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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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Abt 1842 - 1927 (~ 85 years)
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Name |
Bland Munro [1] |
Born |
Abt 1842 [1] |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
1927 [1] |
Person ID |
I60199 |
Munro |
Last Modified |
28 Sep 2009 |
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Notes |
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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:
[Alexander Munro] «i»Said to have come from John o' Groats, wife from Mossel Bay, South Africa; discharged from 93rd Highlanders, 1 July 1817, permission to remain in Cape Colony; married at George to Martha Maria Boshoff, 6 Dec 1815 (or 1818); children incl. William Charles, Alexander Peter, Daniel, James Jacobus, John, & Augustus (sic), Benjamin, Bland (? 1842-1927). On 2 December 1836 with Thomas Purser at Mossel Bay took inventory of effects of Robert Carey, alias William Brown, drowned at sea when his whaleboat upset in False Bay. See 'Munro's Bay'.
Peter Philip, British Residents at the Cape. 1795-1815 (1981), p. 293 & authorities there cited, including - Cape Archives - CO 6055/2 - discharge from 93rd Highlanders, 1.7.17 PR 1527 MOOC 7/1/139-25, & books by D.F. du T. Malherbe (1966) & J.A. Heese (1971) . see 'Place Names' card index for Munro's Bay.
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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 214 (Reliability: 3).
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