Elsie Record Cowdrey

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Birth:
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Buried:
North Auburn Cemetery records say that Emma was buried in Lot 142, but an on-site inspection of this lot did not reveal a grave stone. She may have been buried in an unmarked grave. She may have actually been buried in the Brookline, Massachusetts area.

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Frederick married Emma Jane Record. Emma (daughter of Thomas G. Record and Jennet Munroe) was born on 29 Jun 1855 in North Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA; died on 24 Aug 1872; was buried in North Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Emma was probably born at what was later called the Maple Hill Farm on Maple Hill Road in North Auburn, Maine.

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Thomas married Jennet Munroe on 2 Sep 1833. Jennet (daughter of David Munro and Ruth Niles) was born on 25 Jan 1812 in Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA; died on 19 Jan 1892; was buried in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1850, Jennet was living with her husband in Auburn, Maine. Their first child was born about 1837.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer
"The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Alexander of Bridgewater - 2v

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Buried:
Jennet was buried in Lot 142 at the North Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Maine.

Notes:

David acquired a practical education, and in young manhood learned the trade of gunsmith, which line of work he followed for a number of years.

He was an inventor of considerable note for those days, inventing several labor saving devices principally used among the farmers in his neighborhood, and in addition to this was a thorough mechanic and a practical and successful farmer, conducting his operations on a farm in Minot, Maine.

David's deed for property in Minot, Maine (which was first Poland-Cumberland) was witnessed by his father on 31 Jan 1800. He was still in Minot as late as 1820, but in 1830 only his widow lived there. By 1850, Ruth had gone to live with the family of her daughter, Jennet, in Auburn, Maine.

His wife was from Turner, Maine and was the daughter of Nathan and Rebecca Niles. One reference gives their marriage date as 15 Nov 1802, and Ruth's birthplace as Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer
Yard, Prof. F. L. Dixon
"The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Alexander of Bridgewater - 2

Sometime during David's generation, the spelling of the family surname changed from "Munro" to "Munroe". Before that, there is no question that his father, Alexander, spelled his name "Munro." There are several references to this spelling, such as "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" (1891 - Vol. XLV - p. 246) and "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the revolutionary War" (Vol. 11 - p. 207). The original "Munro" spelling continued until at least 22 Dec 1818 when "David Munro of Minot" entered into a property purchase contracted on that date, and witnessed by "Nathan Munro." A later document dated 2 Sep 1833 for property release is signed by "William Munroe" referencing "my honoured father, David Munroe" and witnessed by his wife "Julia Ann Munroe" and his sister "Eunice Munroe."

This information was noted in a letter postmarked 9 Oct 1952 in a letter from Elsie Record Cowdrey, David's descendant, to her cousin Florence Munroe Shepherd.

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Buried:
David was buried at the Taber Cemetery in Auburn, Maine.

David married Ruth Niles on 12 Nov 1801 in Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. Ruth was born on 7 Apr 1780 in Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA; died on 23 Sep 1850 in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA; was buried in Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Ruth was buried at the Taber Cemetery in Auburn, Maine.