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