Marion Jeanette Parker

Notes:

Marion was very religious. Her husband, Arther, was a member of the choir at the Baptist church in Fowlerville, Michigan. One night after he left choir practice, he picked up some groceries and drove home. As he was carrying the groceries to the house, he was attacked. He lay unconscious all night and was found by the mover he had hired to help him pack up to move. They had just sold their home for $17,000 and it is assumed that the assailant thought he had the cash.

When the investigators went into the house, they found that Marion had been murdered in her bed. Many people feel that the murderer was a former employee, a Belgian who had come to the U.S. to work in sugar beet fields. He had made advances to Marion and had been warned about that. The Belgian had been seen in the vicinity the day of the murder. But whoever the murderer was, he was never brought to justice.

In 1980, a woman came forward and told the authorities that her husband had committed the murder. Her husband had threatened to kill her and her children if she told. Since no one had been accused of the crime, she didn't come forward until her husband had died.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Farlow, Donna

References:

(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-87-13/5-4 - p. 373-374

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

Marion married Arthur George Monroe in 1910. Arthur (son of George Washington Monroe and Sarah Cornelia Boothby) was born on 23 Mar 1873 in Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA; died on 13 Aug 1947 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]