George Munro collection

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1208
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1850s-1860s], 1980s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 9 ff., manuscript, typescript (photocopy)

Scope and Content

Comprises photocopies of: (1) Agnes Gudgeon copy birth certificate, St Petersburg, 1850; (2) Agnes Gudgeon and Elijah Sparrow copy marriage certificate, St Petersburg, 1868; (3) Cheshire family tree; (4) Sparrow family tree; (5) Cheshire and Sparrow family-history notes; (6) W.L. Cheshire, "[The Cheshire family:] Additional background information", 1988

Administrative / Biographical History

George Munro is descended from the Cheshire and Sparrow families, who were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of George Munro, February 1992

Note

English

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm