MONRO Family in Perthshire 1720's to 1850's

[bushpoet]

I'm looking for a Monro family.

 Donald married Janet Stewart.  Possibly married 1743 in Dull, Logierait area.

 Their son was Robert Monro baptised on the 20 Dec 1757 Baptism Place, Weems, Perth, Scotland.

[Forfarian]

Your dates are a bit confusing - was Donald who married in 1843 the son of Robert who was baptised in Weem?

Have you searched thoroughly on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk? If not, that is your first port of call. You have to register, then it's free to search the indexes, and you can view images of the original documents at modest cost.

Make sure you use lots of wildcards in your searches to cope with all the myriad spellings!

[bushpoet]

Sorry, adjustments made.

[Forfarian]

Have you searched Scotland's People?

[Throth]

When you posted ....

"Donald married Janet Stewart.  Possibly married 1743 in Dull, Logierait area"

.... we get the impression that originally you thought that the parents had married in August 1746, when one came from Dull parish and the other from Logierait parish.

You new marriage date of 1743 is correct (there were two couples with identical names in the same area at the same time), as their first child (John) was baptised at Weem 1744 and the subsequent five, including Robert, were also baptised in the same parish.

Good hunting on ScotlandsPeople ...

Throth (www.borenich.co.uk)

[bushpoet]

Thanks Troth.

You've hit on the confusion I found regarding the marriage and the children.

Because I found three marriages of a Donald and Janet in the area

March 1743 • Dull, Perth, Scotland
Name Donald Monro Gender Male Marriage Date 15 Mar 1743 Marriage Place Dull Scotland, Perth, Spouse Jonet Stewart FHL Film Number 1040063

9 August 1746 • Logerait, Perth, Scotland
Name Donald Monro Gender Male Marriage Date 09 Aug 1746 Marriage Place Logierait, Perth, Scotland Spouse Janet Steuart FHL Film Number 1040125

26 August 1746 • Dull,Perth,Scotland
Name Donald Monro Gender Male Marriage Date 26 Aug 1746 Marriage Place Dull,Perth,Scotland Spouse Jonet Stewart FHL Film Number 1040063

and five children born to a Donald and Janet

Before 5 May1744 – Birth in Dull, Perth, Scotland.

     A John Monro was born on or before 5 May 1744 in Dull, Perth, Scotland.  He was baptised on the 5 May 1744 in Dull, Perth, Scotland.  Father Donald Monro and Mother Jonet Stewart FHL Film Number 1040079.

Before 16 February 1746 – Birth in Weem, Perth, Scotland.

          A James Monro was born before 16 February 1746 in Weems, Perth, Scotland.  He was baptised on the 16 February, 1746 in Weems, Perth, Scotland.  His Father was Donald Monro and Mother Janet Stewart FHL Film Number 1040193

Before 1 November 1747 - Weem, Perth, Scotland

     A Charles Monro was born before the 1 November 1747 in Weem, Perth, Scotland.  He was baptised on the 1 Nov 1747 in Weem, Perth, Scotland and his Father was Donald Munroe and his Mother was Janet Stewart FHL Film Number 1040193

Before 9 October 1752 – Weem, Perthshire, Scotland.

     An Elizabeth Monro was born before the 9 October 1752 in Weem, Perthshire, Scotland.  She was baptised on the 9 October 1752 in Weem, Perthshire, Scotland.

Before 28 May 1757 – Aberfeldy, Weem, Perthshire, Scotland.

     Robert Monro was born before the 28 May 1757 in Weem, Perthshire, Scotland and he was baptised on the 28 May 1757 at Aberfeldy (Weem) Perthshire, Scotland.



The son Robert is definitely the one in the line I am researching.

Just need to know which marriage was his parents and were all the other children from that marriage.

[bushpoet]

G'day Forfarian.

Found the site and currently making use of it.  Many thanks.

[Throth]

The 1743 marriage and 1744 baptism are probably a different family from the one you are interested in.

You need to look at the 1746 baptism for James and his baptisms is before the marriage date.  Does it say that he was a lawful son or a natural son? Also look at other entries on the same page to see if the registrar recorded this for them.

Do the Weem entries tell you where the family were living, or the occupation of the father?
We assume that it is one family but you need to read the original OPR entries to be absolutely sure.

There is one other child, by the way.....................

MUNRO (un-named) parents: Dond. Munro and Jant Stewart 20/2/1750 Weem

Throth (www.borenich.co.uk)

[Forfarian]

9 August 1746 • Logerait, Perth, Scotland
Name Donald Monro Gender Male Marriage Date 09 Aug 1746 Marriage Place Logierait, Perth, Scotland Spouse Janet Steuart
26 August 1746 • Dull,Perth,Scotland
Name Donald Monro Gender Male Marriage Date 26 Aug 1746 Marriage Place Dull,Perth,Scotland Spouse Jonet Stewart

These are not two separate marriages - they are two records of the same marriage.

What was recorded was the proclamation of the banns rather than the actual wedding ceremony. If the bride and groom lived in different parishes the banns had to be called in both, which results in two records of the same event.

(I have never quite understood why the church thought it was more important to establish that there was no objection to a marriage than it was to record the fact of the actual wedding.)

BTW forget about the FHL numbers. These are references to the microfilms used by the LDS to prepare the index to the baptisms. The original documents are on Scotland's People, which has its own reference system.