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England / Re: George Monro (1813-1876)
« on: Friday 31 March 23 14:35 BST (UK) »
My great great grandad,born 1813. Most of what has been posted seems to be true as far as I can tell.
He married Jessie Darling (family hearsay was that Jessie was a cousin of the renowned Grace Darling but I have not as yet verified that) at Edrom on 5.7.1835. His son,George Steele Monro was born in Scotland and moved with the family to Hertfordshire in the 1840s. He lived in St.Albans and was head gardener at St. Michael's.Then his son, my grandad, was born in 1882 in St.Albans, probably Frogmore. (The previous year another Goerge had been born, but he did not survive that first year).
He did not follow the family tradition ,but became a groom, owned his own riding stables at London Colney, took his very young family to Canada (to teach the mounties to ride!), but was separated from his wife, Violet Gould,whom he had married in 1910,soon after the end of the Great War. My mum was born Ivy Elsie Monro in January 1912, one of four children, and she bore the brunt of helping to raise her siblings. I remember visiting my grandad when I was about 10,in 1952, at St.Stephens in St.Albans. He was about 70 at the time and suffering badly from a fractured kneecap as a result of an accident when he was leading a horse from a field . It panicked at the noise of a vehicle and bolted, but grandad evidently refused to let it go and was dragged along the road.Mum married Harry Kent in 1935 and I was born during the second world war , 7th June 1942, and was named Rex Monro Kent. I have not done a great deal of genealogy research, but if I can help in any way,let me know.
He married Jessie Darling (family hearsay was that Jessie was a cousin of the renowned Grace Darling but I have not as yet verified that) at Edrom on 5.7.1835. His son,George Steele Monro was born in Scotland and moved with the family to Hertfordshire in the 1840s. He lived in St.Albans and was head gardener at St. Michael's.Then his son, my grandad, was born in 1882 in St.Albans, probably Frogmore. (The previous year another Goerge had been born, but he did not survive that first year).
He did not follow the family tradition ,but became a groom, owned his own riding stables at London Colney, took his very young family to Canada (to teach the mounties to ride!), but was separated from his wife, Violet Gould,whom he had married in 1910,soon after the end of the Great War. My mum was born Ivy Elsie Monro in January 1912, one of four children, and she bore the brunt of helping to raise her siblings. I remember visiting my grandad when I was about 10,in 1952, at St.Stephens in St.Albans. He was about 70 at the time and suffering badly from a fractured kneecap as a result of an accident when he was leading a horse from a field . It panicked at the noise of a vehicle and bolted, but grandad evidently refused to let it go and was dragged along the road.Mum married Harry Kent in 1935 and I was born during the second world war , 7th June 1942, and was named Rex Monro Kent. I have not done a great deal of genealogy research, but if I can help in any way,let me know.