| Picture No: | 10305 |
| Courtesy of: | Roddie Macpherson |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Graveyard | Kilmuir Easter |
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Baillie Munro.McDonald & Cath. Munro, John & James
In loving memory/of/BAILLIE CHISHOLM MUNRO/born 7th January 1848/died 20th July 1864.
Sacred to the memory of/Mr JOHN MUNRO/late painter Invergordon who departed this life/12th Octr 1841 aged 49 years/also Mr JAMES MUNRO/brother of the above who departed this life/22nd November 1818 aged 19 years/also to the memory of their mother/CATHERINE McKENZIE/who died 17 Febr 1854 aged 73 years/and McDONALD MUNRO/their father late merchant Tullich/who died 20th Novr 1946 aged 81 years.
Picture Added on 08 April 2010.
Comments
I would like to add some corrections to my earlier comments on this memorial. Closer inspection of this stone places Catherine McKenzie's year of death as 1834, rather than 1854. Donald Munro, merchant of Tullich, did not have two marriages, although Catherine McKenzie did, firstly to Donald Munro of Polnicol, and secondly to Donald Munro, merchant of Tullich, as recorded above.
Added by Paul munro on 01 February 2022.
Added by Paul munro on 01 February 2022.
"In loving memory
of Baillie Chisholm Munro
born 7th January 1843
died 20th July 1864
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Sacred to the memory of
Mr John Munro
late painter Invergordon who departed this life
12th Octr 1841 aged 49 years
Also Mr James Munro,
brother of the above who departed this life
22nd November 1818 aged 19 years
on the Tremolesworth Est. St.Marys. Jamaica
Also to the memory of their mother
Catherine McKenzie,
who died 17th Febry 1854 aged 75 years
and Mr Donald Munro
their father, late merchant, Tullich,
who died 26th Novr 1846
aged 81 years"
Baillie Chisholm Munro was the son of Kilmuir Easter cartwright Donald Munro and Ann Chisholm, with Donald being the son of Donald Munro the merchant and Catherine McKenzie whose names appear on the lower inscription. Baillie Chisholm Munro died of tuberculosis at Cawdor Village, Nairn in 1864 aged 21, and the upper inscription would have been added at that time. Donald the merchant and Catherine McKenzie had eleven children baptised at Kilmuir Easter between 1791 and 1809, and I believe Donald married two ladies of the same name, with the second likely to have been the 1778 Kilmuir Easter daughter of David McKenzie and Christian Ross.
There are three obscure connections between this Munro family and that of William Munro, tacksman of Delny, who died on 8 March 1778, and was buried at Alness along with other members of his family - William, his first wife Margaret nee Spens who died 1750, and their son Alexander who died in 1777, are all recorded as being buried at stone 264, Alness Old Churchyard - the graves may no longer exist, but if anyone has records of inscriptions for them, or has any information at all on these people I'd love to hear from them.
Another son of William's from a later marriage was James Munro, tacksman of Delny, who died at Knockbain in 1837.
Added by Paul Munro on 31 March 2011.