all beached at one end of l'Assumption's main street - Rue la portage'-, carried up the street and launched again at the other end. Fronting on the upper portage landing were all the commercial establishments of this important trading town: the Custom House, the North West Fur Offices, and all the merchant establishments serving the area. Little wonder that this first son of Hugh and Angelique, who was a notorious "truant" from the classroon - by his own admission "not a scholar" - begged early and long until he finally convinced his parents to let him join the furtrading adventure !

BIO:His father finally agreed saying: "He is obviously born for the adventurous life, and nothing else, so we may as well let him begin now and grow up to a responsible position with the company." His mother shed many tears but finally agreed to let him go after securing a promise from him that he would return for a visit at the end of his 5 year indenture. Angelique spent many tearful hours sewing and packing his clothing, and assembling a kit that included a razor for a lad too young yet to need to shave ! She slipped a Missal between his shirts and prayed for his safe return. Hugh, ever the practical Scot, handed his son a pair of dependable flint-lock pistols, and followed them up with a few basic rules from the " Army rank and file" to help keep him out of the worst troubles and temptations. "Just remember your heritage and depend on it," he admonished. "You are a Scot and a MUNRO. For centuries Munros have been courageous adventurers and Highland warriors. You have that courage - you will do well."

BIO:FROM MONTREAL TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN FORT WITH THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY
BIO:Very early on the morning of May 3rd, 1814, almost four months short of his sixteenth birthday, he signed his Articles of Appreticeship to the Hudson Bay Company for five years at 20 pounds per year. As the heavily loaded canoes bobbed beside the quay Hugh endured the tearful kisses of his mother and her admonitions to remember his prayers. The proud Scottish father could only gaze into the bright blue eyes so like his own, grip the hand of his young son and mutter, "Keep your nose clean and your hair on !" before Hugh scrambled aboard the wallowing canoe. As they turned out into the river and the voyageurs sang and dug in their paddles Hugh waved and watched until the little knot of figures on the quay faded from view, little knowing that he would never see Montreal or his family again.

BIO:There were five boats in the flotilla, each one loaded with 4 to 5 tons of goods for the Indian trade. Everything was done up in waterproof packages of 100 pounds each. The heavy goods were mostly guns, powder and balls, and flints, tobacco, beads, beaver traps, brass and copper wire, axes, copper and brass kettles of various sizes, and small hand mirrors. The lighter goods were blankets, woolen cloth, needles, awls, thread, and trinkets to strike the Red Man's fancy. It was not a very valuable cargo in Montreal but at Mountain Fort in the Rocky Mountains it was of enormous value. There a gun was worth sixty beaver pelts, and even a twist of tobacco sold for two beaver skins !

BIO:The voyageurs paddled up the St. Lawrence River and turned into the Ottawa River which they ascended as far as it was navigable. They then portaged the boats from lake to lake until, early in September, they arrived at York Factory on the Saskatchewan River close to Hudson Bay. There they wintered and set out again as soon as the ice went out in the spring. At last, on the 10th of July, 1815, after many weary days of rowing and cordelling up the swift Saskatchewan River, they arrived at Mountain Fort. The fort biuldings, built of logs and roofed with poles and earth, were in a heavily timbered bottom above the high-water mark of the river. It was enclosed in a high, log stockade with a bastion on one corner in which there were two small cannon. It was later to be known as BOW FORT as the stream it was on was a main tributary of the Saskatchewan River known as the Bow River. [This location is now near Calgary, Alberta, Canada.]

BIO:Camped in the vicinity and milling about the grounds of the Fort were thousands of Indians awaiting the annual arrival of the company's flotilla of boats loaded with trade goods. There were three tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy as well as Gros-Ventures and Saksikas making over 30,000 Indians at the fort. Hugh saw the smoke curling from countless numbers of tall tan tipis through the roiling dust created by the mounted Indian riders yiping around the camp area, and the children racing about in play. He was speachless with excitement and fascination as he viewed the exotic scene - even more wonderful than any of his wildest imaginations !

BIO:Hugh was acknowledged by James Hardesty and immediately put to work inside the Trading Post. First the cargo had to be unloaded and inventoried into the proper books, bundles, barrels and bins. Then the long days of trading began. From dawn to dark Hugh fetched, weighed, counted and carried. The factor and clerks took the furs, examined them for condition and grade and tallied them. Then the bargaining and trade began with the Indian through the interpreter. As items were chosen they were piled upon the counter after many comments and examination and fingering of the available goods. With silent wives and eager children looking on, the transaction is finally completed and the brave packs up and leaves as another takes his place.

BIO:To Hugh the days seem endless. He toils away in the dimly lit back rooms preparing stock and delivering items to the counter. Hardesty and the clerks leave little opportunity for him to watch the bargaining and trade, or interact with the Indians waiting in the store. After dark there are still furs to stack and bundle for the long voyage to Montreal. He thinks about the thousands of tipis camped along the river and wonders if he will ever get out into the day light again ! This was not what he had bargained for ! He thought he would be outdoors among the trappers and Indians, and able to live and hunt in the wild. How could he possibly spend the next five long years of his life doing this ?

BIO:In desperation he finally manages to find time between duties to escape outside occasionally and talk with the post interpreters and employees. In hunting and trapping they soon found he was not the "greenhorn" they had expected, and recognized his keen interest in the Indians. Hugh had a good ear for languages and was quick to pick up the universally used sign language of the Indians and traders. They quickly began to take him on their evening "visiting rounds" among the Indians at the camp. Soon Hugh was able to go alone and found several Indian youths near his age that he could "talk" to. He began to spend most of his free time with Red Crow, a member of the Small Robes band. Hugh envied Red Crow's freedom to hunt and trap and his nomadic life, as well as his large hospitable family.

The Hudson's Bay Company was eager to expand fur trading with these tribes, but suffered by a lack of interpreters of the Blackfoot tongue. The Blackfoot Confederation did not allow encroachment on their traditional hunting and trapping areas by white trappers or other tribes. They "discouraged" tresspassing by hunting down and killing any outsiders found in their territory.

BIO:Factor James Hardesty was quick to note Hugh's interest in the Indians as well as his eagerness to be out doors. He also watched the growing friendship with Red Crow and saw an opportunity that would be of benefit to both "The Company" and the Blackfoot. Hardesty had often thought that the ideal way to stabilize his fur trading relationship with the elusive Blackfeet would be to send a white trapper or agent to live and travel with them and learn their language. So far he had not been able to suggest this possibility to any of his agents or employees for two reasons. First, he had noone who would be willing to embark on what they would consider a virtual death sentance as a tresspasser into Blackfoot country ! And second, the Blackfoot were so aloof that a suggestion of this kind could be mistaken in it's intent, and he would break his tenous trading hold on them and lose them to the North West Company.

BIO:Despite his proclivity to join the Indians Hugh was bound by his contract with the Hudson Bay Company, and soon settled into the annual acivities and routines of the forts. He thrived on the expeditions and trips into the wilds and endured his time within the company forts. The following summarizes his experiences during his sojourn with Hudson's Bay.

TBL:Hugh Munro entered the service of the Hudson's Bay company and was appointed apprentice in the Edmonton District. His "parish" was entered in the company books as "Canada."
During the summer of 1816 he was at Carlton House under John Peter Pruden. In the fall of 1818 he traveled with Francis Heron from Carlton House to Edmonton House and apparently spent the winter of 1818-19 there. In May 1819 Heron left William Flett in charge of Edmonton House with Munroe as one of his assistants. At the end of outfit 1818-19 Heron reported Munro as being "not of much use at present, but may be of some service hereafter." Munro remained at Edmonton except for short excursions to the Beaver River and Acton House (the post in opposition to Rocky Mountain House of the North West Company), until January 19, 1820 when he was sent to Summer Berry (Pembina) River to remain there until spring. On May 4, 1820 he arrived at Edmonton House having been directed to abandon the post at Pembina River since the Indians were leaving that quarter. From the middle of May until nearly the end of November Munro was stationed at Acton House; on his return he remained at Edmonton House until February 19, 1821 when he was sent to Carlton House for supplies, returning March 30.
Later in the spring he was at Moose Lake where he remained until June 4. He spent the summer in various short expeditions from Edmonton House to Pembina River and Moose Lake. On September 8 he started from Edmonton for Moose Lake, but this post was abandoned shortly afterwards in favor of Dog Rump Creek House, situated about three miles above old Buckingham House. Munro apparently served at Dog Rump Creek House under Patrick Small, returning to Edmonton House on April 28, 1822 with letters "from several parts of the country."
On June 5, 1822 Munro arrived at Carlton House from Edmonton. From there he was sent to Cumberland House on July 28 in order to join the Bow River expedition. He was recorded in Bow River accounts 1822-23 as a clerk with a family of one. In the spring of 1823 he was sent with the Piegans to learn thei language and began his long sojourn with the Piegans.

BIO:Between the Saskatchewan and the Missouri Rivers Hugh camped and hunted over a great stretch of country that no white man had ever seen. At the Falls of the Missouri River he crossed the trail of Lewis and Clark; between the Missouri an Yellowstone River traveled country not yet seen by whites. Through his efforts
the Piegans made peace with the Crows and persuaded them to go north to Mountain Fort to trade their winter furs. Hugh and the Piegans returned to the fort in the New Grass Moon - April, 1824. During Hugh's second year with the Piegans they hunted and trapped in the area now included in Glacier National Park. There he saw the "Lakes Inside" and mountains held sacred to the Blackfeet. And so Hugh fulfilled his contract with Hudson Bay and then became a "free trapper," returning to the post during the trading season as interpreter and occasional employee.

BIO: George Bird Grinnell relates the following story told by Hugh:

TBL:"I was often detailed by the Hudson's Bay Company to go out in charge of a number of men, to kill meat for the fort. When the ground was full of holes and wash-outs, so that running was dangerous, I used to put on a big timber wolf"s skin, which I carried for the purpose, tying it at my neck and waist, and then to sneak up on the buffalo. I used a bow and arrows, and generally shot a number without alarming them. If one looked suspiciously at me, I would howel like a wolf. Sometimes the smell of the blood from the wounded and dying would set the bulls crazy. They would run up and lick the blood, and sometimes toss the dead ones clear from the ground. Then they would bellow and fight each other, sometimes goring one another so badly that they died. The great bulls, their tongues covered with blood, their eyes flashing, and tails sticking out straight, roaring and fighting, were terrible to see; and it was a little dangerous for me, because the commotion would attract buffalo from all directions to see what was going on. At such times I would signal to my men, and they would ride up and scare the buffalo away."

Bio:No record has been found of the origin of Hugh's Pikuni name "Rising Wolf." Among the animals especially respected among the Blackfeet and supposed to have great power, are the buffalo, the bear, the raven, the wolf, the beaver and the kit-fox. The wolves were the people's great friends; they traveled with the people.If a person was hungry and sang a wolf song, he was likely to find food. Men going on a hunting trip sang these songs, which would bring them good luck. The Blackfeet had great belief in visions and dreams, and an animal coming to a man in his dream with a message important to his life, was then regarded as his special protector.

BIO:In 1922 Schultz recorded this narrative by Frank Munroe, son of Rising Wolf:

TBL:My father was "iksatosim." ("Of the sun." Or, "great medicine.") Soon after he took my mother for his woman, before any of us children were born, he one night had a powerful vision. A wolf came to him and said, "I am chief of these great plains, and I have taken a liking to you; therefore I am going to tell you how to make something that will preserve you in times of danger. Go and get the tail feathers of an owl, skins of weasels and minks, and make a war bonnet." In his dream he collected the feathers and skins and made the bonnet, but it did not please the wolf; he took it apart, rearranged the materials, singing all the time as he put it together. When he was satisfied with his work, he put the bonnet on my father and walked around and around him, looking at it, still singing, and at last said, "There, it is as I wanted it. This will preserve you from the enemy; you and any relative or friend to whom you may lend it. And do not forget this, my song that goes with it, and which you are to sing when you put the bonnet on and face danger. However, your possession of the bonnet, just your having it near you, in your lodge, on your person or your horse when travelling, will itself protect you from the enemy." My father's shadow came back into his body. He awoke and thought about his wonderful vision and then woke Fox Woman and told her about it and she was glad. "Sun is kind! He has pitied you; he has caused his child, Chief Wolf, to give you the one thing you need to become a warrior of our tribe ! Make the bonnet at once, so that I may no longer fear for your safety when you go out to hunt and trap."
My father made the bonnet, just as his vision had directed, and kept singing the song over and over until he knew he would not forget it. He carried that bonnet in a painted and fringed rawhide cylinder that he made, and as Chief Wolf had predicted, it helped him safely through many a place where his life was in danger. Time and again he lent it to my grandfather, Lone Walker, and Three Suns, my uncle, and they wore it on raids against the enemy, and with great success. In his old age he gave it to Three Suns; it is now in Three Suns' grave, down below here on the Two Medicine River.

BIO:Frank also related how the sign of Rising Wolf protected them from attack by friendly Indians in many campsites during their trapping and traveling days. Once when Frank was only eight or nine years old Rising Wolf left the Pikuni camp on the Bear River and came north to the Two Medicine Lodge country to trap beaver. They had set up camp in a grove of cottonwoods and his brother, Little Wolf (John), was driving the horses to the ridge to graze for the night. Suddenly, a gun boomed, and a bullet struck a tree in front of him. As soon as he called for help the shooter called out in good Pikuni that he was a friend. They embraced his brother and came down to the lodge where they were welcomed by his father. The friendly Kooteni Indians apologized for mistaking their camp for that of some Cree Indians. After eating and smoking they suggested that Rising Wolf mark the trail to his camp and surrounding trees with his sign to prevent friendly indians from mistaking him for an enemy. The following morning his father blazed trees along the trail and around the camp, and on the white surface painted in black the sign for his name: a man and a wolf rising. And thereafter he did that at every camp that they made, and so more than once saved them from attack from war parties of tribes that were friendly to them.

BIO:"When we had grown a little older, my brother and I made the name signs for him. My brother was angry because I could make the best signs. They were like this":

PICTURE:20F*Drawing by Heavy Eyes of Rising Wolf's Name Painting

BIO:Although documentation is scarce and scattered, various records for Hugh and his family show that for the next fifty years he roamed the western wilderness with the Piegans, ranging from below the Yellowstone to the far north of present Edmonton, Canada. Sometime in the 1820's he married - according to Indian custom - Sinopah (Kit Fox Woman) daughter of Lone Walker, Chief of the Piegans and Small Robes Band. Together they raised at least seven children in the Indian community and were successful in living through the epidemics of smallpox, scarlet fever, "coughing fever," starvation winters and intertribal warfare that decimated the tribes. The lack of documentation of Hugh's life depended a great deal on the seclusion of the Blackfeet from white intervention until the 1855 "Lame Bull Treaty" which first opened their living area and hunting grounds to white men and the Army.

BIO:Early records of the Blackfeet Nation did not include a census or name list until 1888 when all United States Blackfeet were confined to the designated reservation in Montana, and the Northern Piegans were required to live north of "The Line" (49th parallel) in Canada. Even those early records of the Indian Agency are sketchy and incomplete with no birth and death documentation. The Jesuits kept records for the Missions and schools but most early records of the Jesuits were destroyed in at least two disasters: once when lost in the sinking of a boat, and secondly when the Mission Church at St. Mary's Mission in the Okanogan valley burned. Other records were inadvertantly destroyed with some obsolete notes and papers. While some of his children were eventually listed on the Blackfoot Rolls, Hugh (as a white man) was not enrolled or named on the Indian census.

BIO:Occassional glimpses of Hugh occur in writings of western adventurers and U.S. Government records. He meets Sacajawea, guide to Lewis & Clark, in the late 1820's. He befriends and trades with James Kipp in the 1830's and knew George Catlin, Prince Maxmilian and the artist, Karl Bodmer. Among others his friends among the Mountain Men were Jin Bridger, Kit Carson, Johnson, and Peter Ogden. He guided the Jesuits, Father Lacombe and Father DeSmet, in their travels among the Blackfeet in the 1840's and 1850's.

BIO:At one time or another he is associated with the Hudson's Bay Company, the North West Company, the Missouri Fur Company and the American Fur Company as well as trapping as a "free trapper." He is a friend of Alexander Culbertson, James Dawson, Kenneth Mackenzie and other Factors, as well as a succession of Indian Agents. He was known and respected at Forts Rocky Mountain House, Bow, Union, Lewis, Benton, Belnap, Shaw, MacKenzie, McLeod and Carson. He also eventually made and maintained a friendship with tribesmen of the Blood, Gros Venture, Siksika, Crow, Cree, Sarsi, Kootenai, Pen d'Orille, and Flathead Indians, and shared their hunting and trapping grounds.

BIO:As a Christian and devout Catholic he erected a cross at St. Mary's Lakes with Father Lacombe, and yet is known for his respect of the Blackfoot religion. His children and descendants were known as "some of the more Christian of the mixed-blood families of the Reservation." He acknowledges that he believes in "dreams" that are warnings of events, and carried a "war bonnet" that he was convinced had protected him on several occassions.

BIO:In 1865 he is the "Post Hunter" at Fort Benton, and in 1887 is reported as living in Canada and at Fort McLeod. Late in his life he relates his life experiences to George Bird Grinnell and James Willard Schultz.

BIO:By 1880 the buffalo had virtually disappeared from the Great Plains, and the Blackfeet became dependant on beef rations and U.S. Government supplies. Hugh makes the difficult transition to reservation living, spending time with his children and grandchildren in areas on the Two Medicine River, the Marias and areas included in the present Glacier National Park.

BIO:Hugh always intended to keep his promise to return to Montreal to visit his parents, but somehow it was just never a good time to be gone so far away. He procrastinated from year to year. Then word arrived that his father had died, and his brothers said he should come East to help settle the estate and his inheritance. Once again Hugh just could not leave - now it was because of his wife and new baby. Across the long miles finally came the papers for him to sign to provide directions in administrating the land he had inherited.

BIO:After living with the Pikuni Hugh had his own ideas about the land, who owned it - or even IF it should be owned ! He signed the papers to accommodate his brothers, Horatio Munro and Francois LaRocque, and told them to do as they liked with the land as he had no use for it. After all, he freely roamed over hundreds of square miles, he had no need to "own" a few square feet in Ontario!

BIO:Again Hugh felt guilty about his promise to his now widowed mother. Still he procrastinated - it was the wrong time of year - Fox Woman needed him - there was another new baby to look after - they had to have the income from this season of trapping - he couldn't leave the Fort without an interpreter.... Then, long months after the actual occurance, word arrived at Fort Benton that his mother was already gone - at rest these many months in her d'Esneval tomb. He sighed, and yet was relieved. Now he had no reason to go East, and he need never again have to consider taking that long trip back to Montreal.

BIO:RETIREMENT ON THE BLACKFOOT RESERVATION

BIO:Glimpses of Hugh's life were recorded in the Hudson Bay records. After several years as a free trapper Hugh again enlisted as an "interpreter" at Bow Fort and Rocky Mountain House in 1832-34; his family now consisting of 1 woman, 3 boys and 1 girl. From 1837-1844 he is again engaged at Edmonton House, and later it is reported he was again in Edmonton but left in 1870 and returned to Montana. In 1888 he was at Fort McLeod where he was the subject of letters from Father Lacomb to HBC discussing his "infermity and destitution." Family recods show that Hugh spent most oif his last years in Montana, often living with his grandson, William Jackson. With his advancing rhumatism the last years are quiet ones for Hugh as he spends the long summers in the sun within sight of his beloved mountains, and the winters before the cabin fire. Finally, in 1896, in his 97th year, Hugh is also delivered of his earthly cares and laid to rest in the fields beside the Holy Family Mission Church and overlooking the Two Medicine River, only a short distance from the great "buffalo jump" where he and the Pikuni so often drove the buffalo. Although no stome marks his grave, no visitor to this lonely spot would deny that his spirit lingers on in the soft moaning of the prairie wind.

BIO:The best marker and memorial of his long life among his beloved Piegans in the western wilderness is the tall, red wedge of mountain towering over Two Medicine Lodges Lake and valley bearing the name "Rising Wolf." Nearby to the south lies the mountain named "Sinopahki Istuki" - Kit Fox Woman Mountain - for his faithful Piegan wife.

TBL:[NOTE: In the forward to Warren Hanna's JAMES WILLARD SHULTZ, RECENTLY DISCOVERED TALES OF LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS (Mountain Press Pub, Missoula MT, 1988) Hanna relates that most of Schultz's works were written and published AFTER 1904 (when he fled from Montana to avoid a poaching charge)and eventually relocated in Southern California. Of MY LIFE AS AN INDIAN, Shultz's most popular work, Hanna states: "The title suggests an autobiography, but it was in fact a romatic novel centered upon his wife and their life together." Shultz was nearly 50 when his first book was published in 1907 and did not take up "full-time" writing until about 1912 - long after the death of Rising Wolf and his grandson William Jackson. Research in legal records has proved that dates and other details in Shultz's biographical narratives may be in error, although the general substance of these works is truthfully protrayed. VBM]

BIO: TIME LINE HISTORY OF THE BLACKFOOT INDIAN CONFEDERACY

TBL:1730 First horses seen by Blackfeet, being ridden by Shoshoni warriors.
First guns also seen, used by Crees and Assiniboines. Arrival of first
trade goods such as glass beads and metal arrowheads. 1780 HUDSON BAY COMPANY builds Buckingham House along the Saskatchewan River;
first trading post close to Blackfoot country. 1781 Smallpox epidemic strikes Blackfoot camps for first time; over half the
population dies. The disease was picked up when Blackfoot warriors raided
a very sick Shoshoni camp in the Bow River country. 1784 The NORTH WEST COMPANY of independant fur traders and trappers moves into
Blackfoot country to compete with Hudson Bay Company. Guns, knives, axes
and arrowheads began replacing primitive weapons. Blankets, materials,
pots and awls helped to make Blackfoot tribal household life easier.
Tobacco, beads and paints became first luxury items. 1787 David Thompson, of the Hudson Bay Company, becomes the first trader to
winter with the Blackfoot (Piegans) along the Bow River. All these early
trade encounters took place in Canada. 1794 Economy: 14 Beaver pelts = 1 trade gun
1 Beaver pelt = 20 rounds of shot with powder
30 Beaver pelts = 1 large keg of "Blackfoot Rum," made by
mixing 4 or 5 quarts of pure alcohol with
about 7 gallons of water. 1799 Rocky Mountain House built by North West Company, west of Edmonton,
Alberta, becoming main Blackfoot trading center for some years. 1806 Piegans meet part of Lewis & Clark expedition in their territory, now in
Montana. Fight breaks out and one Piegan is killed, starting bad
relationship between Blackfeet and American white men. 1809 Economy: 1 common horse = 1 gal. "Blackfoot Rum," 2 fathoms of twist
tobacco, 20 balls with powder, 1 awl, 1 scalper, 1
fleshing knife, 1 gun worm, 1 P.C. glass, 1 fire
steel, and 1 flint.
Richest Piegan in that year said to own 300 horses.
Population estimate: Lodges Warriors Persons
Piegan ......... 350 700 2,800
Siksika ........ 200 520 1,600
Kainah ......... 100 200 800 1815 A 17 year old boy from Montreal named Hugh Munro becomes the first "white
Blackfoot" marrying SINOPAH, the daughter of Piegan Chief LONE WALKER, of
the Small Robes Band and learning the life
of her people. He remained with the Blackfeet near Browning, Montana,
until his death in 1896, being survived by many descendants. 1819 "Coughing" epidemic - one third die. 1821 Missouri Fur Company sends American trappers into Blackfoot country for
furs. Piegans resent their intrusion, saying they stole the furs and
traded guns to enemies, besides. A large war party annihilates most of
the trappers in an ambush before the first year is through. 1823 Population estimate: Siksika...500 lodges Blood...300 lodges
Piegans...550 lodges Total...10,800 persons 1831 James Kipp, of the American Fur Company, befriends the Blackfeet and
offers to trade for their furs, rather than sending trappers out after
it. They agree to let him build Fort Piegan on the Missouri River in
their territory. The first few days of trade brought in 6,450 pounds of
beaver, which his company sold for $46,000. The Bloods did not like
this, so they burned the post down after the trading season was finished. 1832 Blood head Chief Bull's-Back-Fat brings the first delegation of his
people to Fort Union in Assiniboin country, where they make peace with
that tribe. George Catlin becomes the first white man to paint Blackfeet,
calling them "perhaps the most powerful tribe of Indians on the
continent." Catlin estimated 500 lodges of Piegans, with the Small Robes
Band as the largest with 250 lodges. 1833 German Prince Maxmilian spends late summer with the Blackfeet. Estimates
Confederacy population at 18,000 to 20,000. The Prince and artist, Karl
Bodmer , witness an immense battle between Piegans and Cree and
Assiniboin warriors, ending peace. Piegans eventually win fight although
with heavy losses. 1835 Blackfeet bring 9,000 Buffalo robes to trade at new Fort McKenzie, 32
days travel by boat, upriver, from Fort Union, at the junction of the
Missouri and Marias River. 1837 Smallpox again strikes the Blackfeet, arriving with infected people and
clothing aboard a steamboat. Two thirds of the Confederacy is said to
have died. Over 10,000 buffalo robes were brought in for trade the next
winter. A frontier journal from that year notes that 40 to 50
independant trappers were being killed in Blackfoot country each year. 1841 Blackfeet brought in 21,000 robes for trade. Some Indian hunters became
eager for trade goods start killing buffalo for hides. Professional
white hunters kill even greater numbers of buffalo, mainly for tongues and
hides. Father DeSmet baptized first Blackfeet to Christianity. 1844 Good relations between Blackfeet and traders break off after troubles lead
one trader to fire a cannon into an innocent group of Piegans, killing 10
and wounding others. 1845 Another smallpox epidemic strikes the Blackfeet. 1846 Fifty families of Small Robes band of Piegans wiped out by Crow attack,
ending this group's often independant journeys, sometimes in company of
the Flathead tribe. Blackfeet bring another 21,000 buffalo robes to trade
to the new Fort Lewis, near the later Fort Benton. Head trader is
Alexander Culbertson who is married to Medicine Snake Woman, daughter of
Blood head chief. 1847 Culbertson moves Fort Lewis 3 miles down and across the Missouri River,
renaming it Fort Benton. This becomes the most important trading center
in Montana. Supplies travel 2,415 miles upriver by steamboat from St.
Louis. Economy: 1 Buffalo robe = 25 loads ammunition, a gallon kettle,
three knives, or 1 1/2 yds. of calico.
3 Buffalo robes = 2 1/2 point wool blanket
10 Buffalo robes = 1 trade gun (cost $4. back East) 1853 Observers wrote that the "quantity of buffalo is almost unbelievable,"
and that "the entire country of the Blackfeet perhaps the best Buffalo
Country in the N.W." Gov. I.I. Stevens meets head men of the Blackfoot
Confederacy on behalf of the U.S. Government and proposes a great peace
council to end war between the tribes, and to guarantee peace between the
Blackfeet and the whites. Chiefs agree to council.
Population estimates: Lodges Persons Warriors
Blood.............. 270 2,430 810
Siksika ........... 290 2,600 870
South Piegan ...... 200 1,800 600
North Piegan ...... 90 800 270 1855 "Lame Bull Treaty" signed by 26 principle chiefs of the Blackfoot
Confederacy defines tribal territories and proclaims peace between the
tribes and the U.S. Government. "Major" Edwin Hatch becomes first
Blackfoot Indian agent, with an office at Fort Benton. 1856 Major Hatch writes first annual report; reports he gave out treaty
annuities to about 8,000 Indians. 1857 "Major" Vaughn becomes second Blackfoot agent - the only one for many
years with good relationship with people. 1858 Agent Vaughn recommends government prohibition of trade in Buffalo robes
to prevent senseless slaughter of the animals. The suggestion is ignored
by everyone. 1859 Jesuits build first mission in American Blackfoot country, St. Peter's,
near Choteau, Montana. Indians show some interest in these unuaual
spiritual ways, but are still 100 percent devoted to their own faith.
Missionaries plan to wipe out old Indian ways, while Indians only want
Christian prayers as added blessings to what they already have. Father
Lacombe is first missionary among Canadian Blackfeet, having arrived in
1855. Agent Vaughn supervises first Blackfoot "farm," with limited
success. 1861 Long-time alliance between Blackfeet and Gros Ventures ends when an enemy
group steals horses from Gros Ventures and leaves some at Piegan camp,
leading Gros Ventures to believe the Piegans stole them. 1862 Montana Gold Rush brings illegal miners to foothills of Rockies, well
within hunting grounds reserved for Blackfeet by 1855 Treaty. Small,
bloody encounters become frequent. 1863 Blackfeet see neither Agent nor annuities promised by 1855 Treaty. New
Agent arrives at very end of year, describes Blackfeet as "degraded
savages." Things get worse and liquor flows more freely. 1864 Scarlet Fever kills an estimated 1,000 Blackfeet. 1865 U.S. Government persuades a small group of leaders from Blackfoot
Confederacy to sign a later unratified Treaty reducing official Blackfoot
country by well over 2,000 square miles, in return for about one million
dollars. Blackfeet and whites murder each other, even within Fort Benton.
Governor of Montana fears war is imminent and helps plan military action
against the Blackfeet, who avoid conflict by moving North into Canada. 1866 American whiskey traders driven out of Montana into lawlwss Alberta area,
where they build Fort Stand Off and other liquor posts, increasing
problems. North Piegan war party burns down Blackfoot agency farm on Sun
River. Nearby Jesuit mission is abandoned. Head Chief Little Dog, and
son, murdered by drunken Piegans near Fort Benton for being too friendly
with whites. Economy: 1 buffalo robe = 2 tin cups whiskey
1 fast horse = 4 gallons of whiskey 1867 Fort Shaw on Sun River becomes first U.S. Army post in Blackfoot country,
near new Blackfoot agency. 1869 Smallpox epidemic kills 2,000 Blackfeet. Popular Montana rancher Matcolm
Clarke is killed by relatives of his Blackfoot wife, leading to cries for
revenge. 1870 Major Baker leads large cavalry force from Fort Shaw to arrest killers of
Clarke. In the depths of winter they attack the wrong Piegan camp and
kill 173 people, mostly women and children. This only armed conflict
between Blackfeet and U.S. troops becomes known as the "Baker Massacre."
The last large intertribal battle takes place near Lethbridge, Alberta,
when Cree and Assiniboin forces attack a Blood camp on the Belly River,
not realizing that angry and well-armed Piegan "reugees" from the Montana
troubles are camped nearby. Attackers lose between 200 and 300 men. 1871 U.S. Congress declares end of treaty-making with Indian tribes and
nations. Ranchers begin raising cattle along the Sun River, claiming the
Blackfeet have too much land. 1873 U.S. Government arbitrarily moves southern boundary of Blackfoot country
north by 200 miles, thowing open a huge piece of territory for
settlement. Blackfeet are neither consulted nor paid. 1874 Mounted Police detachment brings law and order to Canadian Blackfoot
country and builds Fort Macleod. Northern buffalo herd estimated at four
million head, roaming Blackfoot country and centering around Sweet Grass
Hills. 1876 New Blackfoot agency built on Badger Creek, within new reduced
reservation in Montana. Blackfeet reject tobacco sent by Souix, asking
them to join in battle against whites, after Custer's defeat. I.G.Baker of
Fort Benton ships 75,000 buffalo robes to the East. Ranchers and settlers
begin to arrive in Canadian Blackfoot territory. 1877 Treaty Seven is signed at Blackfoot Crossing in Canada. Siksika, Bloods
and North Piegans separate from South Piegans and the U.S.Government,
although members from all divisions continue to go back and forth across
the border for some years, to collect treaty goods and payments. 1879 Buffalo virtually disappear from Canadian prairies, forcing government to
issue beef rations to Canadian Blackfeet for first time. South Piegans
make last great buffalo hunt in Judith Basin country of Montana. 1881 Mange epidemic said to have killed about half of Piegan horses, making
younger warriors eager to raid enemy camps, in spite of peace treaties
signed by older chiefs. Winter buffalo hunt in Montana not very
successful. 1882 Large buffalo herd discovered on reservation, south of Sweet Grass Hills.
Blackfeet make final tribal hunt. Each year more Indians depend on
government agency for food as buffalo disappear. 1883 Only a few buffalo killed. About 3,000 Indians living by agency when
rations start to run out in late winter. Government red tape holds up
additional food; people start starving. Agency gardens a complete failure 1884 Last wild buffalo killed by Blackfeet; four lone animals near Sweet Grass
Hills. "Starvation Winter" kills several hundred South Piegans
(one-fourth to one-sixth of tribe) before sufficient rations arrive. About
2,000 surviving South Piegans settle within 15 miles of their agency. 1889 Last Blackfoot war party to take enemy scalps - combined group of Bloods
and Piegans. So-called "old days" are now over.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9

Hugh married Sinopah Kit Fox Woman about 1820 in Northwest Terr. Sinopah was born in 1796-1798 in Dakota Territory; died about 1880 in , , , Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIO:This child is listed merely as "Anonymous Munro infant" on the parish baptismal records of St. Surplice Catholic Church in L'Assumption, Quebec. Probably an early "miscarriage" and not a viable infant.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

BIO:Lucille died at age 13 in village of St. Jacque.

Charlotte Munro (#211) is listed in the same Archives under Rural Catholic Marriages in the Parish of Notre Dame in Montreal, Quebec for the following: (1) Charlotte Munro and Joseph LeDuc Married 15 February 1819 @ Notre Dame (2) Charlotte Munro (widow of Joseph LeDuc) and Michel Borne Married 22 February 1830 @ Notre Dame, Montreal.

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BIO:HORACE MUNRO OF ST. ESPRIT AND MONTREAL

BIO:Horatio (as he was commonly known) also had a brief career with the Hudson Bay Company. The Hudson Bay Archives lists him as an apprentice clerk, age 20 with 3 years service and a contract that expires in 1825 (dated 1823 ?) which would indicate that he had initially signed a five or seven year indenture in or before 1820. (He would have been 16 years old in 1820.) He is listed as having been at Lac-la-Pluie in 1821-22 and at Rocky Mountain House in 1822-23. (Saskatchewan River) (B/60/d/12, P83)

BIO:In the 1822-23 Carlton House Journal by Peter Pruden are the following enties pertaining to Horatio Munro: (HBC Arch B27/1/12)

TBL:June 5 "...In the evening Mr. Munro arrived with horses from Edmonton..." June 11 "Mr. Pruden, Mr. Herriott & Munro went hunting up the river, with a
boat, & a party on hoseback." June 25 "..Mr. Munro returned with the four men from the Pines having finished
the work they were required to execute." July 28 "Sent Mr. Munro with 4 men in a boat down to Cumberland House with
provisions." Sept 10 Entry from Bow River "Mr. Munro arrived with letters from the S
Branch." Oct 3 "..Colin Robertson Esq and Mr. Horatio Munro from Fort William arrived
this morning in a boat with 6 men from York.." Oct 5 "Mr. Munro from Fort William started for Edmonton with a boat and 6
men..." (Arrived at Norway House Sept 4 & left Norway House Sept 8 -
HBC Arch B154/a/10) 1823 May 27 "The craft arrived from Edmonton on board which was Mr Herron Weekes
Mason & Munro & Dechambault.."

TBL:EDMONTON HOUSE JOURNAL 1822-23 BY Richard Grant (HBC Arch B 60/a/21) Oct 15 Arrival of Colin Robertson to take charge of the Department Nov 7 "..About 3 POM Messrs Ranald McDonald & Munro with 2 men and 4 horses
took their departure for the Rocky Mountain House where it is intended
they will pass the winter." Dec 21 "...About 4 PM Messrs Manson, Douglas and Munro accompanied by one
european and 8 Canadians & 2 Blackfeet Indians arrived from the South
Branch (or Bow River) with letters from the Gentlemen in charge of
that place." Dec 25 Mr. Robinson gave a dance and again on Jan 1st. 1823 Jan 6 "Sent Mr. Munro & 2 men with meat to be left at the white mud for Mr.
Robinson's Men and dogs that are to go to the Mountain House - in a
very short time, Mr. Munro and one of the men are to wait there until
Mr. R goes up as they are to go with him also." Jan 7 Mr. Robinson left for R.M. House. Jan 21 Colin Robertson and his party returned from Mountain House. May 8 Messrs LaRocque* & Munro arrived from Rocky Mountain House May 19 ".. At 4 PM Messrs Herron, Munro, Deshambault and Grant took their
departure on board of two of the company's boats going to the York
Factory with part of the returns of this place & the Mountain House.."
*Possibly Joseph LaRocque - older half-brother of Hugh and Horatio Munro.

BIO:Horace was the only full brother of Hugh Jr., and was born when Hugh was five years old. Horace was the ninth of the ten children born to Angelique and Hugh Munro. From Hudson Bay Records it is apparent that he followed Hugh into Company service before 1820. Since he appears to be a farmer with a family in the St. Esprit area at the time of his father's death in 1825, one would conclude that he left the service at the end of his indenture that year. The last church entry for his family in the St. Esprit Parish are dated 1827-8. Later his family records appear in the Catholic church recordings of Montreal.

BIO:Only his older brother, Hugh Jr. is mentioned in the will of Capt. Hon. John Munro, his grandfather, dated April 1800, as Horace was not born until 1804. However, when the estate of his grandfather was finally settled, and the land was to be distributed, Hugh Jr, in the far off Blackfoot country, signed a Power of Attorney and the land was awarded to Horace.

BIO:BIRTHDATE: Baptismal records of St. Surplice Catholic Church, L'Assumption de Montcalm, Quebec. Mf #1018241

BIO:Notes from Museum of Soulanges- Vaudreil, Quebec:

TBL:"DIED at L'Hotel Dieu at St. Hyasinthe on 23 August 1870, Horatio Munro Esq. at the age of 66 years after an illness of 6 months."

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Patrice married Henriette Berthelot on 26 Jan 1825 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Henriette was born about 1805; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIO:"Emilie Munro" The following listing is from "Loiselle Marriage Index" (Film # 543:797): Munro, Emilie, daughter of Hugh MUNRO and Angelique LeRouix-Denoval, Married 12 May 1834 to BOUCHER, Francis Xavier Olivier, vf. Marie Lucy Deligny; (Maskinonge') at Notre-Dame, Montreal.

BIO:Notes from the French-Canadian Genealogy Journal concerning Joseph Leduc and Charlotte Munro states the following:

TBL: ............"We knew of one sister, Emilie Munro, who married at Montreal in 1834 to Dr. Francois Xavier Olivier Boucher, son of Col. Boucher (1728-1816) co-seigneur of Maskinonge, whose estate was the subject of a legal process which lasted four years."

BIO:Notes from Vaudreil-Soulanges Museum, Quebec:

TBL:MARRIAGE: Of this city on Thursday, the widower of Marie Deligney, Francis X.O. Boucher Esq., Doctor of Medicine at Maskinonge' (son of Lt. Col. Boucher), Miss Emelie, daughter of the late Hugh Munro also of this city on 12 May, 1834.

BIO:LaParoise of L'Assumption Repertoire des Baptisms 1724-1876:

TBL:14 March 1809 baptised Maria Emmelia born yesterday, daughter of Hughes Munro and Dame Maria des Angeles Leroux. [Signed] Hugh Munro Maria Madeline lete'tes Amable Archambeault

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Marie-Emilie married Frances Xavier Olivier Boucher, M.D. on 12 May 1834 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Frances was born about 1807; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1861 Canadian Census:Hichinbrook Twp, Huntington Co. ED 3, P173, Line 42
Reel # 517377 Mesa, AZ LDS Library- 1994 MUNRO, ALLAN age 65 (Gentleman) b. U.C. Church of E.
Sarah (wife) 41 b. Ireland
Harriet 16
Frances 14 All children b. Lower Canada
Elizabeth 11
Margaret 7 Live in one story frame dwelling
Anna 5
Charlotte 3

1871 Canada Census: Hichenbrook Twp, East Huntington, ED 113, P 54, DW 75
Reel # 0493457 Mesa, Az LDS Library 1994 MUNRO, ALLEN age 76 b. Ontario Church of E. Scotch Farmer
Sarah (wife) 54 b. Ireland Irish
Harriet 24
Frances 22
Elizabeth 20
Margaret 18
Anna 16
Charlotte 14 In school

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Allen married Sarah about 1840. Sarah was born about 1798; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henriette married Dominique Mondelet on 18 Feb 1822 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dominique was born on 23 Jan 1799 in Richelieu River, Quebec, Lower Canada; was christened on 23 Jan 1799 in Saint Marc, Quebec, Lower Canada, Saint-Marc Cath; died on 19 Feb 1863 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada East; was buried on 19 Feb 1863 in Saint Marc, Trois-Rivieres, Lower Canada, St Marc Cathedra. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Elisa McCarty on 29 Oct 1839 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada. Elisa was born in 1820; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Pierre "Peter" Antoine Confroy Munro.

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Pierre married Marie Sophie Trudeau on 5 Jul 1837 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Marie was born about 1812; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marie married Francis Antoine Pillet, M.D. on 30 Sep 1850 in Le Chenaine, Quebec, Canada. Francis was born about 1825; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary married David Becksted about 1835 in , , Ontario, Canada. David was born on 15 Jul 1806 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York, USA; died on 3 Apr 1884 in Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Williamsburg Cem. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry and Sophia's marriage was witnessed by Jacob and Jane Willman, Sophia's parents.

In 1852, Henry was farming 50 acres and living with his family in Williamsburg, Canada. He was a Presbyterian and his wife, Sophia, belonged to the Church of England. They were married in the Luthern Church.

An Agriculture census shows that Henry owned 50 acres with 25 acres under cultivation (8 to 10 acres in crops such as wheat, barley, etc.; and 15 to 17 acres of pasture). One acre used for home garden and orchard and the remainder listed as "woods and wild".

Henry does not appear on the 1861 census of Williamsburg Township.

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Henry married Sophia Willman on 17 Jun 1835 in Williamsburg, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada. Sophia was born about 1816 in , , , Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1861 census shows John and his family still living in Williamsburg Township. This census gives his wife's name as Mira.

The Stroud reference says Mariah Beckstead (or Bedstead) was born in Canada.

On the 1861 census of the same area, both Henry Munro and his wife and family as well as their parents are gone. John is listed as:
John Munrow (Munro) farmer, 49 yrs old
Mira Munrow, age 36
Alvey Munrow, age 15
Fanny Munrow, age 13
John Munrow, age 10
Luther Munrow, age 8
Calvin Munrow, age 6
Enus Munrow, age 4

Living on one side of them are the Durant's with an "Athelie Rose" (14 yrs?) On the other side are the Fotterby's (?):Henry and his wife Ellen with 7 children, and Gorden and his wife Mariah and several children (all members of the Lutheran church)

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Family/Spouse: Maria Beckstead. Maria was born on 7 Aug 1817-1823 in , , , USA; died on 5 Nov 1895 in Winchester, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Nov 1895 in Maple Ridge, Ontario, Upper Canada, Maple Rdg Cemet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Cornelie married Antoine Gauthier on 5 Nov 1842 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, , Canada. Antoine was born about 1820; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles married Sarah about 1856. Sarah was born about 1836; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Louise married Robert Unwin Harwood on 15 Sep 1823 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Robert was born on 22 Jul 1798 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, , England; died on 12 Apr 1863 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, , Canada; was buried in Apr 1863 in Mount Royal Cem., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marie married William Bingham in 1821. William was born about 1797; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Julie married Gaspard Pierre Gustave Joly, Seig Lotbiniere about 1820. Gaspard was born about 1805; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah's father died when she was quite young, so her mother returned to live with her father Mr. Sherar. Sarah married Dr. R. W. Fitton and lived in New Carlisle, Canada.

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Documentation has not been found for the marriage of Sarah Harriet Munro and Jeremiah Hidden Brown in church registers. According to the family Memoir she was married about 1823 at the age of 13 or 14. Jeremiah Brown was first a clerk in her Father's (William J. Munro) store in Caraquet. Her mother Sarah Sherar Munro refers to him as "my good friend" in papers relating to the Estate settlement of Wm J. Munro.

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Sarah married Jeremiah Hidden Brown about 1823 in , , Québec, Canada. Jeremiah was born about 1807 in , , , USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Robert Wiley Fitton, M.D. on 26 Sep 1834 in New Carlisle, Cox Township, Quebec, St Andrew Anglic. Robert was born about 1807; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William owned property south of the Anglican Church at New Carlisle. The street west of the church was the west boundary of the property. Later he traded with Mr. Edward Caldwell for the property in Paspebiac where he made his home. It was here that he started to clear his farm in a thick wooded country of maple, birch, spruce, pine and cedar which was of little value in those days.

The lumber for the buildings were sawed with a whip saw at the old saw pit. Shingles were split from cedar logs and shaved with the draw knife.

He later gave the eastern part of the property to his son William.

While on a visit to the Carr Harris home at Bathurst, William became seriously ill. The doctor was summoned, but he pronounced the case hopeless, and William died shortly after. He was 75 years old.

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St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. 1837 - MARRIED - On March 9, 1837, William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, bachelor of major age, twin son of William Johnson Munro, formerly of Caroquette, N.B., merchant, now deceased and of Sarah Sherar his widow; to Margaret Gallais, spinster, 2nd daughter of John Gallais of Cox Township, farmer, and of Ann Marie his wife (Scott), in the presence of and with the consent of her parents and the young man's mother, brother and aunt. William Munro and Margaret Gallie Witnesses: John Gallie and Thomas B. Munro. ---Andrew Balfour, Minister.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records 1833-1987 1886 - DIED - William Munro, farmer of Paspebiac, died at Bathurst, N.B. on August 22, 1886. Buried in New Carlisle.

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Birth:
William and his twin brother, Thomas, were born at their home near Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada.

William married Margaret Gallie on 9 Mar 1837 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Margaret was born on 1 Apr 1819 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 30 Sep 1821 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 8 Jun 1903 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in Jun 1903 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas Brock Munro, who was named for the General Brock in Ontario contemporary to his time, and his twin brother, William Thomas Munro, were born at the home and "Trading Post" of their parents near Caraquet, New Brunswick. Records of their birth and baptism exist as affidavits in New Carlisle.

Services of Clergy were limited to occasional itinerant or circuit-riding protestant ministers at this time. Children were frequently baptized at home by parents or others, especially if life was precarious or health was poor, or delayed until travel to distant churches was arranged. If available, any Priest or Minister was acceptable for services, regardless of religious denomination. Registration of births was not required by the Government, and common practice was recording by the officiating clergyman of births, marriages and burials. Eventually these records found their way to Provincial or County listing if not lost in some catastrophe. Documentation by the Catholic Clergy and Churches was meticulously maintained and forwarded to the Bishop of the area's archives. That both Thomas and William had been baptized is quite certain, as they were faithful and stalwart members of the protestant church in their communities of Paspebiac, New Carlisle and Port Daniel.

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Thomas and his twin brother, William, were born at their home near Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada.

Thomas married Joanna Gallie about 1835 in , Bonaventure Co., Quebec, Canada. Joanna was born on 24 Aug 1816 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 30 Sep 1821 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1901 in Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In the Thomas Brock Munro petition in 1832 to the Government for title to his father's Crown Grant in Caraquet he states: "this is the homesite where my father and brother are buried." Microfilm copy from Archives of New Brunswick.

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William Day died suddenly at home on April 15, 1847; seventeen days after his death Charlotte delivered his posthumous son, Johnston Bingham Day.

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Mary married William N. Day on 5 Oct 1837 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada. William was born about 1814; died on 15 Apr 1847 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was buried on 17 Apr 1847 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada "1822 - Baptized on September 15, 1822, Jane Eleanor, daughter of Sarah MUNRO, widow of late William Johnson MUNRO of Caracat (Caraquet, N.B.), born March 15, 1818. Sponsors: James Sherar, Mother (Sarah Munro) and Mary Sherar. -by Richard KNAGG, Minister.

"Gleaner", Item dated October 27, 1840: DIED: Suddenly at Paspebiac.. on Sunday the 11 inst., at 22 years 6 months, Jane, wife of John Day, Esq., daughter of the late William Johnston Munro Esq. of Caraquet. (Clipping from the collection of Dr. Manny, Newcastle, N.B.)

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Jane was christened at St. Andrew Angilican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Jane married John Day on 6 Jun 1833 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. John was born about 1810; died on 22 Oct 1852 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was buried on 24 Oct 1852 in New Carlisle, Cox Township, Quebec, St Peter Anglica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George was born 6 weeks after his father's death (William Johnson Munro d. 27 May, 1820).

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George married Modeste Prevost about 1849. Modeste was born in 1825; died on 2 Oct 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Henrietta Martha Spayd on 1 Apr 1867 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Henrietta was born in 1831; died on 1 Apr 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Louis married Charlotte Archange McDougall on 17 Mar 1851 in Montreal, , Québec, Canada. Charlotte was born about 1828; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Records of Saint-Henri-du-le-Mashouche Catholic Church, L'Assumption Diocese, Quebec:

TBL:In 1823, the 20th of February, the undersigned priest of this parish baptized Philippe August and Marie Angelique twin son and daughter of Legitimate marriage of Philippe August Mount, merchant, of this parish and Angelique Garipe his wife. The godfather, Philippe August acting for Doctor Thienol and the godmother Marie Angelique Marix the mother of Marie Angelique of this Gariepy and Magdeline Thibeau who signs in the declaration of the faith.
Charles H. Thienol

BIO:Records of Saint-Henri-du-le-Maschouche Catholic Church, L'Assumption Diocese, Quebec:

TBL:In 1823 on the 28th of August, the undersigned parish priest buried in the cemetery of this parish, the body of Philippe Auguste, age six months, who died yesterday, son of Philippe Auguste Mount, Merchant of this parish and Angelique Garipe, the father and mother and in the presence of Jean Goiendon and Laurent Tetro who sign as a declaration of faith. Ls Parent, Priest

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Records of Saint-Henri-du-le-Mashouche Church, L'Assumption Dicese, Quebec:

In 1824 on the 27th of May the undersigned parish priest baptized Marie Josephine the legitimate daughter born of Philippe Mount, Merchant of this parish, and Angelique Garriepy his wife, of this parish; the Capt Joseph Bourgeois who signs and the god-mother Luce Lecter who is absent and represented by the father. (S) Joseph Bourgeois Ls Parnet, Parish Priest

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John married Mary Jane Farrell about 1850. Mary was born in 1832 in , Ireland; died in 1854 in Kingston, Fontenac Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!Information from file of Henry de L Harwood.

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Family/Spouse: Louis-Gonzague Fauteux. Louis-Gonzague was born about 1825; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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ARCHIVE RECORDS OF JOHN MUNROE & FAMILY

John's birthdate based on Reservation Census Records although these vary widely. He may have been as born as early as 1822. His son, Angus Munro states John's age as 85 when he died 12 August 1908 (thus b. 1823). Gerald Morrison research states a birth year of 1931.

PICTURE:20H*JOHN MUNROE (ca. 1905)

PICTURE:John Munroe, half-blood son of Hugh Munro and his Piegan wife Sinopah, expanded his cattle interests into the empty grazing lands north of the Two Medicine River. (Photo by Thomas Magee)

Blackfoot records states he married Isobella Calder, who was reportedly 1/2 Cree and 1/2 white. Gerald Morrison states he married ISOBEL FRANCOIS LUCIER on 7 June 1857 (no location). Whether married once or twice, "Isobel" appears to have died before 1890 when John returned to the Two Medicine Creek area. Then there is much confusion about the name of wives; they are listed variously as "Susan, Justin(e), and Christine." He was married again, listing Justine as his wife on the 1900 Federal and Blackfoot Census. Listing of oldest children born to John and Isabella are confirmed by affidavits listing their brothers and sisters.

National Archive Blackfoot Census Rolls
Age in... 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 JOHN MUNRO 64 65 66 67 70 74 Susan 32 33 34 35 36 40
Angus 4 5 6 7 7 7
Peter 1 2 3 4 - -
Joseph 7 8 9 10 - -
Wilson/William 12 13 14 15 - -
Francis 15 16 17 18 19 -
4 mo. male
Louis - - - - 13 14
Justin - - - - 23 24

Blackfoot Agency Records (Microfilm # 1275620 - SLC 1994) 1895 1896
JOHN MUNRO Husband 68 74
JUSTIN Wife 36 40
FRANK Son 19 -
LOUIS Son 13 14
ANGUS Son 7 7
JUSTIN Daughter 2 2

In 1897 the following census was recorded for John Munro:
#1795 JOHN MUNRO Head of House age 70
Justine Wife 45
Gust Son 9
Lewis Son 8
Frank, Jr Step-son 16
Francis Son (or S-son?) 22
Justine Daughter 28

The following Blackfoot census is listed for 1899-1902:
Age 1899 1900 1901 1902
JOHN MONROE Father 76 75 75 78
Louis Son 18 20
August (Hank) Son 11 12 14 15

School Records & Census (Microfilm # 1275621 - SLC 1994) 1902
JOHN MUNRO Father 75
LOUIS Son 21 (Cree)
ANGUS Son 14 Mission School

1900 Federal Census, Blackfoot Reservation, Teton County, Montana (Microfilm # 1240915 - Enum Dist # 212 - Dwelling 440
Born Place of b. Father b. Mother b. John Munro Head April 1830 70 Canada Canada Canada Justine Wife March 1855 45 Canada Canada Canada Angus Son April 1889 11 Montana Canada Canada
John states he has been married a total of 20 years
Justin also married 2 years, has had two children; 2 are still living.

On the 1908 Blackfoot affidavits the following is recorded: "Christine Munroe, wife of John Munroe, Sr., says she is a Cree and the wives of William and Joseph are Crees. Christine says that all the children of John Munroe, except Angus and Louis got script. She herself got it. John Munroe put his name down on the books but did not get his script." February 18, 1908

Blackfoot Agency records: Births, Marriages and Deaths MF#1275621-22 #173 JOHN MUNRO 85 years old Died August 12, 1908
Informant: Angus Munroe, son #174

No listing is found for Justine in 1910. Did she return to Canada to live with her family?

JOHN DOCUMENTED BY EARLY WRITERS

John is frequently listed in the writings of early Blackfeet Indian historians as "John Monroe, the son of Hugh Munro the White Blackfoot." In 1890-96 George Bird Grinnell visited the Blackfoot Reservation and surrounding areas accumulating information in his effort to have the area set aside as Glacier National Park. He spent some time in interviewing Piegan Indians as material for a book eventually published as "BLACKFOOT LODGE TALES" by Scribeners and later (1962) reissued by the University of Nebraska Press.

In this history of Blackfoot customs and beliefs Grinnell refers to Hugh and his family:

"The veteran Prairie man, Mr. Hugh Monroe, and his son, John Monroe, have also given me much information. William Jackson, an educated half-breed, who did good service from 1874 to 1879, scouting under Generals Custer and Miles..has given me valuable assistance."

In Warren Hanna's 1988 publication of "lost" Shultz manuscrips (JAMES WILLARD SHULTZ, RECENTLY DISCOVERED TALES OF LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS, Hanna, Mountian Press, Missoula MT 1988) Shultz comments:

TBL:"Piegan, Montana, Oct. 24, 1893 - John Monroe came in yesterday from the headwaters of Badger Creek, and brought with him the head of a very large bull moose which he killed up there. He says there are quite a number of elk, deer and bear in that vicinity, and is going back there tomorrow to have another hunt. Monroe is said to be the best moose hunter in the Northwest. In the early days, when he was employed by the Hudson's Bay Co. way up in the Saskatchewan country, he was far and away the most successful hunter of this game. He is getting pretty old now, and his eyesight is poor, yet it seems he still knows how to "get there."
No-one in this country, Indian or white, knows how to call moose, and they are not much hunted. As near as I can learn Monroe finds the track asnd then instead of following it he keeps circling until he locates the animal".

BIO:JOHN AS "EAGLE CATCHER"

BIO:Before the white men came to Blackfoot country, the Indian standard of value was eagle tail feathers. They were used to make war head-dresses, ornament shields, lances and other weapons. Wings were made into fans, and body feathers cut to fletch arrows.A wary bird, the eagle could not be approached close enough to be killed by bow and arrow, and indeed, it was considered improper to kill one that way. The capture of the eagle was viewed as something of a sacred nature, was preceeded with prayers for help and success, and was the domain of only selected individuals.

BIO:In his volume on the Blackfeet Grinnell identifies John Munro as "a famous eagle catcher." He relates the account narrated by John of how he caught eagles:

TBL:A pit was dug, six feet long, three wide, and four deep, on top of the highest knoll that can be found near a stream. The earth taken out is carried a long way off. Over the pit is laid two long poles lengthwise, and smaller sticks are laid across, resting on the poles. The smaller sticks are covered with juniper twigs and long grass. The skin of a wolf or coyote is stuffed with grass to look natural. A hole is cut in the wolf skin and a rope passed through it, one end being tied to a large piece of meat which lies by the skin, and the other end passing through the roof down into the pit. The bait is covered with grass and the eagle-catcher returns to his lodge for the night.
During the night he sings his eagle songs and burns sweet grass, rubbing the smoke over his arms and body to purify himself. Before day he goes to the eagle pit and lies down in it, uncovering the bait, and holding the rope. In the pit the eagle-catcher can see out through the twig covering, and can hear the sound of an eagle coming. When the bird settles on the ground it does not land on the bait, but at one side of it, striking the ground with a thud - heavily. The eagle walks toward the bait and onto the roof of the pit. Seeing in which direction the head is, the man reaches out through the roof twigs and grasps the eagle by both feet, and draws it into the pit. He wrings the neck to kill the bird, closes the opening and repairs the twig roof. So the man waits and collects the eagles that come through the day. He may get nothing or, again, have 8 or 10 eagles at the end of the day.
At the end of the day the eagle-catcher goes home. He carries his eagles to a special "eagle's lodge" prepared outside the camp. He places them on the ground in a row, and raises their heads, resting them on a stick laid in front of the row. In the mouth of each one is put a piece of pemmican, so that they might not be afraid of people, prayers are said and the feathers were blessed for use.

BIO:JOHN MUNROE'S DESCENDANTS ON THE BLACKFOOT RESERVATION

BIO:John is listed early in the various narrations of Hugh Munro's descendants among the Blackfoot Indians. He, and his sons, were well known to early government and independant agents among the Indians. The majority of Munro descendants on the Blackfoot Reservation today mark their descent from John, mainly though his son, Joseph, who had nine children who settled on the present reservation lands. John not only raised his own family, but also provided a home for nieces and nephews as well as step-children when they had need of a home in the absence of their parents.

PICTURE:20F*CATHOLIC PRIEST WITH MR. & MRS. JOHN MUNROE

PICTURE:One of the most famous of the Black Robes was the Jesuit missionary, Father de Smet, called Long Teeth by the Blackfeet. The Jesuit shown is photographed here with some of the more Christian mixed-blood families of the north side of the Reservation: Mr. & Mrs. John Munroe, Mrs. Upham, Mrs. Kipp, and Mrs. Croft.

BIO:The Jesuit Missionaries, known as "Black Robes," provided the initial Christian contact with the plains Indian tribes. Those entering the Flathead and Blackfoot areas journeyed south from Canadian trading posts. Hugh Munro guided the Jesuit priests into the Flathead area in the 1840's where they established St. Mary and St. Ignatius Missions. Hugh also was the guide for Jesuit Father Peter de Smet when he first came among the Blackfeet in the 1840's. Father Nicholas Point baptized Blackfeet in Montana in 1845 and 1846.

BIO:St. Peter's Mission for the Blackfeet was initially established in about 1857 on the Teton River near Choteau and had a varied and changing history. It was then moved to a location on the Sun River near Fort Shaw where it operated for six months. Due to the nomadic life style of the Blackfeet, plus U.S. Government conflict in the 1860's, the Mission was again established, as St. Peter The Apostle Mission, in 1861 on the Marias River. From 1862 to 1866 St. Peters operated at a site on the left bank of the Missouri River.

BIO:In 1866 the U.S. Government awarded the Blackfoot agency and missionary responsibility to the Methodist Church. Agent John Young, a Methodist minister, came into open conflict with the Jesuit missionaries, and banned them from the reservation and forbid them to preach among the Indians or administer sacraments on Blackfoot territory. For eight years, from 1866 to 1874, the Methodist church was established as tutor and guardian of the Blackfeet children, despite the wishes of their parents.

BIO:After the 1870 "Baker Massacre" in which a peaceful band of Piegans were annihilated by U.S. soldiers from Fort Shaw, Congress decided to shift the general Indian policy to practice peace rather than war. Part of the "Peace Policy" was a more determined effort to educate Blackfoot children, and a day school was established at "Old Agency", the new Blackfoot agency complex at Badger Creek created by Agent John Young.

BIO:When the Blackfoot Reservation boundary was moved north in 1874, St. Peter's Mission was left sixty miles to the south. Unwilling to give up his missionary work and "desert" his Catholic Blackfoot families, Father Prando built a small mission complex just across the reservation boundary on the south side of Birch Creek. Although off the reservation, St Peter's Boarding School continued to operate for many years, providing basic education and training for Blackfoot children.

BIO:In 1887 Chief White Calf, who had been baptized by Father Prando in 1882, contributed land on the Two Medicine River for a Mission church and school. Father Damiani and three Ursuline Sisters built and and opened the mission school, Holy Family, in 1890. With few exceptions the students spent the entire year at the school. They did not go home for holidays and parents were not allowed to visit, although a student recalls that "the families of the children would camp in the bush and the kids would visit them on holidays." Student isolation from family was used to break down the "old ways" and habits, and to convert them to "civilization" by eradicating traditional Blackfoot language, values and daily practices. The curriculum at Holy Family was vocational and spiritual as well as academic. The children started with "ABC's" learning to write and speak English at the same time. School was from grade one through grade five. The students also provided the labor for household duties such as cooking, baking, washing and ironing clothes, etc.

BIO:Some of the children and grandchildren of John Munroe enrolled at Holy Family after 1900 were: Augustine (Hank), Antoine, Campbell, Mary, Sarah, Jennie, Eliza and Charles David Munroe.

BIO:By 1910 there were 771 children of school age who could attend the Holy Family Mission; a day school at the Old Willow Creek complex; the new Agency boarding school at Cut Bank; or the off-reservation schools at Fort Shaw in Montana, or Carisle in Pennsylvania, although the space available in these scools fell far short of the number of children of school age. In 1905 the Browning Day School opened as a public school for children who actually lived in Browning or at the agency itself.

BIO: John was known among his Blackfoot compatriots as "Piskun" or, in english translation - Buffalo Corral. This is probably appropriate as he settled in the Two Medicine River Valley wherein lies a high cliff over which the Indians drove buffalo to kill or collect them for butchering. This bluff still exists only a short distance from the old Holy Family Mission Church and cemetery. Nearby is land still owned by Munro descendants and used for winter cattle grazing.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Family/Spouse: Susan. Susan was born est 1842; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Isabelle Calder on 7 Jun 1857. Isabelle was born about 1825; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Justin Christine about 1908. Justin was born about 1825; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIO:FELIX - SON OF HUGH, THE WHITE BLACKFOOT

BIO:Listed as sibling of John, Amelia, Lizzie and Frank Munro. His nephew Joseph (son of John) lists him as dead in 1906-7, but with children surviving: Francis, Elouise (King), and Bayne Munro - probably living in Canada - perhaps Calgary.

BIO:Felix was either born in Canada or apparently spent most of his life there. It appears he married and settled in Canada, as did his children. No other mention of him has been found in United States records.

BIO:Gerald Morrison Lists Felix with two spouses and a total of 11 children.

TBL:(1) Judith Godin - Caroline Munro b. 1850(m. Eduard Boucher & Paul Webowska
(2) Louise Larderoute - Adelaide b. 1853
Germain b. 1854
Julie b. 1856 (m. Norman Vandal)
Emelie b. 1861
Louise b. 1864 (m. George King)
Felix
Francois b. 1866
Benjamin b. 1868
Philomine b. 1869
Marie b. 1874

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Family/Spouse: Louise Laderoute. Louise was born about 1836; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LIZZIE MUNROE, DAUGHTER OF RISING WOLF

Lizzie, the second daughter of Rising Wolf and Sinopah, is an elusive figure in the Blackfoot Reservation records. The best glimpses of her character are found in the writings about her brother Frank, and in her nephew, William Jackson's, stories about his early adventures with the family. The following records are from her undated transcript to the Blackfoot Agency.

National Archives Records of Blackfeet Indians MF#1275621 LDS Library SLCity, UT., March 1995 Page # 538

Listed as "Lizzie Smith" and designated a full sister of Frank Munro on page 528 of same document. Lizzie was born on Maria's Creek in the present Glacier County of Montana - at that time part of the Dakota Territory or undesignated Northwest Territory of the U.S. Birth order unsure - may have been third child of Hugh Munro and Kit Fox Woman (Full Blackfoot wife); was listed as 63 years old on above undated transcript (PROBABLY 1906-8).

Her first marriage was to a Joe Deschamps, who is dead by 1906, and his relatives unknown. She lists as children of this marriage:
MARY COBELL, wife of TONY COBELL who lives on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Had a boy, now dead - No issue.

Her present marriage is listed as with WILLIAM "Nosey" SMITH; whereabouts peresently unknown. They were married at Choteau by a Justice of the Peace in about 1874, about one year after she came back from the North. Listed are six children of this marriage.

Julia - wife of George Cook
William - married and lives on reservation
Matilda - widow of Charley Buckly, lives Great Falls, has some children.
Samuel - married, lives at Summit, MT
Viola - wife of Charley Delaney
Peter - 20, single, lives on Livermore Creek with mother.

Lizzie traveled as a child with her family from the U.S. Northwest Territory to Canada. She returned to the Blackfeet Reservation in about 1873 and was on the Indian rolls and lived in about 1906-7 at Livermore Creek. In the 1809 Reservation Census she is listed as: #1439 Lizzie Smith, widow, age 75. (Probable birth year 1833 or before.)

Lizzie Munro was an exceptionally independant and strong minded woman. In a culture where womwn were usually dependant on a husband for food, housing and other necessities it is unusual to read the narrations about her by her brothers. In stories narrated to Schultz, Frank Munro represents Lizzie as a girl who was anxious to acquire the skills of her brothers, and excelled at trapping, hunting and other activities. Her independance is reflected in her deposition to the Blackfoot Agency when she states her husband is "Nosey Smith, whereabouts unknown."
*See William Jackson for included information on Lizzie.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Family/Spouse: Joe Deschamps. Joe was born about 1831; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William Smith about 1874 in Choteau, Teton Co., Montana, USA. William was born est 1831; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Amelia is listed frequently as "Minnie" by her siblings. She married first a white man by the name of Thomas Jackson. Two sons are listed as surviving: (1) William Jackson, well documented Indian Scout with General Custer, and (2) Robert Jackson, also Indian Scout.

Amelia married second: Harvey Alexander Fox, a white man, and had a son ALEXANDER FOX.

BIO:AMELIA AND HER EARLY YEARS WITH HER FAMILY

BIO:Amelia is said to be the eldest child of Hugh and Sinopah and so would have to be born before John who is convincingly documented with a birth date of 1822-23. However, her first documented marriage, to Thomas Jackson, probably did not occur before 1850 as her oldest recorded son, Robert, was born in 1854. She is also documented as still living by Schultz in 1922, and it is improbable that she would be over 100 years old. It IS likely that she was the oldest of the Munro daughters. Ages stated on Indian and Agency census rolls vary widely in the early records, as age was a relative rather than a definitive matter to all Indians who commonly "told time" by seasons or salient events rather than the "white man calendar."

BIO:On a 1908 affidavit to the BIA Amelia states she is 69 years old (born 1839 ?). She lists her first husband as "Andrew Jackson, white, deceased." She states she married Harvey Alexander Fox in 1877 at Mandan (or Bismark), North Dakota, by Methodist minister. BIO:"Millie," as she was known to the family, lived the usual life of Piegan Indian girls of her time. She learned all the skills so necessary to the women, as well as the modesty and quiet demeanor expected of all Piegan Indian maidens. As the eldest daughter she would have helped with the household work and the care of her younger brothers and sisters. However, she would also have had more than the usual Indian exposure to the white people living in the area, and would have accompanied her family to Fort Benton where Hugh acted as an interpreter for the Piegans in their fur trading. She would have been one of the most desirable of the comely Indian maidens after Thomas Jackson arrived with the annual boat brigade delivering the annual trading supplies for Fort Benton in 1835.

BIO:AMELIA MEETS AND MARRIES THOMAS JACKSON AT FORT BENTON

BIO:Thomas, the son of an old Virginia family, was educated and quiet spoken and would have had little insight into the rugged and dangerous life which was natural for Amelia. As Thomas spent his days cutting, sewing, tailoring and assembling a variety of necessary uniforms and modified wearing apparel for the fort employees and as trade goods, he would, by choice, experience little of the rugged outdoor life of the Northwest frontier. Although, like most men in the early 1800's, he was a passable shot with a rifle, he disliked killing animals and declined to hunt. He enjoyed the long evenings before the fire just smoking, talking, or reading the latest selection of books sent out from the East.

BIO:Amelia's father, Hugh, the "White Blackfoot," by his own admission, cared nothing for reading, and he had felt no need to make "scholars" out of his sons ! But Hugh DID enjoy the opportunity of conversation whenever the occasion permitted - even with Thomas Jackson ! Proficient in English, French and Pikuni, his interests ranged from swapping tall tales to catching up on the "news from the East" - even the latest "foolishness" of the U.S.Government !

BIO:In the early years Fort Benton was the focus of trade for the entire area. Not only Indians, but Mountain Men, free trappers and, eventually, prospectors and miners, depended on this lone facility at the end of the Missouri River navigation for necessary supplies. The contract suttler at Fort Benton employed a number of men at the fort as clerks and workers. Hugh was usually employed as the Fort hunter, responsible for providing the game needed to feed all the employees as well as their families, and as his sons matured they were also hired to help. In return he was provided with living quarters within the fort buildings for his extended family, provisions, and forage for his horses in the adjoining fields and corrals. Although they missed the freedom of the wilderness and the migrant life-style of the usual Pikuni life, the women found living within the fort buildings was much easier and less demanding of their time and energy. Without the usual primitive foraging for supplimentary food, fire-wood and water, they had more time for socializing, creating baskets and carrying containers, and decorating clothing with fine beadwork and dyed porkupine quills - a luxury activity in the wilderness.

BIO:In the close proximity of the Fort Benton activities and living arrangements, the employees became as integrated as a large disparate family. As the seasons rolled by they depended upon each other as the anchor in the changing world of commerce, supplies, weather, Indian policies and disasters, and the vagaries of "The Government." By 1850 Thomas Jackson must have decided that he would probably NOT return to the genteel world in Virginia. And, like many white men before and after him, he yearned for his own family unit - a wife and family to complete his circle of continuity. What an attractive picture Amelia depicted as a suitable wife !

BIO:Thomas and Amelia saw the seasons roll by as they resided in their comfortable quarters at Fort Benton until the "disaster" of 1864 when the "government" declined to renew the contract of James Dawson, Thomas's employer. With two sons, they tried a season of hunting and trapping with Rising Wolf and the extended family, but Thomas was totally unsuited to this activity, and had no reservations is saying so. He returned with Amelia to Fort Benton and found employment with the new sutler, and there he remained until 1870 when the fort again was in an upheavel over management.

BIO:FROM FORT BENTON TO FORT BUFORD

BIO:He then took Amelia and his sons, Robert and William and journeyed down to the mouth of the Yellowstone River to Fort Buford, where he found employment at the Larpenteur Trading Post. William Jackson relates that the family was still at Larpenteur's until at least 1874 when he and Robert joined the Army at Fort Buford as Indian Scouts. Beyond this point no records have been found of Thomas. It is probable that he died around 1875, as before 1877 Amelia is married to a white man named Harvey Alexander Fox.* Their son, Alexander, was born at Mandan, Dakota about 1877.

TBL:*Undated Blackfoot census (probably 1905) states Amelia FOX was married in 1876 by a clergyman to Harvey Alexander Fox.

BIO:AMELIA MARRIES HARVEY A. FOX - RETURNS TO BLACKFOOT RESERVATION

BIO:Amelia's son, Alexander Fox, states that he came on the reservation in 1892. He would then have been about 15 years old. In the 1907-8 depositions Amelia is fequently referred to as "wife of A. Fox" or "wife of old man Fox" so it is likely they came to the Blackfoot reservation as a family unit. In 1908 Alex lists his father as still living.

BIO:Amelia is next listed in records as the wife of Harvey Alexander Fox, a white man in the Fort Benton area. In 1896 she is listed with a son also named Alexander Fox. It is suggested by family records in 1898 that Amelia is a widow.In the census of 1898 she Lists her son Alexander Fox, age 21, and his daughter, Mable Fox, plus her Jackson grandchildren Andrew (19), John (17), Eliza (15), Milly (13), and Lizzie (11) - probably children of her son Robert Jackson.

BIO:In 1898 her son William Jackson, 39 years old, is living with his wife, Mary and children Thomas (age 12), Millie (8), Hugh (6), Maggie (5) and Annie (2).

BIO: Amelia survives the many changes in the Indian culture between 1875 and 1900 when all the Pekuni are expected to be enrolled on the Blackfoot Reservation in Montana. In 1922 she is reported as still living (in an Indian Agency hospital facility) by her brother Frank Munro. No verification has been documented for her death.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Amelia married Thomas Andrew Jackson about 1855. Thomas was born about 1815 in , , Virginia, USA; died about 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amelia married Harvey Alexander Fox in 1877 in Mandan, Morton Co., ND. Harvey was born in 1848; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIO:MARGARET MUNROE - DAUGHTER OF HUGH, THE WHITE BLACKFOOT

BIO:Margaret was the third surviving Munroe daughter listed by her siblings on the Blackfoot Indian rolls. Her birth date is by estimate based on the age of her son, James Houseman, on his 1908 affidavit.

BIO:Listed as "Maggie" by her siblings, Margaret Munro married Edmund Houseman (a white man, parents unknown) and had at least 3 surviving children: James, Margaret and Hugh Houseman. Maggie is dead before 1908.
In the Blackfoot Agency census and affidavits for 1907-8 (page 144) James Houseman, age 40, gives the following information:

TBL:James Houseman 1/4 Blood Piegan
Father: Edmond Houseman - a white man - dead.
Father and Mother unknown
Mother: Margaret Munroe - 1/2 Piegan - dead
Father: Hugh Munroe - a white man - dead.
Mother: Not known - full Piegan - dead.
Paternal uncles and aunts: unknown.
Maternal uncles and aunts: John Munroe, Frank Munroe, Lizzie Munroe (one
time wife of "Nosey" Smith), Millie Munroe (wife of A.J.Fox - white
man). Two brothers are now dead - names unknown - Issue unknown.
Brothers and sisters: Maggie Houseman living with James Brown; Hugh
Houseman full brother.
Wife: Susan - 40 to 45 years old - married in 1888 by Justice of Peace at
Choteau.
Father: Nothing known. Full chippewa.
First husband was William Jackson, now dead - 1/4 Piegan
Father: William* Jackson - white - dead (*Error - THOMAS)
Mother: Millie Munroe Jackson FOX - living.
Brothers: Robert Jackson, full brother; Alex Fox 1/2 Bro.
Children of Susan and William Jackson: Two boys, See 666 for
brothers, etc. Both named Tom Jackson - one 21 years and other
going on 19. Oldest one now in Carlisle, youngest in Haskell.
*Other records prove this in error - Oldest son named WILLIAM,
younger named THOMAS. William then married MARY and had son
named Thomas James Jackson.
Children of Susan and James Houseman: Joseph (18 years), Mary (16),
Geneva (13), and Frank (7).
Now living at St. Mary's. He was bought out by Reclamation Service. Sold
only his improvements. Said Mr. Cole agreed that he should take his land
elsewhere.
**William Jackson and James Houseman were actually First Cousins as their mothers were sisters: Amelia and Margaret Munroe.
***Susan also states that son Thomas Jackson lives with Fox (Amelia Munroe
Jackson Fox would be his grandmother.)

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

The Redden reference places Margaret as the sister of Hugh Munro, Jr., not his daughter. The correct version is not known.

Family/Spouse: Edmund Houseman. Edmund was born about 1840; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FRANK MUNROE - SON OF HUGH, THE WHITE BLACKFOOT

National Archive Records of the Blackfeet Indians #1275621 Microfilm; LDS Library, SL City, UT, March 1995) Listed in undated document of page 528a:

In this record Frank Munro states he is 61 years old (probably 1906-7) and is 1/2 Piegan, with "Hugh Munro, white man" as his father and "Kit Fox, Full Piegan," as mother. He also designates his paternal grandparents as "Hugh Munro and Mary Munro," and states he has a paternal uncle by the name of "La Roche" although he does not know if he is living. He also lists three sisters of his mother: (Wolf, Yells In Water, Short Woman), and one brother (Sarvisberry). He lists as his own siblings: John Munro, Minnie (wife of Alex Fox), Margaret (once wife of Edmund Houseman), and Felix Munro. He lists three marriages with issue:
(1) MARY ; a half-breed Cree (who now lives up North and is married to a Cree Indian). Her father was Charley De Maer (1/2 Cree and 1/2 White; now dead), and her mother was NELLIE (1/2 Cree and 1/2 White, now dead). ISSUE: FRANK MUNRO (JR.) - 1/4 Piegan and 1/4 Cree; now lives (1906-7) on the North Fork of the Milk River.
(2) A CREE Woman - had children but now dead. No Issue.
(3) MARY - Kills At Edge Of Water - (Full Piegan) married at Choteau 28 years ago by Indian Custom, and later at Sun River by a Catholic Priest. PARENTS: Middle Calf (dead) is father [his parents: Red Paint (f) and Little Mice (m)]; Catches Inside (dead) is mother [her parents: Middle Bull (f) and Eh-sin-ah-ka (m)]. She states all her brothers and sisters died when she was small. ISSUE: Five Children: LOUIS (26 yrs) and ANTOINE (20 yrs) MUNRO.
Had a daughter "Rosey" who married George Cook, a white man living on the reservation, and had daughters Isabelle Cook and Nellie Cook (both now at school). The girls have lived with her and Frank Munroe; when at school they are looked after by their father. (Mary was also once wife of a full Piegan named Weasel Shoe - son of Weasel Shoe and Good-Walk-Across-The-Way)

IN 1906-7 Frank Munro was living "on the other side of Cut Bank."

FRANK MEETS THE REAL-BEARS

In the summer of 1922 James Willard Shultz met with his old Piegan Indian friends while camping on the banks of the Two Medicine Lodges River in Montana. His book entitled "Friends Of My Life As An Indian," contains tales about both Frank Munro and his father Hugh Munro, the "White Blackfoot" known as Rising Wolf. At this time Frank, or "Heavy Eyes" as he was known to the Piegans, was the last surviving son of Hugh. Frank relates the adventure in which he was mauled and crippled by a Grizzly bear:

In the first Autumn month of 1889, Heavy Eyes, his nephew, Blackfeet Man (William Jackson) and Shultz, after long weeks of heavy work in their hayfields, decided to have a good hunt for fresh meat. They struck out for the mountains with a team and wagon, saddle horses and camping gear and were soon camped along the Two Medicine Lodge Lake. Leaving the two younger men to set up the Lodge and make camp, Frank struck out for the nearby ridge to shoot a deer among the quaking aspen trees. After a brief interval the campers heard a shot and then three more in quick succession, and later, several more. Thinking Frank would soon return with a deer or elk, they gathered a lot of dry cottonwood branches and made a fire for cooking. After a long time they finally saw him riding down through the quaking aspens to the river. They were alarmed to see that he was swaying in the saddle, hanging on to the saddle horn with both hands, his hat gone, and of his clothing only a few sheds of his shirt remained. They ran to meet him, but just as he came to the near shore of the river he fell from his horse in a dead faint. He was the bloodiest, worst torn man that they had ever seen. His face, right hand, right shoulder, and right leg were terribly mangled. He came to long enough to murmur, "Real Bear, did me wrong."
Seeing that Frank's wounds were too serious for them to heal, Schultz bathed the wounds, and dressed them and his broken bones as well as he could and helped to load him into the back of the wagon. Jackson hitched the team and left on the long trip to take Frank to the doctor at the Agency on Badger Creek.
Knowing the danger of camping in the proximity of a wounded Grizzley bear, Schultz loaded his heavy Winchester and set out to retrace Frank's bloody trail. On the Aspen ridge he soon found the site of the bear fight. Below a wide, thick growth of servis-berry brush the ground was trampled, torn, and splotched with black dried blood, and from there two bloody trails went west along the ridge. In following these he came to a damp ravine and there found four distinct bear trails. He followed the bloody trails until they passed into heavy pine and fir forest. Although he hunted for three full days he was unable to find the wounded bears. On the fourth day Jackson returned with the wagon. Although Frank had nearly died from loss of blood the Government physician now thought he would live, although he would be crippled for life.
Now Frank related his details of this terrifying experience: First he explained that the night previous to leaving home he had a dream or vision in which he saw himself standing upon a big log in a heavy forest looking for game when two real-bears appeared and warned him if he attempted to harm them he would be sorry for it as long as he lived. He did not tell anyone of his vision, but resolved to heed the bear's warning.
When they arrived at the camping place and he set out to kill a deer he found game trails but no fresh deer tracks. He found one old game path was being used by bears, and that accounted for the absence of deer. As he rode up higher on the ridge he came to where the service-berry brush was black with its heavy load of ripe fruit. Wrapping the bridle rope several turns around his left arm to prevent his horse from straying, Frank got down to gather the ripe berries. Suddenly his horse snorted, and he saw it was staring at something on the ridge behind him. Looking that way he saw a big real-bear feeding on the berries. He thought at once of the warning given in his vision, but the bear was so fat he wanted him for he would provide enough cooking grease for all winter. Over-riding his best judgement he raised his rife and fired at the bear. He heard the bullet splat into him and the bear gave a roar of pain. At the sound three other bears rose up close by him and stared about. The wounded bear had disappeared from sight and Frank thought that he had killed him, so he fired at one of the others. That bear then roared in anger and charged for Frank. He fired the rife at him again and again, knowing from the sound that the bullets struck him, but he kept coming. The real-bear sprang upon Frank, biting and mauling him as they rolled down the steep ridge with the horse following as the bridle rope was still wrapped around Frank's left arm. Frank was badly hurt and both he and the bear were bleeding copiously. Only two more cartridges remained in the magazine of his rife, and he finally managed to fire both of them. The new wounds only made the bear roar with anger and pain and once more he charged upon Frank and began to maul him again. Caught between Frank and the bear his horse was also fighting and kicking the bear. He fainted and woke to find the horse still kicking the bear. He became unconscious and finally again woke to terrible pain. Blood was running from his face, his torn and mangled shoulder and breast, and his crushed hand. His horse was close by with his haunches torn and bleeding. After many tries he at last managed to crawl up onto the saddle and the faithful horse delivered him to the camp place.
Frank did not fault the bear for injuring him but, rather, maintained he was crippled for life for failing to heed the warning of his vision!

FRANK MUNROE ON BLACKFOOT CENSUS

Blackfoot Indian Agency census: 1890 to 1896 MF#573849

Age in: 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896
FRANK MONROE Husb 41 42 43 44 45 47 49
Mary Hill-On-Edge W 32 39 40 41 42 44 44
Lewis/Louis Son 7 8 9 10 11 11 14
Frank Son 5 6 7 8 - - -
Antoine Son 1 2 3 4 6 7 9

On the 1920 allotment census of the Blackfoot Indian Reservation Frank Munroe, Sr. is listed: #1801 Frank Munroe, Sr. Widower, allot #1895 b. 1846

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
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Family/Spouse: Mary De Maer. Mary was born about 1848 in Red River; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Mary Kills At Shore about 1888. Mary was born about 1855; was christened in in Full Piegan; died in Jul 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIO:Siblings reported "another brother - name unknown - also dead." (1906-7)

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BIO:Parish Registers of Saint-Ours-du-Saint-Esprit, Quebec - 1825 Baptism #104 (Translated from the French)

TBL:On the 15th of December, 1825, the undersigned parish priest baptized Marie Anne Henriette Munro, the legitimate daughter of Horatio Munro, shopkeeper, and Henriette Berthelot of this parish. Names of god-parents, Marie-Angelique Leroux who signs with the father.
(S) L. ______ Horatio Munro J. Adeliza, Cure'(Parish priest)

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(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

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BIO:Saint-Ours-du-Saint-Esprit Catholic Curch Records, 1827:
(Translated from French)

TBL:On the 14th day of March, 1827, the undersigned parish priest buried in the cemetery of this parish, the legitimate un-named infant son of Horatio Munro, shopkeeper, and Henrietta Berthelot; the infant was dead before birth. Burial in the presence of Joseph Menard father, and Joseph Menard son who is one who signs. (S) Joseph Menard C.M. Caron Parish Priest

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(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
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(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

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Notre Dame Cathedral

Marie married Arthur La Coste on 12 Oct 1875 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada. Arthur was born in 1850; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

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Christened:
Christened at Notre Dame Cathedral

Henri married Ann Marie Emilie Willebrun on 16 Sep 1878 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada. Ann was born in 1854; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
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Henry married Louise Duquet on 1 Apr 1800 in Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Louise was born about 1780; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Catherine married George B. Beckstead on 12 Apr 1859 in Williamsburg, , Ontario, St Andrew Presby. George was born on 4 Jul 1830 in Williamsburg, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Sep 1901 in Williamsburg Twp, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah married Robert Lyle on 23 Apr 1861 in Williamsburg, Presbyter Church, Ontario, Canada. Robert was born in 1832; died in 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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George Beckstead is buried at Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Mariatown, as well as his wife and children, Mary, Lucy and Grace. He farmed lot 33, con 3, Williamsburg Twp. His father, David, willed him the east half of this lot and the west 1/4 of the lot to Ira Walter Beckstead, George's son. His will #1550, written 7 Sept 1921 and registered 2 May 1922, general Register, at Morrisburg Registry Office. He instructs a gravemarker to be purchased "to cost not less than $200." To his daughter "Fannie Isabella" he leaves all his "furniture and effects"; the residual of his estate to be sold and divided equally among his four children: Elizabeth Adelaide Purvis, Edith Read, Fanny Isabella Beckstead and Ira Walker Beckstead.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
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George married Christie Louise Froats on 20 Jan 1864 in , Dundas Cty, Ontario, St John Lutheran. Christie was born on 16 Nov 1842 in Hoasic, Williamsburg Twp, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Mar 1917 in Williamsburg Twp, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Elizabeth died at Lot 7, Con. 5, Williamsburg Township, Ontario, Canada. She was buried in the St. Lawrence Valley Cemetery.

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In 1851, Cornelius was living with his parents in Williamsburg, Canada. He belonged to the Church of England. He is listed as a laborer on the census. The 1861 census of Russell Township, Canada has a Cornelius (probably the same person) listed as a carpenter living with his wife and children in Russell, Canada. His religion is listed as "WM". The second census places his birthdate as about 1836.

He was listed as 19 years old on the 1852 census.

References:

(2) Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Family/Spouse: Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1834; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William was born about 1837 in Williamsburg, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada and was christened there in the St. Peters Lutheran Church on 16 Jul 1837.

His ancestor, Captain John Munro, had fought on the side of the British in the American Revolutionary War, and had been banished to Canada with many other Loyalists.

Family tradition says that William Harvey immigrated from Scotland. It is said that he arrived in his kilts and had papers to a castle in Scotland, but the papers were lost in the 1900 Galveston flood. In view of other evidence, this tradition is not likely.

He spent his childhood in Williamsburg and is found there on the 1851 census where he is listed as a 13 year-old laborer living with his parents. This would place his birth in about 1838. He is also found in the 1861 Williamsburg census as being 24 years old, placing his birth in about 1837.

William seemed to lack a sense of focus as a youngster. He moved from his parents' home in Williamsburg and went to Russel Township, Ontario and found work as a carpenter. He is listed there on the 1861 census, but he must have left shortly after the census was perpared because on 2 Feb 1862, he married Julia Elizabeth Potter in Galveston, Texas. Julia was the daughter of Albert M. and Elizabeth (Tuttle) Potter. Their first child, William Harvey Munro, Jr., was born in Galveston on 18 Jan 1863.

Texas didn't hold his interest very long either. Possibly as early as 1869, William and his wife took their young son and made the long trek to Corinne City, Territory of Utah and settled there. Their second child, Gertrude, was born there on 15 Oct 1869. Since Corinne City was settled in Mar 1869, William must have been one of the founding fathers of that community.

William first worked as a grocer in this infant settlement and with hard work and good luck, his fortunes began to brighten. He quickly became an influential businessman and community leader serving as Councilman (1869-1870 and 1873-1874), Mayor (3 Mar 1870-3 Jul 1872), and member of the Board of Trade (1871). He was one of the managers of a benefit to help build the new Episcopal Church in 1869, and he was an active member of this church.

The following is the text of an article that appeared in a local Corinne newspaper on 6 Jul 1871:

"Last night at the hour of 12 o'clock as Mayor Munro and family were retiring, his attention was attracted to something stirring outside. Promptly opening the blinds, a man was discovered crouched close to the house, when quick as thought our worthy executive bounded through the casement and gave chase to the stranger, who had, upon discovery, fled from the place. Over the fence flew the fleet pursuer and then the race ended, for the prowler was caught fast in the Mayor's grip. Mr. Munro started to take the rascal to jail, but the chilly night reminded him that the rainment he then had on was too thin for the hour, whereupon, with a dozen well directed kicks he let the marauder off, pledged never to be seen on Colorado street again. The adventure will have the effect of making housekeepers more watchful of nights."

Also in 1869, he formed a partnership with John Creighton and founded the firm of Creighton and Munro, wholesale and retail grocers. His business grew to be one of the largest of its kind west of Omaha, Nebraska, and he owned a huge warehouse at the corner of Montana and 6th Streets which often contained nearly a million pounds of freight awaiting shipment. By 1871, when he sold his interest in the firm to his partner, he was the general western agent for the Far West Fast Freight Line Company and began to enjoy awesome success. He became known as "The Merchant Prince West of the Rockies."

He served as Secretary of the Corinne Steam Navigation Company, which built a steamboat 130 feet long and three stories high to carry ore from the mines on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake to the smelters at Corinne. It was named "The City of Corinne" and was a very famous boat during that time (1871).

An 18 Jun 1870 census of Corinne City, Box Elder County, Territory of Utah, shows William as 30 years old and working as a grocer. Also included in his household is his wife, Julia age 27, William age 7, Gertrude age 8 months and Annie Frew, age 18, a domestic servant from Scotland.

William was not all work and no play. He owned a horse named "Sheep" which he enjoyed entering in local harness races. He also played third base on the town baseball team. He served on the reception and transportation committee for the Independence Day celebration in 1870, and was floor manager of the Christmas dance held 25 Dec 1869.

After his third child, George, was born in Apr 1873, things seemed to begin falling apart for William. He moved his family back to Galveston, Texas, where in 1879, his wife, Julia, filed for divorce accusing William of neglect and drinking. The divorce was granted in Jan 1880. William received custody of their son, William, Jr. and their daughter, Gertrude, with 6 year old George going to Julia.

Shortly after the divorce, William moved to Beaumont, Texas, where he lived in a boarding house and worked as a bookkeeper. William, Jr. worked as a hotel clerk and Gertrude, now 10 years old, attended school and boarded with George Stovall, a school teacher. All three are found on the 1880 census of Beaumont. By 1881, he had moved again, this time to Woodville, Texas, where he found a job as an agent for the East Texas Railroad.

Nothing more is known about William Harvey Munro, wanderer, pioneer, merchant, entrepreneur.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret - letter from Marian Danielson,
recorder of Corinne City, Utah dated 6 Jul 1988

(2) Clan Munro files - Muro, William Barton - "Yellowed Pages", Vol. 23, No. 2,
Summer 1993, p. 34

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William married Julia Elizabeth Potter on 2 Feb 1862 in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas, USA, and was divorced. Julia was born on 24 Aug 1845 in , Steuben Co., New York, USA; died on 21 Mar 1920 in Flatonia, Fayette Co., Texas, USA; was buried in Mar 1920 in Flatonia, Fayette Co., Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elzina was christened in the Anglican Church. She probably died before 1852, because she is not listed on the 1852 census.

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(2) Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Lucias Henry Munro was christened in the Anglican Church and was a member of the Church of England.

The 1851 census lists him as 8 years old, but the Anglican Church records of Williamsburg lists his birth date as 22 Feb 1841.

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(2) Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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In 1852, Sophia was 7 years old living with her parents in Williamsburg, Canada. She was a member of the Church of England.

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(2) Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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In 1852, Elizabeth was 2 years old living with her parents in Williamsburg, Canada. She was a member of the Church of England.

References:

(2) Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Lucinda died at about five days of age. Her funeral was held on 12 mar 1843.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

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In 1851 and 1861, James Alva (or Alvey) was living with his parents in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

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James married Abrigail Helmer about 1872. Abrigail was born on 7 May 1846 in , Ontario, Upper Canada; was christened in in , Ontario, Upper Canada; died on 1 Oct 1912; was buried in Maple Ridge, Ontario, Upper Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1851 and 1861, Francis "Fanny" was living with her parents in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

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Frances married Richard Merkley on 31 Dec 1868 in , Ontario, Upper Canada. Richard was born in 1840 in Williamsburg, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Apr 1902 in , , Ontario, Canada; was buried in Apr 1902 in Chesterville, Dundas, Ontario, Maple Ridge Cem. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1851 and 1861, John was living with his parents in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Buried:
John was buried at the Maple Ridge Cemetery.

John married Mary Jane Gray about 1875 in , Ontario, Upper Canada. Mary was born on 10 Mar 1857 in Nation Valley, Dundas, Ontario, Can; died on 13 May 1928 in , Ontario, Upper Canada; was buried in May 1928 in Chesterville, Dundas, Ontario, Maple Ridge Cem. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1851, Susan was living with her parents in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. The 1861 census does not show Susan with the family.

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In 1861, Luther was living with his parents in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

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1996

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Lutheria married Hugh Bolton in 1874 in Williamsburg Twp, Dundaso, Upper Canada. Hugh was born about 1845 in Williamsburg Twp, Dundas, Ontario, Can; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1861, Calvin was living with his parents in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9 Oct
1996

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Calvin married Kezia L. Bailey about 1881 in , Ontario, Upper Canada. Kezia was born in Jun 1857 in Williamsburg Twp, Ontario, Upper Canada; died on 30 May 1894 in , Ontario, Upper Canada; was buried in 1894 in Maple Ridge, Ontario, Upper Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Calvin married Agnes Coulthart on 1 Jul 1896 in , Ontario, Canada. Agnes was born on 8 May 1867 in Williamsburg Twp, Dundas, Ontario, Can; died on 24 Sep 1936 in , Ontario, Canada; was buried in Sep 1936 in Chesterville, Dundas, Ontario, Maple Ridge Cem. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1861, Enos (or Enus) was living with his/her parents in Williamsburg Township, Dundas County, Ontario, Canada.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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1996

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Enos married Mary Smith on 12 Dec 1888 in , Ontario, Canada. Mary was born on 5 Dec 1865 in Lachute, , Quebec, Canada; died on 5 Sep 1948 in Winchester, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Sep 1948 in Maple Ridge, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ida may have married a Northrup.

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Family/Spouse: Northrup. was born est 1863; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert married Mary Charlotte McGillis on 7 Oct 1856 in Williamstown, Ontario, Upper Canada. Mary was born in 1837 in St Johns, Quebec, Canada; died on 22 Sep 1919 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, , Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marie married Antoine Zustaphe De Bellefeuille MacDonald in 1854. Antoine was born in 1828; died in 1894. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Oliver Brian De Bois Gilbert, Comte. Oliver was born about 1820; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: De Donay, Comte. was born about 1822; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Raoul De Epres Menil, Comte. Raoul was born about 1824; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Prime Minister of Quebec (1878-79) Minister of Inland Revenue for Canada (1897-1900) Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1900-06)

Born in Epernay, France; educated in Paris bit returned to Canada with his parents early in life and was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1855 (Q.C. 1878). He represented the constituency in Lotbiniere in the Legislative Assemblies of Canada from 1861 to 1885; from 1867-78 leader of the Liberal opposition in Quebec. On the dismissal of the Boucherville administration in 1878 he was appointed Prime Minister of the Province. He retired from public life for a time, but in 1897 became Minister for Inland Revenue. He retired from Parliament in 1900 to become Lt.-Governor of British Columbia until 1906.

He died in 1908 at Quebec. He married Margaretta Gowan and had three sons and three daughters.

In 1888 he assumed his mother's surname of de Lotbiniere with the consent of the Quebec Legislature. In 1895 he was created a K.C.M.G.

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Henri married Margaretta Josepha Gowen in 1856 in Québec, , Québec, Canada. Margaretta was born about 1831; died in 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec. Born - William Hidden, son of Jeremiah Hidden Brown of New Carlisle and Sarah Harriet, his wife, baptised January 24, born August 18, 1824. Sponsors: Jeremiah Hidden Brown, Sarah H. Brown, John Whittom, and Sarah Munro, grandmother of the child. --William HOUGH, Minister.

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!Presbyterian Church Records for the North side of the Restigouche River (Quebec) 1811-1984: BORN - Hanrietta Caroline, daughter of Robert Wiley Fitton, Surgeon of New Carlisle, native of Cork, County Cork, Ireland, and Sarah Harriet Munro, daughter of William Johnston Munro and Sarah Sherar of Cox: born July 29, 1835.

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!St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec. BORN - Walter Hussey, son of Robert Wiley Fitton of New Carlisle, Surgeon, and of Sarah Harriet his wife, maiden name Munro; born June 10, 1837 and baptised October 3, 1837. The Reverend Andrew Balfour, one of the Missionaries of the Society for P.G.F.P.; Dr. Fitton, father, by proxy for Walter Huzzey Fitton of Passage West, County Cork, Ireland, Uncle; and Miss Ann Fitton, Aunt, being sponsors. Robert W. Fitton, Sarah H. Fitton, Walter H. Fitton, per Robt. Fitton, Mary Anne/ann Fitton, Aunt. --Andrew Balfour, Missionary.

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!St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec. BORN - Ellen Jane, daughter of Robert Wiley Fitton of New Carlisle, Esq. Registrar and Coroner for the county of Bonaventure, and of Sarah Harriet Munro, his wife, born November 26, 1840 and baptised May 12, 1844. R. W. Fitton and S.H. Fitton, Parents. Sponsors: (Miss) Ellen Fitton, aunt, of Passage West, County Cork, Ireland, by proxy of the mother of the child, John Fauvel Esq., and (Mrs.) Eliza Hamilton. --George Milne, Clergy

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Family/Spouse: Robert Carr-Harris. Robert was born about 1838; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec. The followinf entry follows the entry for the birth of Ellen Jane Fitton and her baptism on May 12, 1844.: Robert George Munro Fitton, son of above parents, born November 29, 1842 and baptised as above (May 12, 1844). Parents: R.W. Fitton and S.H. Fitton, Sponsors: Geo. Jenne and Ellen Bellet. --George Milne, Clergy

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!St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec. BORN - William Hamilton Bruce, son of Robert Wiley Fitton of New Carlisle, Esquire, Registrar and Coroner for the County of Bonaventure, and Sarah Harriet Munro his wife; born November 26, 1845 and baptized December 2, 1846. Parents: Father not present, Sarah H. Fitton. Sponsors: Harriet Ross and Margaret Hall. ---George Milne, Clergy

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!St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec. BORN- Sarah Susan, daughter of Robert Wiley Fitton of New Carlisle, Esquire, Coroner and Registrar, and Sarah Harriet Munro his wife; born January 31, baptised June 19, 1848. Parents: R.W. Fitton and S.H. Fitton, Sponsor: Isabella Milne (Minister's wife). --- George Milne, Clergy.

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!St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec. BORN - Henry Goodman, son of Robert Wiley Fitton of New Carlisle, Esq., Coroner and Registrar, and Sarah Harriet Munro his wife, born November 15, 1849 and baptised December 29, 1850. Parents: Robert W. Fitton and Sarah H. Fitton. Sponsor: Robert Smollett ---George Milne, Clergy. Note:Child died December 29 and was buried on the 31st of said month, 1850 at New Carlisle. Robert Smollett and William Munro, Uncle. --George Milne, Cergy. Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
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St Andrews Anglican Church Records, New Carisle, Quebec.

1837-BORN- Philip Johnston, son of William Munro of Cox Township and of Margaret Gallie his wife; born June 17, 1837 and baptized August 27, 1837. William Munro; John Gallie, grandfather; (Capt) Ph.(ilip) TOCQUE (of St. Helen's in the Island of Jersey); Mary Gallais, aunt, proxy for Mrs. Capt. Toque. Andrew Balfour, Missionary.

New Carlisle Prebyterian Church 1833-1987, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada 1918 - DIED - Philip Johnston Munro of Paspebiac; died October 9, 1918 at 81 years.

1901 Canadian Census, Quebec Province, Bonaventure Co., Paspebiac:

MUNRO, Johnston Head b. 24 June 1837 Age 63 Scot Presbterian Blacksmith
Harriet Wife b. 7 Dec 1835 65 English "

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Christened:
Philip was christened at the St. Andrew Anglican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Philip was buried at the Presbyterian Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Philip married Harriet Bean on 25 Jun 1862 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada. Harriet was born about 1836 in Guernsey, Channel Islands; died on 30 Mar 1906 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was buried in Mar 1906 in , , Quebec, Presbyterian. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He married the daughter of Philippe Duval and Jane Scott.

William and his family owned a schooner which was lost off the coast of Africa in a storm. This loss placed them heavily in debt so they imigrated to the United States from Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

Their first U.S. home was in Hudson, Wisconsin.

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Birth date of William George Munro from James Munro Family Bible (son of Wm G.)Bible is inscribed with Birth, Marriage and Death Dates of James Munro Family: parents, grandparents and children. Bible now (1994) in hands of James D. Munro (grandson of James Munro) Seattle, Washington.

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*NOTE; CELINA DUVAL MUNRO DIED 5 FEB 1898 AT HUDSON, WI.

1910 Federal Census, Hudson Twp, St. Croix Co., Wisconsin, ED 199, Sheet 2A;
House # 16 on FOURTH ST, HUDSON
Freeholder; owns own home.
MONROE, WILLIAM G. AGE 71 b. Canada Immigrated to US 1888 Has own Income
Father b. Canada Mother b. Canada
EMELINE (wife) 60 b. Canada Immigrated to US 1885
Father b. Canada Mother b. Canada
Married 3 years - No children.
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1920 Census - William G. Munro died 27 Mar 1914; Emeline is living with James Munro and his family in Renville County, North Dakota.
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DEATH: William George Munro, died 27 March, 1914, age 75. Buried at Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.

From: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hudson, Wisconsin; Burial Records, Vol III. Church History published Sept. 15, 1984, Hudson, WI.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Hudson, Wisconsin would have been the church of choice for Celina Duval Munro as she had always been listed on Canadaian census records as "Anglican" or "Episcopalian" and their children had been baptised in St. Andrew's Anglican Church at Paspebiac, Quebec. The Munro's, as well as the Sherar's, Caldwell's and all the other Scottish Colonists at Paspebiac and New Carlisle preferred their own Scottish Presbyterian Church and attended as long as it was available. Later it merged with the other presbyterian churches and became the "United Church." By the time William George Munro emigrated to Wisconsin his family was attending this church and the transition to the St. Paul's Episcopalian in Hudson, Wisconsin was a natural choice. This was the predominent Protestant church in Hudson, as the Episcopalian ministery was established at Hudson by 1860 and continued to grow and prosper. There were Munro children married from this church (Sarah, Emily, Margaret, Jane and Albert) as well as baptisms of some of their children, and finally the funerals of both Celina and William G. Munro in later years.

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Buried:
William was buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Stillwater, Minnesota.

William married Celina Eliza Duval on 10 Dec 1861 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada. Celina was born on 18 Apr 1841 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 10 Oct 1841 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 5 Feb 1898 in Hudson, St. Croix Co., Wisconsin, USA; was buried on 7 Feb 1898 in Stillwater, Washington Co., Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Emma G. Comner in 1906. Emma was born about 1840; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

1841-BORN-Mary Ann, daughter of William Munro, farmer of the Township of Cox and of Margaret Gallie his wife; born June 3, 1841 and baptized September 19, 1841, sponsors being: William Munro, Mary Sherar, Joanna Munro. --- George Milne, Missionary.

1784 - DIED - Mary Ann Munro, wife of Edmund LeGallais of Cox Township, farmer; died August 7, 1874, aged 33 years, and was buried August 9, 1874 at St Peter's Church, Paspebiac. Edmund LeGallais, husband; Edward LeGallais, Brother-in-law. --- George Milne, Cergy.

Note: Church register entries preceding and following this death entry record that Mary Ann Munro LeGallais was delivered of twin sons (Frederick and Albert) on July 31, 1874. Albert Munro LeGallais died on September 29, and was buried October 1, 1874.

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Christened:
Mary was christened at the St. Andrew Anglican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Mary was buried at the St. Peter Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

Mary married Edmund Legallais on 8 Dec 1864 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada. Edmund was born on 30 Oct 1838 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 3 Mar 1839 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died in 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anglican Church Records of Paspebiac and New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

1843 - BORN - Elias Albert, son of William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, and Margaret Gallie his wife; born June 10, baptized August 6, 1843. Parents: William Munro and Margaret Gallie. Sponsors: Elias de la Perrelle, John Hocquard, Elizabeth de la Perrelle (ne' Scott) all signatures, no Clergy shown.

Note from Diary of Rev. George Milne: May 24, 1867 - Charles Albert Munro, death by drowning in Nova Scotia.

The only Charles Albert Munro in the community in 1867 was Elias Albert, son of William T. and Margaret Munro. In 1867 he would have been 24 years old and was very probably shipping as a mariner on one of the many schooners out of Paspebiac. He never appears in the family or community records after this date.

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Christened:
Charles was christened at St. Peter Anglican Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

Sponsors: Elias de la Perrelle, John Hocquard, Elizabeth de la Perrelle (ne' Scott) all signatures, no Clergy shown.

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Anglican Church Records of Paspebiac and New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

1845-BORN-Ann Maria, daughter of William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, and of Margaret Gallie his wife; born july 10, baptized October 5, 1845. William Munro, Margaret Gallie (Proxy for Mary Smith), John Francis Gallie (Uncle), Jane Elizabeth Gallie (aunt). --George Milne, Clergy.

1865-MARRIED - Francis Briard of Paspebiac, Carpenter, son of James Briard of St. Helier's, Jersey, Carpenter, and Eliza Guillaume (Williams) his wife, bachelor of major age; and Ann Maria Munro of Cox Township, daughter of William Munro of said township, farmer, and Margaret Gallie his wife, spinster of minor age; married by license with consent of the bride's parents on February 28, 1865. Francis Briard and Ann M. Munro. Witnesses: William Munro, father of the Bride, Elias Briard, cousin of the Groom. -- George Milne, Clergy.

Note in Rev. George Milne Diary: February 28, 1865 - Issued marriage license to Francis Briard and Ann Maria Munro, married same day by Rev. Geo. Milne. Sponsors: William Munro and Octavius Sherar.

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Ann married Francis Briard on 28 Feb 1865 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Francis was born about 1843; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

1848-BORN- Robert Henry, son of William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, and Margaret Gallie his wife; born January 29, baptized March 3, 1848. Sponsors: Mary Sherar (Miss) - grand aunt, Parents: William Munro, Margaret Gallie. -----George Milne, Clergy

RECEIVED - Robert Henry Munro, privately baptized March 3, 1848, received into the congregation in St Peter's Church, Paspebiac on March 26, 1848, sponsors being: Edward le Boutillier (Capt.) Parents: William Munro, Margaret Gallie. ---- George Milne, Clergy

Robert married "Hattie" when he was 32 and she 26. After a childless marriage of 17 years Robert died at age 49 in 1897.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church, New Carlisle, Quebec. 1880 - MARRIED - Robert H. Munro, farmer of Cox Township to Sarah Harriet Smollett on January 27, 1880. --- William Murray, Clergy

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church, New Carlisle, Quebec. 1897 - DIED - Robert Munro of Papebiac died April 26, 1897. ----J.M.Sutherland, Clergy

1901 Canadian Census, Quebec Province, Bonaventure Co., Paspebiac:

MUNRO, Harriet Head WID b. 7 Nov 1854 Age 46 b. Quebec English Presb.
Margaret *Mother WID b. 1 Apr 1819 81 " " "
John Brother S b. 28 Aug 1861 39 " " "
*Margaret (Munro nee' Gallie) is actually the mother of Robert Munro, Harriet's first husband; John Munro is son of Margaret.

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Robert married Harriot Harriet Smollet on 27 Jan 1880 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Harriot was born on 17 Nov 1854 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died in 1937 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

1850- BORN - Frederick Agustus, son of William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, and Margaret Gallie, his wife; born 9 July, baptized Sept 1,1850. Parents: William Munro and Margaret Gallie Sponsors: John Gallie, grandfather; R.W. Fitton Esq., Uncle; Sarah H. Fitton, aunt.

New Carlisle Presbyterian Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

1877 - MARRIED - Fredrick Munro, farmer of Cox Township, batchelor of Cox Twp, County of Bonaventure, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, married Laura Bishop Caldwell, Spinster, of New Carlisle by License on January 8, 1878. By William Murray, Minister Witnesses: Hugh Caldwell and Annie Gallie

DIED - Laura B. Caldwell, wife of Frederick Munro of Paspebiac, farmer, died March 24, 1890. (Note: Apparently result of complications of childbirth) - delivered of son (Frederick Agustus) on February 28, 1890.

1891 MARRIED - Frederick Augustus Munro, farmer of Paspebiac, married Susan Maria Hocquard on June 4, 1891.

DIED - Frederick Augustus Munro, farmer of Paspebiac, died May 2, 1912.

1901 Canadian Census, Quebec, Bonaventure Co., Paspebiac:

MUNRO, Frederick A. Head b. 9 July 1850 Quebec - Scot Presbyterian Farm
Susan M. Wife b. 26 May 1850 " " "
Mary A. Dau. b. 29 Nov 1878 " " "
George H. Son b. 21 Oct 1882 " " "
Maud L. Dau b. 16 Nov 1885 " " "
Frederick A. Son b. 28 Feb 1890 " " "
Bertha M. Dau b. 12 Sep 1892 " " "

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Christened:
Frederick was christened at the Anglican Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Frederick was buried at the Hope Brethren Cemetery in Hope, Quebec, Canada.

Frederick married Laura Bishop Caldwell on 8 Jan 1878 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Laura was born about 1855 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; died on 24 Mar 1890 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was buried in Mar 1890 in Hope Brethren Ce, Hope, Bonaventure Co, Quebec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick married Susan Maria Hocquard on 4 Jun 1891 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Susan was born on 26 May 1850; died in 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James is listed in the Munro family Memoirs as a child born in this sequence. His birth date, however occurs after the 1851 census and he apparently died before the 1861 census. It is perhaps significant that his older brother, William George, named his first son "James" also.

Anglican Church Records for Paspebiac and New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

1854-BORN-James Gallie, son of William Munro of Cox Township, farmer, and Margaret Gallie his wife; born January 8, baptized April 9, 1854. William Munro and Margaret Gallie. O(ctavus) Sherar - cousin, Isabella McNish - cousin. --- George Milne, Clergy.

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Christened:
James was christened at the St Peter Anglican Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

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Anglican Church Registers of Paspebiac and New Carlisle, Quebec.

1861-BORN-John Gallie, son of William Munro of Cox Township, farmer and Margaret Gallie his wife; born August 28, baptized October 27, 1861. Father not present, Mother did not sign. Sponsors: Philip Johnston Munro (Brother), William G. Munro (Brother), Mary Ann Munro (Sister). -- George Milne, Clergy.

New Carlisle United Church Registers, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. 1947 - DIED - John Gallie Munro of Paspebiac, died October 18, 1947.

John Gallie Munro never married, but he was remembered fondly by his brothers and various Nephews in the family.

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Christened:
John was christened at the St Peter Anglican Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
John was buried at the United Church in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

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St Peter's Church, Paspebiac, Quebec:

1836 - BORN - Alonzo Johntson, 1st son of Thomas Brock Munro and of Joanna his wife, maiden name Gallais (Gallie), of Cox Township, farmer, born November 14, 1835 and baptized January 1, 1836, privately. Thomas B. Munro and Joanna Munro. ----Andrew Balfour, Missionary.

1836 - RECEIVED - (Refer to above entry) On June 26, 1836 Alonzo Johnston, eldest son of Thomas Brock Munro of Cox Township and of Joanna his wife, was received into the congregation of St. Peter's Church, Paspebiac, having been privately baptized early on the morning of the first day of January of this year. Sponsors: Dd (David) LeBoutillier (of Charles Robin & Co. in Paspebiac), John Gallais (Gallie) - grandfather, Margaret Gallais (Gallie) - aunt. ---- Andrew Balfour, Missionary.

Family records indicate that Alonzo died on 4 Sep 1882 at age 47. There are no indications that he married.

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Christened:
Alonzo was christened at the Anglican Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

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Anglican Church Records, Paspebiac-New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

1837 - BORN - Ann Minerva, daughter of Thomas Munro of Cox Township, farmer, and Joanna his wife, maiden name Gallais (Gallie); born September 1, 1837 and baptized October 1, 1837. Sponsors: William Day, Mary (Charlotte) Munro, aunt, Mrs. Jno. Gallais (Gallie) - aunt. ---Andrew Balfour, Missionary.

(This record, as some others in the Ministerial Journals, was written entirely by the officiating-recording individual and contained misspelled names. Records that were actually signed by the participants usually held names correctly spelled by the signature.)

1864 - MARRIED - James Whittom of Cox Township, farmer, son of John of said place, farmer, and the late Anne Holms his wife, bachelor; and Ann Minerva Munro, also of Cox Township aforesaid, daughter of Thomas Brock, formerly of Port Daniel, farmer, and Joanna Gallie his wife, spinster; both of major age, married by License on January 7, 1864. James Whittom and Ann Minerva Munro. Witnesses: John Whittom, father of Groom; John Gallie, grandfather of Bride. ---George Milne, Clergy.

Note from Diary of George Milne: Married on January 7, 1864 at the home of Mr. Gallie, James Whittom of Cox Twp and Ann Minerva Munro, daughter of Thomas Munro and Joanna Gallie Munro.

1868 - DIED - Ann Minerva Munro, wife of James Whittom of Cox Township, farmer; died June 2 in the 31st year of her age and was buried on the 4th of said month 1868 at St. Peter's Church, Paspebiac. James Whittom and William Whittom, brother-in-law. ---George Milne, Clergy.

Note: Ann Minerva Munro could have died of post-partum complications of childbirth. She had delivered a son on April 4, 1868. The child (Francis) died also on August 25, 1868.

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Christened:
Ann was christened at St. Peter's Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

Buried:
Ann was buried at St. Peter's Church in Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

Ann married James Whittom on 7 Jan 1864 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada. James was born on 22 Nov 1828 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 4 Jan 1829 in Paspebiac, , Québec, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Anglican Church Records Paspebiac- New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

1839 - BORN - Sarah Susanna, infant daughter of Thomas Munro, farmer of Port Daniel and Joanna his wife, maiden name Gallie; born March 6, 1839 and baptized March 31, 1839. (No witnesses listed) -- John Johnston, Minister.

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Died:
St Peter's Church Records, Paspebiac, Quebec, Canada.

1843 - DIED - John Frederick, son of Thomas Brock Munro of Port Daniel Township, farmer, and of Joanna Gallie his wife; died April 19, 1843 aged 2 years and 2 months, and was buried April 21, 1843 at Paspebiac. Witnesses: Thomas B. Munro and John Gallie - grandfather. --George Milne, Cergy.

Buried:
St. Peter Church.

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Anglican Church Records of Paspebiac, St. Peter's Church, Quebec.

1843 - BORN - John Francis, son of Thomas Brock Munro of Port Daniel Township, farmer, and of Joanna Gallie his wife; born September 8, and privately baptized September 24, 1843. Wirnesses: Father absent; Joanna Gallie, mother, John Gallie, grandfather.

This child was received into the congregation in the Church at Paspebiac (St Peter's) on November 5, 1843. Sponsors: John LeDain, John Francis Gallie, Jane Elizabeth Gallie.
---- George Milne, Clergy.

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Christened:
Privately baptized at home

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Anglican Church Records St Peter's Church, Paspebiac, Quebec.

1846 - BORN - Mary, daughter of Thomas Brock Munro of Port Daniel, farmer, and Joanna Gallie his wife; born September 27, 1845 and baptized August 3, 1846. Father not present. Witnesses: Joanna Gallie, Elizabeth Hall (Can't sign).
-- George Milne, Clergy.

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St Peter's Church Records, Paspebiac, Quebec.

1847 - BORN - Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Brock Munro of Port Daniel, farmer, and Joanna Gallie his wife; born June 3, baptized September 26, 1847. Father not present. Joanna Gallie. Witnesses: Philip Chedore (cannot write), Ellen McPherson (Mrs.), Mary Jane Skene (Mrs.).---George Milne, Clergy.

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Jane married Gustave Stover about 1865. Gustave was born about 1840; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Julia married George Albert Sears about 1875 in Sackoine, , New Brunswick. George was born on 11 Apr 1851; died on 2 Dec 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIO:St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec.

TBL:1840 - BORN- (2) Mary Angelique, daughter of William Day, farmer of Cox Township and Mary Charlotte his wife, Maiden name Munro; born --- and baptized July 27, 1840. Sponsors: Jane Day, Joanna Munro ---John Johnson, Minister.

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Rev. William J. Day was a Presbyterian Minister in Ashley, Pennsylvania.

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BIO:St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec. 1840 - BORN - (2) - Mary Angelique, daughter of William Day, farmer of Cox Township and Mary Charlotte, maiden name Munro; born --- and baptized July 27, 1840......AND James, infant son of above parents, born --- and baptized July 27, 1840. Sponsors: Thomas Munro, Parents. ---John Johntson, Minister.

BIO:On 15 February, 1920 Rev. William James Day of the Bennet Presbyterian Church at Luzerne, Pennsylvanis, gave an autobiographical recount of his life which was subsequently privately published for the congregation. The following parts of that speach define his life:

TBL: THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF REV. WILLIAM J. DAY IN WYOMING VALLEY One cold, bleak winter night, in Paspebiac, District of Gaspi, Province of Quebec, Canada, where the snow in the winter months is piled up sometimes in drifts eight and ten feet on the level, there little William James Day saw the light of this world. His father, William Day, was of English and French blood and his mother, Mary Charlotte Munro, was full blooded Scotch. He was christened in the Episcopal Church - the church built on the plot of ground donated by his grandfather, James Day, and attended the parochial school in the schoolhouse, which was also a gift of his grandfather. His grandfather was a shipbuilder, coming originally from the Isle of Wight, England and who came to Canada as an employee of the Charles Robin Fish Company.
William's father was sent to the Isle of Jersey, England, to be educated; and it was the desire of his father that he should become a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. But, his father dying, he returned home, became a deputy sheriff, and the work of the ministry never became his choice.
He also died in early manhood and when the estate was settled the widow and children were out in the cold, with a family of five children, the oldest twelve years of age and the next, William James, not yet ten years of age. Those who owed the widow managed to escape payment, but the law could lay claim upon her husband's property. After the sale of the property and the closing of the estate his mother with her fatherless children moved to New Carlisle nearby. The problem of how to care for her children became a burden on her heart.
It was then that Dr. Munro of Montreal, her uncle, wrote to send little Willie to them. She came to Montreal with her boy and left him with Dr. Munro for a time, but as he and his wife were very old, and not in condition to raise and educate this boy, and a letter having come from her brother, George Munro, residing in New York City, saying "send Willie on to me," she made arrangements to do so. And so, with a mother's heart of anguish she kissed him good-bye and sent him - in care of some gentlemen going that way - to New York City.
On the way to New York some pompous official came into the car and asked in a rough voice, "Where are you going ?" "I'm going to Montreal," the boy said, frightened and perplexed by his manner. "You're going in the wrong direction!" "No, sir, I am going to New York City." "Well, where is your baggage ?" "I don't know." "Well, get out and look for it." The boy got off the train; he looked around, saw nothing of his baggage, of course. The bell rang, the train moved off and left him there. As there was no through train until the next day, the depot agent directed the boy to a hotel on the hill where he could find lodging for the night. "Have you any money ?" "Yes, sir," he said, and went up to the hotel where he was kindly cared for, but has no recollection of paying for his lodging. In the morning, after breakfast, seeing some English walnuts in the store window oposite, he went in and invested ten cents for nuts. The lady gave him such good measure that he had not room enough in his pockets to hold them all, and so started out along the street, came to a hedge, sat down and was enjoying his nuts. While busy cracking nuts with a stone a gentleman rode up in a carriage in hot haste and called out, "Are you the boy that was left yesterday ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, jump in, you have just time enough to make your train." So off they went, a free ride to the depot, just in time to catch the through train.
This time Willie stuck to the train until he crossed the ferry and came into New York City depot, down near the battery. His uncle, George Munro, had not received the letter notifying him that the boy had left Montreal, and so was not expecting or looking for him. So our young Canadian landed in New York City in June, 1850, with two fifty cent pieces in his pocket; as green as the grass in Ireland, and as innocent and ignorant of the world as a lamb out of the fold. All that day he was at the wharf and when evening came a kind hearted Irish drayman took him home with him, and tried to find his uncle. Failing in this he brought him back down to the wharf the next day without charging him for his supper, breakfast and lodging.
The second day closed, no uncle came. Another friend with the heart of Jesus took the boy, who was crying as if his heart would break, down to Castle Garden where there was a bathing house called Rabineaux's Bath. Here he stayed, picking up towels after the bathers left their rooms and living and sleeping in the bath house. After a month some kind-hearted gentleman noticed the boy, advertised him in one of the New York journals, and the uncle came at last to claim his nephew.
In all his money lasted out - he spent one fifty-cent piece for a jackknife; the other was still in his possession when his uncle claimed him. His uncle found his baggage safe at the depot. and wrote to the mother how he had found him, sending to her (which she kept all her life) the slip of paper cut from the New York newspaper showing where the boy was to be found. What joy when he was found - six weeks of a mother's anguish; sleepless nights and restless days. She could not eat, she could not sleep, she could not rest. Her only consolation through the long weeks in God's word. Did not God say to Isreal of old, "Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me."
At his uncle's home in Duane Street he studied daily at home, as the uncle thought it unwise to send this little greenhorn to the public schools. The first thing Willie sought in New York City was the blessing of God. The following year George moved his family to Philadelphia, where he established a shop of his own. He was a last-maker by trade. In 1852, her mother's heart yearning to be with her boy, his mother left Canada and brought the whole family to Philadelphia so he left his uncle's house and went to live with his mother. He worked in Bunn, Raquel & Co. and Yard Gillmore & Co., wholesale dry goods stores, making $5. a week wages; not so much for his services we judge, as that they wanted to help out the widow. From the first he had a thirst for knowledge. He would borrow books from the members of the firm. His spending money went for books, and often he would read one book through, take it to a second-hand book stall along the streets and buy another, paying part money and the book traded off. His mother attended the North Tenth Street Presbyterian Church, the church of her parents, morning and evening - her children in the pew at her side, and the children Sunday school scholars.
While in the employ of Bunn, Raquel & Co. at the age of 14 he felt called to the ministry. In May, 1855, he was examined for church membership with a view to entering the ministry. On Saturday, October 13th, he left the dry-goods store and made arrangements to enter the Presbyterian Institute with a view to preparing himself for college.
The Board of Education allowed him $8.33 a month and later on $9. per month. This was not sufficient to help his mother, so he would go to school from 9 until 2 o'clock and then, eating his lunch along the street, walk up to Broad Street where he worked until evening in his cousin Archie Sherar's planing mill, turning out moldings. No one would have thought that the boy in his overall suit, amist dust and shavings, was a student of theology.
In March 1856 he entered the employ of a kind-hearted member of his church, Mrs. Ellen Steel. He was employed to teach the English branches to the young girls who worked in her corset factory. His kind benefactress also found work for him to do on Saturdays in the factory.
At this time his mother was making arrangements to find places for her children in order that she might return to Canada and forclose a mortgage that she still held against an estate there. It was at this critical time in her son's life that his pastor told him of Mr. D.J. Stewart of New York City being willing to assume the support of any worthy young man wishing to enter the ministery. And so in the marvelous Providence of God, before she left for Canada, she was enabled to see her son set off to Goshen, Orange County, New York, where Mr. Stewart resided in the summer, and where the Wells Acadamy was located; the place where her son was to go to prepare for college.
Up to this time our young Theologian had to study along the streets and late at nights to 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, and sometimes woke up with the morning breaking as he lifted up his weary head from the table. Now he could study at regular hopurs and build up his health as well as his knowledge.
After preparing for college at Goshen he came home, was examined by the University of Pennsylvania for entrance into the Sophmore class, and was accepted with some conditions. He chose of his own accord to enter as a Freshman in order to lay a deeper foundation of knowledge for his future life of usefulness. While at college he lived with his mother and was able to help her - this is why he did not go to Princeton.
In May 1863 he was a delagate of the Christian Commission under George H. Stuart of Philadelphia, going to field hospitals to nurse sick soldiers. He left Washington in June and came home and enlisted in the three months service Merchants' Regiment 44th PA Volunteers to drive Lee out of Pennsylvania. They were honorably discharged on their return to Philadelphia. In May 1864, the next vacation time, he went down to Washington and was appointed a delegate of the Sanitary Commission, going down to the front with other students and doing everything in their power to alleviate the sufferings and privations of the sick and wounded in the field hospitals. William J. Day was stricken down himself with fever and at last brought up to Washington on a cot August 15th. He had a close call, but rallied and was able to return to his studies. After graduating from Princeton in May 1865 he jorneyed to Barnegat where Dr. McGill had mentioned they wanted a young man and would pay $700. salary. William took the Southern New Jersey R.R. train, and disembarked to wait for a stage to the coast. While waiting in the deserted area he thought, "If a farmer wants to succeed he wants land, not rocks; and if a preacher wants to succeed he wants people, not a wilderness." He never saw Barnegat but took the train back to Philadelphia. There he received a letter from a classmate who offered him a share of the congregations needing care from Wiles-Barre to Shickshinny, PA.
Rev. William Day began his ministry in Ashley, bringing with him his new bride from Philidelphia. Eventually the whole field from Ashley to Shickshinny was one Home Hission field under his care. In 1889 he moved on to Plymouth to the Plymouth Presbyterian Church where he stayed seven years. In 1896 he accepted the call to Bennet Presbyterian Church in Lucerne and there he celebrated his golden jubilee in the ministry in 1915. In February of 1920 he celebrated his eightieth birthday with this same congregation.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Notes:

BIO:1843 - BORN - Sarah Jane, daughter of William Day of Cox Township, farmer, and of Mary Charlotte Munro his wife; born March 21, 1842 and privately baptized July 26, 1843 in the presence of the parents. Witness: R. W. Fitton. --- George Milne, Clergy.

!Presence of Dr. Fitton as only sponsor/witness and "privately baptized" indicates child was probably ill at home and baptized there.

BIO:1850 - RECEIVED - Sarah Jane Day, privately baptized July 26, 1843; received into the church at Paspebiac on September 5, 1847, Sponsors being: Mary C. Day, mother; Jane Elizabeth Gallie, John Francis Gallie. ---George Milne, Clergy.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Sophia (or Sophie) Maria Day.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

!St Andrew Anglican Church Records, New Carlisle, Quebec. 1847 - BORN - Sophia Maria, daughter of the late William Day, in his lifetime of Cox Township, farmer, and Mary Charlotte Munro his widow; born January 9, 1845 and baptized September 5, 1847. Parent: Mary C. Day Sponsors: John Whittom, (Mrs.) Maria Day - aunt, (Mrs.) Mary Robson. --George Milne, Clergy.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Notes:

BIO:1847 - BORN Sophia Maria, daughter of the late William Day, in his lifetime of Cox Township, farmer, and Mary Charlotte Munro his widow; born January 9, 1845 and baptized September 5, 1847... AND Johnston Bingham, son of the above parents, etc. above, born May 2, baptized September 5, 1847. Parent: Mary C. Day Sponsors: M. Sheppard (Martin, Esquire), Edward Whittom, Angelic Day. ----George Milne, Clergy.

TBL:Johnston Bingham was born 2 weeks after his father's sudden death at home. See note following father, William Day.

BIO:Information provided by Jane Munro Swan indicates that Johnston Bingham Day "died intemporate". (No documentation cited).

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

Notes:

Her second husband was Theophilus Des Brisay of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

BIO:St Andrew Anglican Church Record, New Carlisle, Quebec. 1834 - Born - Drusilla Sophia, first daughter of John Day of Paspesbiac, farmer and cabinet maker, and Janet Eleanor his wife, maiden name Munro; born August 4, 1834 and baptised October 12, 1834. Parents: John Day & Janet E. Day Sponsors: William Day, Uncle - Sarah Munro, relict of the late William Johnston Munro, Grandmother. By Andrew BALFOUR, Missionary.

BIO:From papers of Mary Munro Ferguson:

TBL:Silla Boyd was married to Mr. DesBrisay at Auchentiber* by the Rev. A.F.Thompson Monday, November 12, 1888. My sister and her daughter Marion Gilbert being the only friends outside the family present. Aunt Ann lent them horses and her carriage. The marriage was at 7 1/2 of in the evening. *Achentiber was the estate to John and Mary Furgeson.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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Family/Spouse: William Boyd. William was born about 1832; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Theophilus Des Brisay. Theophilus was born about 1817; died on 3 Nov 1893 in Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in Old St. George C, Bathurst, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John lived in California.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

BIO:St Andrew Anglican Church Register, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. BORN - John George, son of John Day of Cox Township and Jane his wife, formerly Munro; born February 4, 1837 and Baptised May 27, 1838 in the Hopetown Schoolhouse. Witnesses: George Munro, George Jenne, Jas. Day, Maria Day - -- By Edward CUSACK, Missionary.

TBL:It is suggested by George Munro's family that John went to California and may not have returned.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Notes:

Oswald lived in New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, James Donald

BIO:St Andrews Anglican Church Record, New Carlisle, Quebec, Canada. Born - Oswald, Infant son of John Day, Farmer of Cox Township and Jane Charlotte (!! Error) his wife, maiden name Munro; born April 27, 1839 and baptised July 27, 1840, sponsors being Robert Wiley Fitton and parents. -- By John Johnston, Minister

BIO:New Carlisle Presbyterian Church 1833-1987 1840 - BORN - Oswald, infant son of John Day, farmer of cox, and Jane Eleanor Munro his wife; born April 27, 1839 - baptized July 27, 1840 Sponsors: Robert Wiley Fitton and Parents By John Johnson, Minister.

BIO:1872 - Married - Oswald Day of New Carlisle, Esq., Merchant, son of the late John of Paspebiac and Janet Eleanor Munro, his wife, also deceased, bachelor; and Julia Augusta Sheppard, also of New Carlisle, daughter of Martin of said place, Esq., Sheriff, and Jane Adams his wife, Spinster; both of major age, married by license on January 11, 1872 at New Carlisle. Oswald Day M(artin) Sheppard Julia A. Sheppard Louis Robitaille Esq. M.D.----George Milne

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996

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

Oswald married Julia Augusta Sheppard on 11 Jan 1872 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. Julia was born on 9 Feb 1842 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada; was christened on 19 Jun 1842 in Anglican Church, New Carlisle, Cox Twp., Quebec; died in Jun 1912 in New Carlisle, , Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]