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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1732 - 1810 (78 years)
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| Name |
David Herd [1] |
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1732 [1] |
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Male |
| Died |
1810 [1] |
| Person ID |
I59745 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
1 Jun 2009 |
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The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:
[Alexander Munro] «i»Second son of Hugh Munro, Younger of Teaninich, & Elizabeth Fraser; merchant trading in Lisbon, where he died unmarried, 3 Aug 40, leaving a considerable personal estate, of which the Lisbon inventory was in the Teaninich Charter Chest (also in National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh Testaments), had a 'large collection' of Scots songs 'supposed now to be lost' one of which was printed in an edition of Scott's 'Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' from MSS of David Herd (1732-1810). ?Same as Alexander (b. c.1695)
Munro Tree (M/15) MHM p. 420; Edinburgh Testaments, 13 Aug 1741; Sir Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of Scottish Border, (ed. T. Henderson, 1931), p. 496 (& see 67); for D. Herd, see Miller's Literary History of Scotland, pp. 412, 566-7.
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]
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- [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 138 (Reliability: 0).
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