James Munro

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James Munro and his large family lived at No. 6 between 1841 and 1849.1 He was born in Ayr on 16 January 1803, son of James Monro, who sold provisions to soldiers (a suttler), and Ann McLean.2 In the 1841 census he was described as a dressing case maker,3 employed by Wilson & Co., dressing case, desk and pocket-book makers in George Street.4 In 1851 his occupation was recorded as accountant.5 He moved to Saxe-Coburg Place in 1849 and sometime after 1855 he emigrated to Australia. He died in 1863 at Patricks Plain (Singleton), New South Wales.6

James Munro married Flaminia Gordon at Cathcart, Renfrewshire on 24 July 1826.7 She was born in Aberdeenshire on 01 September 1806,8 the daughter of John Gordon and Anne Grace McKenzie Walker. She died at Sydney, New South Wales on 26 September 1874.9

Eight children of James Munro and Flaminia Gordon were recorded at No. 6 in the 1841 census. Four more were born before the family’s departure from Malta Terrace.

  • Anne Rose Munro was born on 31 August 1827 and baptised 26 September 1827 in Gorbals, Glasgow.10 She married Andrew Macdougall in 1858, Patricks Plain, New South Wales, Australia11 and died at Grafton, New South Wales on 14 March 1863.12
  • Jane Gordon Munro was born 26 February 1829 and baptised 02 April 1829 in Glasgow.13 She married James Beith, a Glasgow iron founder, on 13 November 1849.14 She died at Lenzie, Dunbartonshire on 25 January 1899.15
  • William George Munro was born on 28 January 1831 and baptised 03 March 1831, Gorbals, Glasgow.16
  • James Gordon Munro was born 27 March 1833 and baptised 16 May 1833, Gorbals.17
  • Alisha (Alicia Gordon) Munro was born on 13 October 1835 and baptised 20 December 1835, Gorbals.18 She married James Sinclair McDougall in Australia in 185819 and died on 11 March 1872 at Singleton, New South Wales.20
  • John Henry Munro was born on 12 May 1837 and baptised 02 June 1837 at Baldernock, Stirlingshire.21 He emigrated to Australia, becoming a magistrate there in 1882.22 He married Isabel Crawford, 1864, at Warialda, New South Wales.23 He died at Grafton, New South Wales on 26 January 1909.24
  • Emma Munro was born on 07 December 1839 and baptised 28 January 1840 at Baldernock, Stirlingshire.25 She died in Australia in 1924.26
  • Mary Johnston Munro was born 19 June 1842 and was baptised 26 July 1842 in Edinburgh.27 She died at Hillhead, Glasgow on 03 May 1935.28, 29
  • Duncan Weir Munro was born on 02 March 1844 in Edinburgh.30 He married Rosa Wood in Australia on 04 April 187431 and died 26 May 1924.32
  • Wilhelmina Munro was born 26 September 1846 and baptised 29 September 1846, Edinburgh.33 She married Ronald Andrew Macdougal on 17 May 1873 at Singleton, New South Wales.34 She married, secondly, Charles Humphrey Philpott in 188135 and died 03 September 1935, Queensland, Australia.36
  • Robert Balfour Munro 09 November 1848, Edinburgh.37 In 1881, he married Mary Jane McLeod at Tenterfield, New South Wales38. He died at Tenterfield in 1927.39

The 1841 census recorded six people at No. 6 Malta Terrace in addition to nine members of the Munro family. The enumeration schedule indicates these six were in a separate household, but it is also clear that oldest, Mrs John Gordon, was the mother of Flaminia Walker or Gordon. The only servant at No. 6 was listed amongst them, so it is not certain how separate the households were and it is likely others were also relatives.

Ann Grace McKenzie Walker or Gordon (Mrs John Gordon), the mother of Flaminia Walker or Munro, was at No. 6 in 1841,40 and with the Munro family at 9 Saxe Coburg Place in 1851.41 She was baptised at Fordoun, Kincardineshire on 26 June 1770, daughter of William Walker in Drumtochty,42 and married John Gordon on 23 February 1800 at Strachan, Kincardineshire.43 She died on 12 April 1853 at 5 St James Street, Edinburgh.44

Alicia Gordon, age 35 years, was recorded at No. 6 Malta Terrace in the 1841 census.45 Her name followed Mrs John Gordon’s on the enumeration schedule, which together with her age, suggests she was probably a sister of Flaminia Gordon or Munro, daughter of John Gordon and Anne Grace Mackenzie Walker. However, baptism records for Flaminia and Alicia have not been found.

George Norman was the youngest of three single young men at No. 6 in 1841, who were likely relatives of the Munro family. The household was too large (15 persons) and prosperous for the necessity to take in unknown lodgers. George Norman’s age in 1841 was recorded as 15 years and his place of birth Scotland.46 He was not recorded in later censuses and a birth record has not been found.

George Walker was recorded as 20 and his occupation ‘bookbinder’ in 1841. This may have been the George Walker who became a bookseller in Aberdeen and died in 1910.47 He was the son of James Walker and Jean Moir, baptised at Huntly, Aberdeenshire on 10 January 1821.48

Thomas Henderson was 25 and a ‘writer’ in 1841.49 This may have been Thomas, the son of Patrick (or Peter) Henderson and Catharine Walker who was born at Torryburn, Fife on 27 June 1813.50 This supposition is consistent with the 1871 census record of Alicia Gordon in the household of Frank Y. Henderson in Dundee.51 Frank Y. Henderson was a grandson of Patrick Henderson and Catharine Walker. Catharine Walker or Henderson would have been a sister of Alicia Grace Mackenzie Walker or Gordon.

References

  1. PO Directories 1841-42 to 1848-49.
  2. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Ayr, Ayrshire. 21 January 1803. MONRO, James. 578/ 60 19. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 September 2021.
  3. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 06 June 1841. MUNRO, James. 685/2 6B/ 05. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 September 2021.
  4. PO Directories 1841-42 to 1848-49.
  5. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. MUNRO, James (Head). 685/2 7A/ 08. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 17 September 2021.
  6. Deaths index (CR) Australia. Patricks Plain, New South Wales. 1863. MUNRO, James. 5322. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 17 September 2021.
  7. Marriages (OPR) Scotland. Cathcart, Renfrewshire. 24 July 1826. MONRO, James and GORDON, Flamina. 560/ 20/ 199. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 12 October 2024.
  8. Monumental inscriptions. Australia. Rockwood General Cemetery, New South Wales. 24 September 1874. MUNRO, Flaminia. Old Presbyterian, Section 5, Plot 682. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153029638/flaminia-munro: accessed 15 September 2021.
  9. Monumental inscriptions. Australia. Rockwood General Cemetery, New South Wales. 24 September 1874. MUNRO, Flaminia. Old Presbyterian, Section 5, Plot 682. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153029638/flaminia-munro: accessed 15 September 2021.
  10. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Gorbals, Glasgow. 26 September 1827. MUNRO, Anne Rose. 644/2 40 161. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  11. Marriages index (CR) Australia. Patricks Plain, New South Wales. 1858. MUNRO, Anne R. and McDOUGALL, Andrew J. 2451. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  12. Deaths index (CR) Australia. Grafton, New South Wales. 1863. McDOUGALL, Anne R. 370. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  13. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Gorbals, Glasgow. 02 April 1829. MUNRO, Jane Gordon. 644/2 40 193. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  14. Marriage announcements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 14 November 1849. MUNRO, Jane Gordon and BEITH, James. p. 03, col. 07. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  15. Testamentary records. Scotland. 09 March 1899. BEITH, Jane Gordon Munro or. Confirmation. Dumbarton. National Probate Index. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  16. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Gorbals, Glasgow. 03 March 1831. MUNRO, William George. 644/2 40 239. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  17. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Gorbals, Glasgow. 16 May 1833. MUNRO, James Gordon. 644/2 40 293. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  18. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Gorbals, Glasgow. 20 December 1835. MUNRO, Alisha. 644/2 40 293. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  19. Marriages index (CR). Australia. Patricks Plain, New South Wales. 1858. MACDOUGALL, James and MUNRO, Alicia. 3458. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 September 2021.
  20. Deaths index (CR). Australia. Grafton, New South Wales. 1872. MACDOUGALL, Alicia. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 September 2021.
  21. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Baldernock, Stirlingshire. 03 June 1837. MUNRO, John Henry. 471/ 20 38. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  22. New South Wales Policy Gazette. 11 October 1882. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 September 2021.
  23. Marriages index (CR). Australia. Warialda, New South Wales. 1864. CRAWFORD, Isabel and MUNRO, John Henry. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 September 2021.
  24. Monumental inscriptions. Australia. Grafton, New South Wales. 26 January 1909. MUNRO, John Henry. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48642331/john_henry-munro: accessed 17 October 2024.
  25. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Baldernock, Stirlingshire. 28 January 1840. MUNRO, Emma. 471/ 20 47. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  26. Monumental inscriptions. Australia. Rockwood, New South Wales. 1924. MUNRO, Emma. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153025360/emma-munro: accessed 17 October 2024.
  27. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 16 July 1842. MUNRO, Mary Johnston. 685/2 350 695. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  28. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Hillhead, Glasgow. 1835. MUNRO, Mary Johnston (aged 92). 644/13 538. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 17 September 2021.
  29. Testamentary records. Scotland. 27 June 1935. MUNRO, Mary Johnston. Confirmation. Glasgow. National Probate Index. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 17 September 2021.
  30. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 02 March 1844. MUNRO, Duncan Weir. 685/2 360 159. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
  31. Marriage announcements. Australia. The Mercury. 9 May 1874. MUNRO, Duncan Weir and WOOD, Rosa. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 30 September 2021.
  32. Monumental inscriptions. Australia. Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales. 26 May 1924. MUNRO, Duncan Weir. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189208712/duncan-weir-munro: accessed 30 September 2021.
  33. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 29 September 1846. MUNRO, Wilhelmina. 685/2 360 294. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 15 September 2021.
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8 Replies to “James Munro”

  1. James MUNRO, Description 1858: Height-5,9 and a qrter, Stout, Grey Hair,Hazel Eyes, nearly Bald. James and Flaminia moved from 6 Malta Terrace, Stockbridge EDN SCT, to 31 Saxe Coburg Place, Edinburgh SCT. James arrived Australia c1855 (possibly January 1855), on the ship, Royal S.S. ‘Argo’ (3). His occupations in Aust: Official Assignee (1881 NSW), Auctioneer (NSW), Storekeeper In Singleton NSW 1857, Bank Manager for the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Singleton 1857, Gentleman (1863 Death Cert). He died 13Apr1863 Singleton NSW of Dysentery, Exhaustion. Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery Singleton NSW. Note: Singleton NSW was originally named Patrick’s Plain NSW.
    His Parents: James MUNRO, In The Army, and Ann McLEAN.
    Flaminia’s Parents: John GORDON, Land Steward, and Ann Grace McKenzie WALKER. Flaminia was Born: Cruden, Aberdeen SCT 18Sep1806. She Died: 26Sep1874 Sydney NSW of Consumption of Throat and Paralysis of Tongue.
    Robert Balfour MUNRO, James and Flaminia’s youngest child, is my G Grandfather. I do have some further information on James and Flaminia, and the children. Hopefully there is a descendant in Scotland, who can help me with the Scottish sides of the family.
    Regards, Heather. (Posted 2nd January, 2018).

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  2. There is a listing for a James MUNRO, 12 Saxe-Coburg Place, Stockbridge. (Source, Edinburgh. Post Office EDINBURGH and LEITH Directory 1854-5).

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  3. I am related to Flaminia Munro. I can not find her scottish birth records. I have used the Scotlands People website, where I have found her Marriane record Can you please let me know of your source for her birthday and place?
    Thank you.

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    1. Hello Daina,
      At last a Scottish connection…lovely.
      In answer to your question, my computer was scammed, and some of my records are scattered, which need to be found again, and I am not so technically savvy. So I cannot find the Source at present that you are looking for. I do recall searching through the Old Parish Records, familysearch.org, but think I did not get the birthday from them. If in the future I come across the Source, I will forward to you.

      If you would like to connect with me, my email address is on this website.
      Would love to hear from you,
      Heather

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      1. I have found a great deal of information since contacting you.
        Daina. Flaminia was named Elizabeth at her Christening.
        I also used census information and Scottish BDM. I use Geni to post the info but have added nor not corrected what is on there yet. Will do soon.

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  4. The above comment has been disputed but the birth I am referring to is the only birth in 1806 that is in Aberdeen. Or Aberdeen SCT
    I will check again.

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  5. I used the official Scotland historic records website – Scotland’s People. Today I found the census record that shows her birth place as being, St Cuthbert’s Midliothan, as others had already stated. It is the first time I have found her name, Flaminia, on that website. Now to find her birth record!!

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