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Name: MUNRO, John 'Jock'

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Birth Date: 1881

Death Date: 8 July 1950 Nairobi

First Date: 1906

Last Date: 1950

Profession: Bought land at Kiambu - developed to flourishing coffee farm. Started Munro's Store

Area: Kiambu - Camerondale farm

Married: Mary Katherine 'Kate' b. 1883, d. 21 May 1952

Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Bur, Red 22, Kiambu Scrapbook, Advertiser, Gazette, Medals, Barnes, Leader14, Gillett, Golf, Hut, Pioneers, Drumkey, SKP

General Information:

Great golfer. In 1918, E.B. Horne as DC Kiambu, got the golf course going. He and Mr C.N. Day and Mr Jock Munro were responsible for the layout of the course.
President of Kiambu Golf Club 1945/46. Golf Captain at Kiambu Club 1942-1944
Hut - 1912 Munro's Store, Kiambu - Camerondale - Piper to Caledonian Society
Pioneers has John Munro
Bur - Kiambu - Katherine Munro, 22 May 1952 aged 73
Drumkey 1909 - Hony. Piper, The Caledonian Society of BEA - J. Munro
SKP - 1938 - Society of Kenya Pioneers - over 30 years in Colony - arrived Oct 1906 - Nairobi, John Munro
Red 22 - Hon. Treasurer, Kiambu Sports Club
Kiambu Scrapbook - Kyambu Stores - Originally, this building was known as "Munro's Store" with the Post Office included, but when I arrived, Jock and Katie Munro were living on their farm Camerondale, while the Post Office was run by an Indian postmaster in the old white-washed building opposite the original DC's Offices.
Kiambu Scrapbook - The Kiambu Club - 1913 - Another account says that the DC's wife Mrs Geoffrey Northcote, objected to these holes [golf course] being made in front of her house but the course does not appear to have been altered until 1918, under a different DC, E.B. Horne, who laid out 9 holes with the assistance of two settlers, Charles Day and Jock Munro. Two of these holes were made on what are now roads - the Kambui Road and the road running up from it to the Club and Boma - so either of these two roads did not exist at that time, or their alignment was different.
Kiambu Scrapbook - Mr Jock Munro and his wife Katie started the first duka in Kiambu, which they ran in conjunction with the Post Office. But he was soon to become a coffee planter and it is said that the farm, Camerondale, was given him by one of his customers who was unable to pay his grocery bills. These, one would think, should not have been very heavy as old settlers nostalgically remember the days when whisky could be bought from Mr Munro at 3/50 a bottle!
Advertiser - 1/1/09 - Mr John Munro is taking over the European Stores at Kiambu on his own ……. Also Postmaster, Kiambu
Gazette - 31/3/15 - Partnership between James Browne and John Munro as planters at Kiambu dissolved 24/3/15
Gazette - 7/4/15 - Liable for Jury service, Kiambu - John Munro, PO Contractor, Kiambu
Medals - East Africa Road Corps - John C.R. Munro, No. 47, Private?
Barnes - Nairobi City Park Cemetery - John Munro, Scottish, died 8 Jul 1950 aged 68 AND Kathleen Munro, died 21 May 1952 aged 73, both buried at Kiambu
Barnes - St. Paul's Church, Kiambu Cemetery - John Munro, who died 8th July 1951 aged 68 [certainly 1951 on headstone] Barnes - St. Paul's Church, Kiambu Cemetery - Kate Munro, beloved wife of John Munro, died 21st May 1952 aged 72 [certainly 72 on headstone]
Leader14 - Kiambu Association - Secretary - J. Munro
Gazette 28/1/1914 - Application for Wine Merchant & Grocer's Liquor Licence - Munro Ltd, European Stores, Kyambu te - Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - Kate Munro, Camerondale, Kiambu
Gazette - 29/10/1919 - Register of Voters - Kikuyu - John Munro, Coffee Planter, Kiambu
Gazette 12/4/1922 - Brands Registered during quarter ending 31/3/1922 - John Munro, Camerondale, Kiambu - E7M
KAD 1922 - Hon. Treasurer, Kiambu Association.
KAD 1922 - Hon. Treas., Kiambu Sports Club.
Red 25 has J.S. Munro

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