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Margaret Starke

Margaret Starke

Female Abt 1736 - 1807  (~ 71 years)

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  • Name Margaret Starke  [1
    Born Abt 1736 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 May 1807  [1
    Person ID I6103  Munro
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2009 

    Family Alexander Munro,   b. 1731,   d. 28 Mar 1809, Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Daniel Munro,   b. Abt 1760,   d. 26 Sep 1799, Calcutta, , West Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years)
    +2. Gen. Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet of Lindertis,   b. 27 May 1761, Glasgow, , Lanark, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1827, Madras, , Tamil Nådu, India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +3. Alexander Munro,   b. 17 May 1764,   d. 5 Jul 1830  (Age 66 years)
     4. William Munro,   b. Abt 1766,   d. Abt 1786  (Age ~ 20 years)
     5. Dr. James Munro,   b. Abt 1768,   d. 1798  (Age ~ 30 years)
     6. Munro,   b. Abt 1772,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Margaret Munro,   b. Abt 1777,   d. 23 Jul 1853  (Age ~ 76 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F2461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Stark, and sister of Dr. William Stark, the celebrated anatomist, descended from the Starks of Kellermont.

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      The following is a transcription of RW "Billy" Munro's genealogy notes:

      [Alexander Munro] «i»Third and only surving son of Daniel Munro(1697-1764) (tailor) and Christian Wylie B. (? Bapt.?) 25 Apr 1731, merchant in Glasgow (burgess 20 September 1750); said to have been reduced from affluence to compartive indigence by act of confiscation of 1776 (ruined Virginia Trade); d. Edin. 28 March 1809, having married Margaret Starke (d. 15 May 1807), with issue - Daniel (d. 1799, aged 39); Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet«b» «/b»(1761-1827); Alexander (1764-1850); William (d. c. 1786); James (d. 1798), Erskine (m. 1798, 1. [Sir] Jas Turnbull, 2. Hon Henry Erskine), and Margaret. (m. 1801 G.M. Drummond).

      Glasgow Parish Records 1731 (per manuscript of M.W. Grant 1965). Gleig, Sir Thomas Munro. Mackenzie pp 366-8. Burke's Peerage . St Cuthbert's (Edin.) M1 - p 57, Edinburgh Evening Courtant 3 April 1809 & 21 May 1807. Scots Mag. (1809) p. 319, (1798) p. 651. Scots Mag (1807) p. 400. Edinburgh Directories, 1805-6 to 1808-9. Ross-shire Journal. 16 June 1961. Edinburgh Marriage Reg. (1751-1800) p. 573 - dr Erskine. Glasgow Burgess Roll (5RS) 20 September 1750. SRO Glasgow Commissariat Record 26 June 1764. E. Grant "Memoirs of a Highland Lady" (1988 edn) ii 59.
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      References:

      (1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie - Inverness (1898) - p.
      366

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

  • Sources 
    1. [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 60 (Reliability: 3).