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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 Abt 1895 - Abt 1985 (~ 90 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Ann Janet Munro was born about 1895 in Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., Washington, USA (daughter of Alexander Mckenzie Munro and Ann Janet Montgomery); died about 1985 in Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA. Notes:
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Robert-Smith, AnnaBelle M. - Obituary of Mrs. Janet
Munro - unknown newspaper - 15 Dec 1952
Family/Spouse: Fred Becker. Fred was born about 1897 in , , New York, USA; died about 1985 in Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Fred Becker, Jr. was born on 19 Jul 1921 in Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., Washington, USA; died on 16 Jan 1991 in Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Alexander Mckenzie Munro was born in 1862 in Fodder Hill Farm, Ross-Shire, Scotland; died on 23 Nov 1933 in Crystal Springs, Kitsap Co., Washington, USA. Notes:
Alexander got his education in Inverness, Scotland and served an apprenticeship as a stone cutter on Lord Lovat's Castle.
In about 1885, at the age of 23, he emigrated to New York, USA and worked his way west by working on large and small stone buildings, reaching Seattle in 1888. After the Seattle fire, Alexander began a partnership with a friend and established MacRae and Munro, Stone Contractors. Their work includes the Baily Building and the building at Second and Cherry.
In 1891, Alexander and his new wife, Janet, moved to Bainbridge Island, where they lived for the rest of their lives.
Alexander helped construct several major buildings in the northwest USA and southwest Canada including the Provincial Parliament building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The last building for which he cut stone was the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, Washington, USA.
When he died of the flu in 1933, he had six sons, four daughters and seventeen grandchildren. His remains were cremated.
Ref: Clan Munro secretary's files - Munro, Ralph Davies
Gathering Booklet - July 28-31, 1994 - Seattle, Washington
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Robert-Smith, AnnaBelle M. - Obituary of Alexander
Munro - "The Bainbridge Review" - 14 Dec 1933
(2) Clan Munro files - Robert-Smith, AnnaBelle M. - Obituary of Alexander
Munro - "The Bainbridge Islander" - 14 Dec 1933
(3) Clan Munro files - Robert-Smith, AnnaBelle M. - Obituary of Mrs. Janet
Munro - unknown newspaper - 15 Dec 1952
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Alexander married Ann Janet Montgomery in 1890. Ann was born on 26 Oct 1870 in , Argylshire, , Scotland; died on 13 Dec 1952 in Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Ann Janet Montgomery was born on 26 Oct 1870 in , Argylshire, , Scotland; died on 13 Dec 1952 in Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., Washington, USA. Notes:
Janet was born in Scotland, but emigrated to Seattle, Washington, USA to marry Alexander Munro. In the year after their marriage, they moved to Crystal Springs on Bainbridge Island, where Janet lived for 62 years until her death.
Following are excerpts from a letter written by her granddaughter, Mrs. John Tarabochia, which was published in ref. (3):
"I'd like it very much if you'd write a few lines about a truly deserving woman, a lovely old lady of 80, my grandmother, Mrs. Alexander (Janet) Munro.
"She's lived at Point White, which of course is Crystal Springs or Gibson's Landing to her, for nearly 60 years. Her ten children were raised and schooled on the Island and over half of her grandchildren, and at either McDonald or Pleasant Beach you'll find a great-grandchild.
"Visiting her on top of the hill you'll always be invited to a cup of tea and a piece of cake or asked to pick some fresh fruit. Always sitting in front of a fireplace made of granite that her husband built...she'll tell you lots about the Island.
(She is) "a spry little woman of less than 100 pounds, with beautiful silver hair and an alert mind. But her hands are not as steady as when John, Duncan, Bill, Ann, Mary, George, Euphemia, Isabell, Gordon and Jimmie were children.
(She'll tell you) "when a girl in her teens she tutored the children of a lord and lady in Scotland...and how her brother worked in the Old Port Blakely mill for a dollar a day and swam part way home."
Janet was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Ref. (2) says that in 1952 she had 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. But ref. (3) says that in 1949 she had 32 grandchildren, and nine great- grandchildren.
References:
(1) Clan Munro files - Robert-Smith, AnnaBelle M. - Obituary of Alexander
Munro - "The Bainbridge Review" - 14 Dec 1933
(2) Clan Munro files - Robert-Smith, AnnaBelle M. - Obituary of Mrs. Janet
Munro - unknown newspaper - 15 Dec 1952
(3) Clan Munro files - Robert-Smith, AnnaBelle M. - "The Acts Of Life" by Phil
Sisk - newspaper article from an unknown newspaper - 4 Aug 1949
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Children:
- John M. Munro was born about 1891 in Of, Port Blakely, Washington, USA; and died.
- Duncan M. Munro was born about 1893 in Of, Tracyton, Washington, USA; and died.
- William F. Munro was born est 1894 in Of, Los Angeles, California; and died.
- 1. Ann Janet Munro was born about 1895 in Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., Washington, USA; died about 1985 in Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA.
- Mary V. Munro was born est 1897 in Of, Port Blakely, Bainbridge Islan, Washington; and died.
- George A. Munro was born est 1899 in Of, Port Blakely, Bainbridge Islan, Washington; and died.
- Euphemia M. Munro was born est 1903 in Of, Keyport, Washington, USA; and died.
- Isabelle Montgomery Munro was born on 21 Dec 1906 in Crystal Springs, Kitsap Co., Washington, USA; died on 11 Oct 1987 in Virginia Mason H, Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Gordon D. Munro was born est 1908 in Of, Silverdale, Washington, USA; and died.
- James T. Munro was born est 1910 in Of, Bainbridge Islan, Washington, USA; and died.
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