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Birthca 1825, Midlothian
Death8 Apr 1906, Vicarlands, Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
GeneralAt Moffat, General Practitioner, partner to George Snith MD.
Notes for Dr James Munro MD
In the 1861 census, he and Jane were living next door to Jane’s parents at Vicarlands on the High Street; they had three daughter and two live-in servants:

Name             Rel to Hd   Mar/Unm  Age   Occupation           Where born

James Munro      Head        Mar      34    Physician & Surgeon  Midlothian, Mussel brough
Jane Munro       Wife        Mar      32                         Dumfriesshire, Moffat
Esther N do      Daur        Unm       6    Scholar              Do, do
Isabel M do      Daur        Unm       2                         Do, do
Jane S do        Daur        Unm       1                         Do, do

Margaret, see 1871, was obviously somewhere else.
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In the 1871 census he and Jane were living next door to Jane’s mother in the High Street, Moffat and their family was:

Name             Rel to Hd   Mar/Unm  Age   Occupation           Where born

James Munro      Head        Mar      44    Physician & Surgeon  Midlothian, Mussel brough
Jane Munro       Wife        Mar      42                         Dumfriesshire, Moffat
Esther H do      Daur        Unm      16                         Do, do
Margaret D S do  Daur        Unm      14                         Do, do
Isabel Mary do   Daur        Unm      12    Scholar              Do, do
Jane S do        Daur        Unm      10    Scholar              Do, do
James do         Son                   8    Scholar              Do, do
Alexander W      Son                   4    Scholar              Do, do

and they had three servants
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In 1881 he and Jane had apparently taken over Jane’s family house of High Vicarlands, Moffat:

Given Name Surname  Relation to Head Condition to Marriage  Age  Sex  Occupation  Birthplace

Robert BELL Serv  Unmarried  17  M Groom Domestic  Lochrutton, Dumfries, Scotland
Ann Cathie BRIGGS Grand Daur N/A  5 F Scholar  North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Esther White BRIGGS Grand Daur N/A  6 F  Scholar  North Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Mary  MARCHBANK  Serv Unmarried  18  F  Housemaid Domestic  Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
Isabell Mary  MUNRO  Daughter  Unmarried  22  F  Doctor Of Medicine & Surgeon Daur   Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
James  MUNRO  Head  Married  54  M  Doctor Of Medicine & Surgeon  Musselburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Jane  MUNRO  Wife  Married  52  F  Doctor Of Medicine & Syrgeon Wife  Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
Janet  SIMPSON  Cook  Unmarried  25  F Cook Domestic Serv  Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
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The birth registration in Moffat of Munro children from 1855 to 1880 were:

No Year Surname Forename Sex District City/
County/
MR GROS
Data Image Extract
1 1866 MUNRO ALEXANDER WILLI M MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0043
2 1855 MUNRO ESTHER WHITE F MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0014
3 1870 MUNRO GEORGINA ELIZAB F MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0012
4 1856 MUNRO GRACE         F MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0063
5 1858 MUNRO ISABEL MARY     F MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0043
6 1863 MUNRO JAMES         M MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0017
7 1860 MUNRO JANE SMITH     F MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0023
8 1856 MUNRO MARGARET DALRYM F MOFFAT /DUMFRIES  842/00 0057
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His death certificate names his parents as Alexander Munro Market Gardener (deceased) and Margaret Munro, M S [Maiden Surname] Sutherland (deceased).
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So their children were:

Esther White,        b. 1855 m. Francis Briggs in 1873 and had at least 2 daus.
Margaret Dalrym,     b. 1856
Grace                b. 1856
Isabel Mary,         b. 1858
Jane Smith,          b. 1860 m. Edward Bateman Hector in 1893
James,               b. 1863
Alexander Willi,     b. 1866
Georgina Elizabeth,  b. 1870
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Notes for James & Jane (Family)
The marriage record is:

Sept 19th 1852, James Munro Surgeon in Moffat, and Jane Smith were proclaimed for the first, second and thirds time and married on the 21st instant at Moffat.
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