Jessie Love Glen Rae Munro

1843 - 1870  (27 years)

• Name	Jessie Love Glen Rae Munro
  Born	1843	Amherstburg, Essex Co., Ontario   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Jessie Love Glen Rae McKenzie
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	United Presbyterian Church
  Residence	1867	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-134680
  Died	Sep 1870	Atlantic Ocean   [3]
  Person ID	I134680	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Capt. Hector Munro,   b. 28 Nov 1796, Kirkton, , Scotland ,   d. 12 Feb 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Jessie Love Glen Rae,   b. Abt 1806, of, Stromness, , Orkney Islands, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1843, Amherstburg, Essex Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1824	Orphir, , Orkney Islands, Scotland   [4]
  Family ID	F41190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lieut. Alexander William Webster McKenzie,   b. 1839, , Grenada, West Indies ,   d. 16 Oct 1867, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec  (Age 28 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1867	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F41191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Traill, appointed to an Ensigncy in the 67th Regiment, and afterwards transferred with the rank of Lieutenant to the Royal Canadian Rifles. When the latter regiment was disbanded in 1869, he was placed on halfpay with the rank of Captain. He married Mary, third daughter of George Smyth, Belfast, and on the 8th of September, 1870, sailed along with her, their recently born child, and his widowed sister, Jessie Glen Rae Munro, who three years before lost her husband, Alexander William Mackenzie, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Webster Mackenzie, of the Lochend family, on their way to Britain, but they never reached their destination. They embarked at Montreal for Liverpool in the iron ship " W. H. Hazelden." She was spoken to on the 18th of September by an eastward bound vessel in latitude 47 N., and longitude 47 W., but has never since been heard of. Alexander MacKenzie, History of the Munros of Fowlis with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which are added those of Lexington and New England, Inverness: A. & W. MacKenzie 1898 ___________________ Died Lost at sea, in the ship "W. H. Hazelson" in September of October, 1870, Captain George Traill Munro, (unattached, lat R. C. Rifles) son of the late Captain Hector Munro, (H. M. 2nd Regiment) aged 34 years; and Mary his wife. Also, Maggie G. R. their infant daughter. Also, Jessie L. G. R. McKenzie, widow of the late Alexander W. McKenzie, 100th Regiment, and daughter of the late Captain Hector Munro. Unidentified newspaper clipping.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. A. W. W. McKenzie Birth Place: Grenada, West Indies Residence: Galt Age: 24 Estimated birth year: abt 1843 Father Name: Alexander Mother Name: Selina Martha Spouse Name: Jessie G. K. Munro Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Birth Place: Amherstburg Spouse residence: Galt Spouse Father Name: Hecter Spouse Mother Name: Jessie L. Rae Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1867 Marriage Location: Galt [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 3 Page 45. [S1984] Book - History of the Munros of Fowlis with genealogies of the principal families of the name: to which are added those of Lexington and New England, pg 542. [S1788] Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, indexing project (batch) number: M11023-4 system origin: Scotland-ODM source film number: 990506. Hector Munro married Jess Rae 23 Dec 1824 Orphir, Orkney, Scotland [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 5 Jun 1867. Munro, Jessie Love Glen Rai married 1 Jun 1867 to Alexander W.W. McKenzie At Galt, by Rev. Wm. Murdoch. Groom, Lieut. In HM 100th reg't; bride, youngest daughter of Lieut.-Col. Hector Munro, late Capt. HM 2nd Queen's Royal Regiment.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1843 - Amherstburg, Essex Co., Ontario Residence - United Presbyterian Church - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1867 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jun 1867 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Sep 1870 - Atlantic Ocean  = Link to Google Earth