Walter Munroe Brainard

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 6.ii.

Notes:

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.

Fred married Mary Anne Munroe on 12 Mar 1885. Mary (daughter of James Munroe and Matilda Rebecca Walters) was born on 26 Sep 1860; died on 11 Oct 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Anne "May" Munroe married Fred Roland Brainard, who graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1880. Lieutenant Brainard was aboard the USS Kearsarge when it grounded on a reef south of Jamaica. He and one enlisted man sailed 800 miles in a sixteen foot dinghy, to Aspinwal (later named Colon), Panama to cable the news to the Navy Department and to attempt to find help for the ship. It is thought that the difficulties of this sailing trip brought on Fred's early retirement from the Navy and his death. (The USS Kearsarge was the ship that sank the CSS Alabama in the U.S. Civil War.)

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 5.iv. and note 9

Notes:

It is believed that James graduated from St. John's College.

When he was still quite young, he served as a county commissioner of Anne Arundel County. He was elected Mayor of Annapolis in 1871 and again in 1873, serving 4 years. He was the first Republican mayor of Annapolis since the Civil War.

For 25 years, he served as superintendent of the First Methodist Church Sunday School and as a trustee and recording steward and treasurer of that church. At one time he was said to have been in business longer than any other merchant in Annapolis. He was in the dry goods trade for 47 consecutive years. He also was a long time member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. John's College. (Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep 1896)

When James suffered a stroke in about 1886, his son, Frank, quit law school in Baltimore and came home to manage the store.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Moore, Mary Jane - membership application

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 4.i., note 5, note 11

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

James married Matilda Rebecca Walters on 25 May 1862. Matilda was born on 26 Nov 1838 in Of, Gettysburg; died on 26 Feb 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Notes:

Grafton successively married two sisters.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Moore, Mary Jane - membership application

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munroe, Frank A., Jr. - The Munroes of Annapolis -
undated - 3.vi.

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Grafton married Mary Anne Edwards on 20 Nov 1826 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, USA. Mary was born on 17 Jul 1800 in Of, Annapolis; died on 7 Sep 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA