Janette Munro (1821 - 1876)
Janet was the eldest daughter in a family of four boys and three girls. Daughter of Robert Munro and Elizabeth Glasgow. Born in Glasgow, June 15, 1821,(1) her life, as those of her siblings would have been a difficult one.
Glasgow was an overcrowded city at the time Janet and her family lived there. The large influx of poor from the country caused overcrowding and disease due to inadequate water and sewage management. Desperate families searching for work in the new “industrialized cities” found less than they hoped for in most cases living hand to mouth.
The conditions in the factories were dismal and many of the workers would later suffer lung disease from breathing the toxic air. But it was work and brought food to the table that would otherwise lay bare.
Children worked from a young age and Janet and her sisters worked in the Glasgow cotton industry as power loom weavers.
Janet married Robert Stevenson June 6, 1841,(2) in Barony, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
They would remain in Scotland until after the birth of their second child before moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, most probably in search of a better life.
In Canada they would have seven more children for a total of nine in twenty-one years.
Janet died February 03 1876,(3) in her fifty-fifth year when her youngest was just twelve years old. Her husband followed two years later. The cause of death was documented as organic disease of the brain. There are so many possible causes to this disease that they are too long to list here. Many of them relate to possibilities related to Janet’s difficult life. The fact that the death notice mentions the disease took only several days to take her suggests a possible stroke. However on the death registration from the Ontario Trust Cemeteries lists consumption as the cause of death.
Janet Munro was buried at the Toronto Necropolis Cemetery Section 1 Lot # 154.
Glasgow was an overcrowded city at the time Janet and her family lived there. The large influx of poor from the country caused overcrowding and disease due to inadequate water and sewage management. Desperate families searching for work in the new “industrialized cities” found less than they hoped for in most cases living hand to mouth.
The conditions in the factories were dismal and many of the workers would later suffer lung disease from breathing the toxic air. But it was work and brought food to the table that would otherwise lay bare.
Children worked from a young age and Janet and her sisters worked in the Glasgow cotton industry as power loom weavers.
Janet married Robert Stevenson June 6, 1841,(2) in Barony, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
They would remain in Scotland until after the birth of their second child before moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, most probably in search of a better life.
In Canada they would have seven more children for a total of nine in twenty-one years.
Janet died February 03 1876,(3) in her fifty-fifth year when her youngest was just twelve years old. Her husband followed two years later. The cause of death was documented as organic disease of the brain. There are so many possible causes to this disease that they are too long to list here. Many of them relate to possibilities related to Janet’s difficult life. The fact that the death notice mentions the disease took only several days to take her suggests a possible stroke. However on the death registration from the Ontario Trust Cemeteries lists consumption as the cause of death.
Janet Munro was buried at the Toronto Necropolis Cemetery Section 1 Lot # 154.
children of Robert Stevenson and Janet Munro
I have gathered a fair amount of information on the Stevenson children and have decided to post them individually. Not yet online. I will notify when available.
Robert Munro Stevenson (1842 - 1923)
Janet Stevenson (1844 - 1925)
Sarah Stevenson (1849 - 1866)
John Stevenson (1852 - 1928)
Isabella Stevenson (1856 - 1924)
James Alexander Stevenson (1858 - 1940)
Agnes Stevenson (1860 - 1930)
William (Bill( Stevenson (1862 - Unknown)
George Stevenson (1852 - Unknown)
Robert Munro Stevenson (1842 - 1923)
Janet Stevenson (1844 - 1925)
Sarah Stevenson (1849 - 1866)
John Stevenson (1852 - 1928)
Isabella Stevenson (1856 - 1924)
James Alexander Stevenson (1858 - 1940)
Agnes Stevenson (1860 - 1930)
William (Bill( Stevenson (1862 - Unknown)
George Stevenson (1852 - Unknown)
Citations
(1). B. Munro Janet "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FM98-NHX : 2 January 2015), Elizabeth Glasgow in entry for Janet Munro, 15 Jun 1821; citing , GLASGOW, LANARK, SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 102,917, 102,918, 1,042,938, 994,179.
(2). Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 Janet Munro Female, Marriage Date: 06 Jun 1841 Marriage Place: Barony,Lanark,Scotland Spouse: Robert Stevenson FHL Film Number0994192, 0994193, 0994194, 0994195, 1041481, 0994191
(3). D. 1876 Munro Janet Source Citation Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 14 Original data: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938,1943-1945. MS 935, reels 1-615. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947. MS 944, reels 1-11. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Archives of Ontario. Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 5-10, 16, 21, 26-27. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
(4) Bur. 1876 Munro Janet Ontario, Canada, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989 Toronto Trust Cemeteries; Toronto, Canada; Cemetery: Necropolis Cemetery; Volume: 05; Year Range: 1875-1877
(1). B. Munro Janet "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FM98-NHX : 2 January 2015), Elizabeth Glasgow in entry for Janet Munro, 15 Jun 1821; citing , GLASGOW, LANARK, SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 102,917, 102,918, 1,042,938, 994,179.
(2). Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 Janet Munro Female, Marriage Date: 06 Jun 1841 Marriage Place: Barony,Lanark,Scotland Spouse: Robert Stevenson FHL Film Number0994192, 0994193, 0994194, 0994195, 1041481, 0994191
(3). D. 1876 Munro Janet Source Citation Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 14 Original data: Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1938,1943-1945. MS 935, reels 1-615. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947. MS 944, reels 1-11. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Archives of Ontario. Division Registrar Vital Statistics Records, 1858-1930. MS 940, reels 5-10, 16, 21, 26-27. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
(4) Bur. 1876 Munro Janet Ontario, Canada, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989 Toronto Trust Cemeteries; Toronto, Canada; Cemetery: Necropolis Cemetery; Volume: 05; Year Range: 1875-1877