Hector Alexander Urquhart Monro Master Mariner

  Noted events in his life were:

• Registration of Birth, Sep 1876, Newtown, Montgomeryshire. Volume 11b Page 206

• Census, Mar 1881, Newtown, Montgomeryshire.

• Residence, 1881, "The Bank", Newtown, Montgomeryshire. 1881 Census

• Residence: 1891 Census, Apr 1891, 44 Beckenham Road, Penge, Lewishham.Croydon District.

• Employment, 6 Sep 1894, London, England. Signed 4 year Apprenticeship Indenture with Wm I Woodside of Belfast to sail on the S.S. Marian Woodside (papers in Monro archives). Witnes to signing was C. Martinson (?) 40 Brighton Road, Croydon

• Residence, Sep 1894, Croydon District. From Apprenticeship Indenture

• Employment, 5 Sep 1899, London, England. Entered service of Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company

• Employment: Mate, Merchant Service, 25 Jul 1904. On Wedding Certificate

• Residence, 25 Jul 1904, 65 Beauchamp Road, Battersea.

• Employment, 31 May 1906. Promoted to Second Officer in P&O. Cert in Monro Archives

• Residence: May have been at sea, 1 Apr 1906, 29 Leigh Hall Road, Leigh-On-Sea, England. Son's Birth Registration says Third Officer, but note that Certificate says was promoted to Second Officer on May 31 1906.

• Education, 31 Jan 1908, Bombay, India. Colonial Certificate of Competence as Master Mariner - issued March 3 1908, by Government of Bombay. In Monro archives

• Residence, 3 Mar 1908, 5 Station Parade, Westcliffe On Sea, Essex. Noted on Master Mariner's certificate.

• Employment: Master Mariner - Bombay 1908, 1910-1911, London, England. Lloyd's Captain's Register
London Guildhall Library
Manuscript Number 18567/82 Extra Folio 12
Steamship - First Mate (posted in red)
'Egypt', July 6 , Sept 14, Nov 23, 1910 to East Indies
Vessel name underlined, likely second mate
"Mongolia", June 28 1911 to Australia

• Employment, 27 Feb 1912, London, England. Resigned P&O to take up employment abroad. Letter of reference in Monro archives.

• Employment: Midshipman on Skora?, Unknown, Yokohama, Japan.

• Place, 1920, Montreal, Quebec.

• Place, 1929, Saigon, Indochina. Wrote letter to son Hector - in Monro Archives

• Place, Dec 1934, Marseille, France. Wrote letter to son Hector

• Place, October? 1936, Geenwich, England. Wrote letter to daughter Mary

• Residence: At time of death official residence of self and wife K.E. Monro, 30 Nov 1936, 78 Abingdon Road, Kensington W 8.

• Occupation: General Merchant (retired), 1 Dec 1936. On Death Certificate

Hector married Kathleen Emma Adamson (Nee Cooper), daughter of Alfred Thomas (Teddy) Cooper and Emma Shortridge Spence, on 25 Jul 1904 in Register Office, Wandsworth, London. (Kathleen Emma Adamson (Nee Cooper) was born on 13 Dec 1878 in 19 Grasmere Street, Everton, Lancaster County, died on 28 Jun 1966 in Bromley, Kent and was buried on 4 Jul 1966 in Bromley Hill Cemetery.)