Alfred [middle name?] Munro Born 1827 in St Paul's Walden, Hertsmap Son of George Munro and Rebecca UNKNOWN Brother of Esther Munro, Henry Munro, John Munro, Emma Munro and Vincent Munro [add sibling] Husband of Elizabeth Leech Forty — married [marriage date?] in Kimpton Herts?map DESCENDANTS descendants Father of Sarah Alice Munro, Elizabeth Leech Munro and John Munro [add child] Died 18 Dec 1906 in 34 Overdale Road, Derbymap Profile managers: Peter Christopher Mullowney Find Relationship private message [send private message] and Paul Miniato Find Relationship private message [send private message] Munro-55 created 20 Feb 2011 | Last modified 30 May 2012 This page has been accessed 378 times. Help cousins find this profile. This person was created through the import of mullowneyfeb2010.GED on 20 February 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability. Contents [hide] 1 Death 2 Occupation 3 Note 4 Marriage 5 Sources Death Death: Date: 18TH DEC 1906 Place: 34 Overdale Road, Derby Source: #S15 Note: Heart Disease Occupation Occupation: Gamekeeper Date: 1851 Source: #S14 Occupation: Head Keepr (formerly) Date: 18TH DEC 1906 Source: #S15 Note Note: 1851 Census Herts, Kimpton, Rye End. Age 24 . Unmarried, Occupation: Gamekeeper. Born Herts, St Paul's Walden 1861 Census Herts, Kimpton, Cuckolds Cross. Age 33 . Married, Occupation: Gamekeeper. Born Herts, St Paul's Walden 1871 Census Edensor , Derbyshire. The Lodge age 44. Occupation Gamekeeper. Born Herts, Kimpton. Also on census Ann Johnson Visitor Scholar Age 11 born Hunworth Durham. and Mary Morton general servant age 21 unmarried born Beeley Derbyshire. 1881 Census Edensor, Derbyshire. Dunsor. age 54 Married. Occupation: Head Gamekeeper Born Hertfordshire, Kempton. Marriage Husband: Alfred Munro Wife: Elizabeth Leech Forty Child: Elizabeth Leech Munro Child: John Munro Child: Sarah Alice Munro Marriage: Date: ? Place: Kimpton Herts? Could not parse date out of ?. The 1901 Census records that Alfred Munro was born in Hertfordshire. The Chatsworth Estate Accounts show that he came to Chatsworth as Head Gamekeeper in 1863, at a salary of £113 per year. He retired on 29 September 1895, and was granted a pension of £100 per year. His address following his retirement is given as New Normanton, Derby, and he died in Derby on 19 December 1906. Sources Source S14 Title: 1851 Census Herts, Kimpton Abbreviation: 1851 Census Herts, Kimpton Italicized: Y Source S16 Title: email from Andrew Peppitt,Archivist Emeritus, The Devonshire Collection,Chatsworth May 30th 2012 Abbreviation: email from Andrew Peppitt Italicized: Y Source S15 Author: Death Cert of Alfred Munro Abbreviation: Death Cert of Alfred Munro

Eliza Parnell is shown on the 1851 census as a house servant in Devon. She was born in Whitstone in Cornwall.

James was born on 12 th May 1833 in Grange Wexford. ADM 139/32 states that he has served three years in the coasting trade in Ireland. His birthplace is given in other sources as Arthurstown. He was described in his service record as 5 foot 6 ½ inches in height with dark hair, grey eyes and fair complexion with no scars.

There is a record of a census of 1861 where the ship James Croake is on “HMS Donegal” with 101 guns Captain Henry Moorehead is moored at Hamoaze. This is the river in East Stonehouse.

He enlisted in 31 st July 1852 and served on the following ships

 

 

Ship

Entry

Discharge

London

8 Feb 1853

30 Jun 1853

1 July 1853

12 Feb 1854

13 Feb 1854

23 Oct 1855

24 Oct 1855

26 Jan 1856

Brunswick

27 Jan 1856

7 July 1858

8 Jul 1858

2 Mar 1860

Donegal

3 Mar 1860

12 Apr 1860

13 Apr 1860

10 Jun 1862

 

He was appointed to the Coastguard from the Royal Navy on 1 July 63 as a boatman at a salary of 1/9 per week and was promoted to Commanding Boatman 13-Dec-69. He was based in the Padstow coastguard station from 20 th Sept 1865 and was transferred to Boscastle in 1869.

He served in

Boscastle, Cornwall 1869 – 1873

Portreath, Cornwall 1873 –1875

Pigeon Point, Co .Mayo Ireland 1875 – 1877

Rathmullan, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1877 – 1878

Buncrana, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1878 – 1882

Bude, Cornwall 1882 – 15 April1884 (retired)

James and Eliza had three children

Alice born 27 th Sept 1861 in Bude while James was a seaman in the Navy

Kate was born on 28 th March 1863 in Boscastle while James was stationed in the Coastguard there

William Edward was born 1 st May 1864 in Boscastle