Donald Hugh Davidson Munro

Brief Life History of Donald Hugh Davidson

When Donald Hugh Davidson Munro was born on 15 November 1869, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John George Munro, was 26 and his mother, Ann Swanson, was 25. He married Ann Christina "Annie" Bechtal on 20 January 1898, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in South Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 24 August 1908, in Preston, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 38.

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Family Time Line

Donald Hugh Davidson Munro
1869–1908
Ann Christina "Annie" Bechtal
1876–1963
Marriage: 20 January 1898
John George Munro
1898–1915
Ardell Grace Munro
1900–1966
Julia Agnes Munro
1902–1990
Donelda Munro
1905–2003
Donald Hugh Davidson Munro
1907–1973

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  • Donald H Munro in household of John Munro, "Scotland Census, 1891"
  • Donald Hugh Davidson Munro, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Donald H. D. Munro, "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"

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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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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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