Brief Life History of John Melburn
When John Melburn Munro was born on 21 December 1813, in Maple Ridge, Lake of Bays, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Meldrum Munro, was 39 and his mother, Katherine Rosenberger, was 23. He married Maria Beckstead in 1842, in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 16 August 1884, in Winchester Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Maple Ridge Cemetery, Winchester Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
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- John M Munro, "Canada Census, 1871"
- John Munro, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- John M. Munro, "Find A Grave Index"
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1823
Find A Grave Memorials shows the earliest known burial in this cemetery was in 1823. Martynus “Martin” Baker BIRTH 28 Aug 1774 Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York, USA DEATH 1 Jan 1823 (aged 48) Winchester, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada BURIAL Maple Ridge Cemetery Maple Ridge, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada MEMORIAL ID 141090894
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic Rothach ‘man from Ro’. According to tradition which may be substantially correct, the ancestors of the Munros came from Ireland, from the foot of the river Roe in Derry, whence the name Bun-rotha, giving Mun-rotha by eclipsis of b after the preposition in’. See also Monroe , compare Munroe .
Irish (Meath): variant of Mulroy .
History: This (see 1 above) is the name of a Scottish clan with an ancestral seat at Foulis Castle, near Evanton, Ross-shire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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