John Burnet Munro

Brief Life History of John Burnet

When John Burnet Munro was born on 15 October 1885, in Georgia, United States, his father, Charles Warne Munro, was 38 and his mother, Georgia Anna Bilbro, was 28. He married Jennie Lee Howard on 15 April 1914, in Muscogee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Palma Ceia, Hillsborough, Florida, United States in 1940 and Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States for about 1 years. He died in August 1963, in Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

John Burnet Munro
1885–1963
Jennie Lee Howard
1890–1989
Marriage: 15 April 1914
John Burnet Munro Jr
1921–1972
Charles Warne Munro
1924–2009
Betty Howard Munro
1926–1999

Sources (11)

  • John D Mounro, "United States Census, 1940"
  • John Munro, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • John Munro, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated

On August 15, 1887, the town of Eatonville was incorporated into Orange County, Florida. The town is significant for being one of the first all-black, self-governed municipalities in the country.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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