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Article: Loyalist son comes home to Morrisburg: memorial for William Johnson Munro.
- Article from:
- The Loyalist Gazette
- Article date:
- September 22, 1996
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Henry and Vallena Munro of Washington State have been researching the descendants of Loyalist Capt. John Munro for several years, and in a rare set of circumstances have recovered the remains of his youngest son buried over 175 years ago in New Brunswick.
William Johnson Munro was born December 10, 1781 in Montreal where his father Capt. John Munro of the King's Royal Regiment of New York was stationed at that time in charge of the housing and care of Loyalist refugees during the Revolutionary War. John, a descendant of the Munros of Fowlis at Ross-shire, Scotland, (1) came from Scotland to America as a Sergeant in the British Northumberland 48th Regiment of Foot ...