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139909
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: -
Date: 1876 27 January
Place: Annieville, Denman
Source: MM
Details: Wife gave birth to a son on 21st January 1876
139979
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: -
Date: 1873 23 August
Place: Annieville, Denman
Source: MM
Details: Wife gave birth to a daughter on 18th August 1873
146266
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: -
Date: 1878 11 April
Place: Singleton
Source: MM
Details: A grand banquet given for Alexander Munro in the upper hall of the Mechanics Institute on the occasion of his departure on a visit to Europe.
146267
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: -
Date: 1889 12 February
Place: Ardrover House, Singleton
Source: MM
Details: Died at his residence aged 77 years
199205
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: -
Date: 1888
Place: Singleton
Source: The Aldine centennial history of New South Wales illustrated / W. Frederic Morrison Morrison, W. Frederic Sydney. The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888
Details: ALEXANDER MUNRO, Grazier and Vigneron, Greenwood, was born at Campbelltown, near Fort George, Scotland, on 9th August, 1812, and went when a child to Inverness where he lived till 1829, with the exception of one year spent at school at Ferintosh. He came to the colony in 1830, remained a few weeks in Sydney and then settled in Singleton, where he has ever since resided. He commenced business by the purchase of a team of bullocks, with which he started as carrier between Morpeth and Singleton, doing the work at as low a price per ton as the railway now charges. He continued at that work for two and a-half years, and was for several years alternately butcher, sheep shearer, storekeeper and baker, being in the latter trade eminently successful. He sent his bread so far as Government House, Sydney, and sold it as high as 3s 6d per 41b. loaf, enabling him to clear in cash £1100 in five months. At this time he was retailing flour at is per lb. In 1841 Mr. Munro built a weatherboard hotel in George-street, Singleton, and named it the Sir Thomas Mitchell Hotel, which he conducted for some years, and made sufficient money to buy the New Andel (now Toryburn) station on the Bundaira River. In 1853 he built the Caledonian Hotel, which he conducted for nine years. About 1858 he purchased another station, Terriaro, on the Namoi River, and in 1860 secured the station known as the Dobikin. Mr. Munro then sold Terriaro Station to Perry and Lloyd for £5000 Dobikin (after owning it fifteen years) to John Taylor for £22,000, and New Andel for £4100, retaining only a cattle station named Barraba. Between 1850 and 1860 he devoted his attention to vine growing at Bebeah, and there made his first wine. About 1876 he purchased the Greenwood estate from James Moore, and has now on the two properties seventy acres under vine culture. His plant alone in connection with wine-making is worth £7000, and he has taken over 220 first prizes for wine-including gold medal, Paris exhibition, 1878 and 18h2 ; gold medal, Amsterdam, 1883 ; gold medal, Indian exhibition, 1886; and gold medal, Bordeaux, besides numerous cups, medals, and trophies awarded in all parts of Australia and the world. Mr. Munro introduced gas into Singleton, and for that no praise which can be accorded him can be sufficiently strong, taking as he did upon himself the ordinary work of a corporation. He stands alone as being the sole proprietor of a gas supplying scheme. He was the first mayor of Singleton and held the position for four successive years. Mr. Munro, finding that the Presbyterian body had no cemetery, munificently purchased a block of land, and fenced it in, at a cost of £200. He donated £1000 towards the building of an extra wing to the hospital, of which he is president. He has endeared himself to the residents of Singleton by many unostentatious acts of charity, as instance, the poor at the benevolent asylum being treated to a weeks feasting during Jubilee week by his generosity. He gave an allotment of land as a site for a mechanics institute and is a leading man in that association. In short, Mr. Munros life and character are worthy to be written in bold letters in the Centennial History of New South Wales. He was married on the 28th July, 1838, at Singleton, by the Rev. Irving Heatherington, and is a member of the S.C., St. Andrews..
35178
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: York 1831
Date: 1836 3 May
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: SG
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave
133922
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: York 1831
Date: -
Place: Resided Ness House and Arderseir, Singleton
Source: Singleton Pioneer Register p. 65
Details: Born 1812 Fort George Scotland,. Occupation Hotel Keeper, Grazier, Vigneron. Spouse Sophia Lovell. 'Alexander Munro was Singleton's first Mayor 1866 - 1869. See Pioneer Register for details of descendants
146265
Surname: Munro
First Name: Alexander
Ship: York 1831
Date: 1831
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 678
Details: Alexander Munro age 18. Farmers boy from Inverness. Tried at Glasgow 9 April 1830. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for house breaking. 5ft 3 1/2in. Ruddy freckled complexion, brown hair, bluish grey eyes. No marks. Assigned to John Brown at Darlington on arrival
32660
Surname: Munro
First Name: Allen
Ship: -
Date: 1835 19 March
Place: -
Source: SG
Details: Father of Henry Munro
158915
Surname: Munro
First Name: Christiana
Ship: -
Date: 4 February 1840
Place: Parish Wittingham
Source: Singleton Marriage Register, 1840 - 1870 p. 1
Details: Marriage of Edward Everson to Christiana Munro. Witnesses Robert Gosling of Patrick Plains and Thomas Williams of Patrick Plains
126142
Surname: Munro
First Name: D.E
Ship: -
Date: 1840 15 April
Place: Williams River
Source: GG
Details: Assigned 1 convict carpenter, as a new settler
82969
Surname: Munro
First Name: Donald
Ship: -
Date: 1851 9 April
Place: Singleton
Source: MM
Details: Alexander Munro giving notice that those indebted to him requested to pay Donald Munro
85260
Surname: Munro
First Name: Donald
Ship: -
Date: 1851 16 August
Place: Singleton
Source: MM
Details: Requesting that George Bowman nominate as representative of the Northunberland and Hunter counties in the Legislative Council
99950
Surname: Munro
First Name: Donald
Ship: -
Date: 1853 14 May
Place: Singleton
Source: MM
Details: Advertisement. Wanted immediately 2000 pounds of prime salt butter, two tons of cheese, two tons of bacon and hams
102620
Surname: Munro
First Name: Donald
Ship: -
Date: 1853 6 July
Place: Singleton
Source: MM
Details: Cautioning against purchasing draught horses belonging to him
152634
Surname: Munro
First Name: Donald
Ship: -
Date: 1841 30 August
Place: -
Source: SH
Details: Immigrant. Arrived in Australia from the Isle of Skye under Dr. Lang's scheme. Signed correspondence to the Herald regarding the conditions of the immigrants in Maitland
152657
Surname: Munro
First Name: Donald
Ship: -
Date: 1854 16 December
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Angus Nicholson drowned at the Pitnacree Punt. Two inquest held. Witnesses Donald Munro. Robert Birmingham, Catherine Nicholson, Maria Braodhead, Henry Peters, Finlay Nicholson, James Hamilton, Malcolm Campbell
123993
Surname: Munro
First Name: George
Ship: -
Date: 1858 10 August
Place: Glenalvon, Murrurundi
Source: SMH
Details: Marriage of George Munro, formerly of Rosshire, Scotland and Mary Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Peter Brodie of Glenalvon on 29th July. Officiating Minister Rev. Alexander Black
139922
Surname: Munro
First Name: George
Ship: -
Date: 1871 18 April
Place: Denman
Source: MM
Details: Death of George Munro, native of Rosshire, Scotland on 7th April 1871. An old resident of the district
105690
Surname: Munro
First Name: Hector
Ship: Shipley
Date: 1827 8 October
Place: Newcastle
Source: SG
Details: Sailor aged 24 from Isle of Man. 5'81/2"; light eyes, flaxen hair, fair freckled compl. Absconded from government service at Newcastle