Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy Colleen Munro talked to John on 24 November 1977, when he said he was born in New Haven, married Florence Hoyt on 10 September 1923 in Cleveland, OH. On 11 September, he and Florence left for California. They rented a Chevy and a room with a kitchen in Los Angeles, CA. John said that Florence started right in making chocolate cakes!

John had a variety of jobs. Most of them involved selling things like rugs or cars.

After living in Los Angeles, they bought a lot in Maywood, CA and later traded that for one in Pomona, CA. The lot in Pomona had a house on it that was built in 1895, the address was 737 Lewis Street. Their third son, James Reuben was born in that house in 1935.

John worked for 9 years for the General Telephone Co. in Pomona, CA and retired in 1962 on his birthday, December 31st. He enjoyed lawn bowling and traveling in retirement.

John's brother, James A. Munro Jr. said at one time that after World War I, John worked at Marshall Field Department Store in the rug department; worked in an electrical supply house in New Haven with an Army friend for a short time; and worked in a General Motors assembly plant at Tarrytown, NY before going to Cleveland, OH for a year or two.

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Munro, James Reuben - pedigree chart dated 15 Nov 1996

(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, James Reuben - family group record of John
Wellington Munro dated 15 Nov 1996

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

Birth:
Copy of Birth Record, No. 22998, New Haven CT; for John Wellington Munro is in the possession of James Reuben Munro, 3631 Mulholland Way, Sacramento, CA 95821. Father's name: James A. Munro and Mother's name is given as Lida E. Allen (the E. should have been Catherine).

Died:
Photocopy of the Certificate of Death for John Wellington Munro, date of death, 20 September 1985. Father's name: James A Munro, born in Scotland. Cause of death, Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular disease. Other significant condition contributing to death was Parkinson's Disease. Death certificate signed by Deputy Coroner, 23 September 1985.

Buried:
John was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Covina, California.

Space 3, Lot 2968, Honor Section, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 21300 Via Verde Dr., Covina, CA.

John married Florence Dickinson Hoyt on 10 Sep 1923 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA. Florence was born on 15 Jan 1897 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 18 Nov 1989 in Pomona, Los Angeles Co., California, USA; was buried about 20 Nov 1989 in Covina, Orange Co., California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Florence was the daughter of Samuel Charles and Alice Lucy (Dickinson) Hoyt.

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

Birth:
Delayed birth certificate dated 23 August 1941, certifies that Florence Hoyt was born in Danbury, Fairfield County, CT, January 15, 1897; father Samuel C. Hoyt, age 31, born in Danbury; mother Alice Dickinson, age 34, born in Kennsington, CT; residence of parents, Danbury; occupation of father, clerk; number of children of mother, 2 and 2 living; place of birth, 32 Main Street. Physician certifying, Frank P. Clark, M.D.

Florence Dickinson Hoyt told Nancy Colleen Munro that Florence and her sister, Gladys, were born in the same house, at 32 Main Street, in Danbury, CT, where her grandmother, Mary Jane Andrews Jennings, was born. The house was built after the Revolutionary War. It has been replaced by an office building in the 1970's.

Died:
Photocopy of the Certificate of Death for Florence Dickenson Hoyt, date of death, 18 November 1989, lists: Father's name: S. C. Hoyt and mother's name: Alice Dickinson. ERROR: Florence's middle name should have been spelled, Dickinson. Cause of death, Cardiorespiratory Arrest due to Atherosclerotic Heart disease. Other significant conditions contributing to death were anemia and arthritis. Death certificate signed by Dr. Sudhakar Kona, 1848 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, 20 November 1989.

Buried:
Space 4, Lot 2968, Honor Section, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 21300 Via Verde Dr., Covina, CA.

Notes:

Married:
Copy of record, dated 11 February 1986, Vol. 132, page 207, in Probate Court, State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Francis J. Talty, Probate Judge, certified that on 10 September 1923, John W. Munro, age 25 and Florence D. Hoyt, age 26, were legally joined in marriage by A. S. Gerber, J.P. Application No. 183535 filed and marriage license issued. John, residence and place of birth: New Haven, Conn.; occupation, salesman; father, James A. and Mother's maiden name, Lida Allen; no previous marriages. Florence, residence, 3400 E. 39th St.; place of birth, New Haven, Conn.; occupation, housework; father, Samuel C.; mother's maiden name, Alice Dickinson; no previous marriages. CONFLICT: John may have been living in Cleveland at 3400 39th St. Florence was in New Haven the day before their marriage, based on note written by John next to picture of Florence in her wedding dress in Munro family album.