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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1891 - 1964 (73 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Edward Hudson Munroe was born on 25 Dec 1850 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (son of Henry Hoyt Munroe and Eliza Sanford); died on 18 Sep 1894-1895 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA. Notes:
Edward married the daughter of Roswell and Sarah Violet (Dailey) Holly.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Conn. Unconnected Monroes
Clan Munro files - Kaufhold, Shirley Carlson
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Edward married Mattie Hougler in 1890. Mattie was born about 1852; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Mattie Hougler was born about 1852; and died. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Henry Hoyt Munroe was born on 18 Dec 1817 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA (son of Henry H. Munro and Polly Mansfield); died on 22 Oct 1895 in Dundee, Mchenry Co., Illinois; was buried in Woodstock, Illinois. Notes:
Henry was only seven when his father fell through the ice of a river and drowned. At the age of nine, Henry was farmed out to earn his keep and there learned the carpenter and cabinet making trade. In adulthood, he carried on this business in Danbury and Redding, Connecticut.
On 13 Jun 1837, he married Eliza, the only daughter of Hudson and Betty (or Betsey) (Little) Sanford.
In 1855, Henry and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois where he engaged in the undertaking business for one year. At that time, he was one of only four undertakers in the city of Chicago.
They lived in Woodstock, Illinois from 1856 until after the outbreak of the Civil War, at which time they moved to Louisville, Kentucky. There Henry bought an interest in the Goodwillie Box Co., which was making bread boxes for the government. The box factory burned down, but the family remained in Louisville to be near their son, William Henry, who had joined the Union Army.
Henry's wife, Eliza, showed her patriotism in that rebel city by hanging the American flag in front of their residence every day until her son returned. Eliza and her daughter, Mary, daily visited hospitals in Louisville ministering to the wants and needs of the sick and wounded soldiers and looking for boys from Woodstock. They took many into their home where they nursed them until they recovered.
While living in Louisville, Henry found time to establish a "Mission Sabbath School" in a neglected part of the city. From this small mission, which was started in a hall, grew a prosperous Methodist Church. As the mission grew, they expanded. Henry helped build a new church where he preached until he returned to Woodstock, Illinois in 1876. Years later, Henry was called back to Louisville to dedicate a lovely new church that had grown from the little Mission School he founded.
Henry started out as a Methodist, but in later years preached in Congregational Churches. In 1877, he was engaged in the service of the American Bible Society in McHenry, Illinois and in 1878, he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Bartlett, Illinois. He remained there until 1886 when he moved to Malta, Illinois to assume the pastorate of the Congregational Church there. After three years, his health failing, he was obliged to give up the pastorate and moved to West Dundee, Illinois for his retirement because "there were no saloons there".
While in retirement he helped build the parsonage of the Congregational Church of Algonquin, Illinois where his granddaughter's husband, William Hench, was pastor.
Henry died 22 Oct 1895 after spending his life in the service of others and always giving ten percent of his earnings to charity.
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Conn. Unconnected Monroes
Clan Munro files - Kaufhold, Shirley Carlson
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Henry married Eliza Sanford on 13 Jun 1837 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Eliza was born on 7 Oct 1813 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA; died on 13 Oct 1903 in Dundee, Mchenry Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Eliza Sanford was born on 7 Oct 1813 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA; died on 13 Oct 1903 in Dundee, Mchenry Co., Illinois. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Children:
- Mary Eliza Monroe was born in 1838 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Aug 1868 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA.
- William Henry Monroe was born in 1843 in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Apr 1916 in Woodstock, Illinois.
- 2. Edward Hudson Munroe was born on 25 Dec 1850 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 18 Sep 1894-1895 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 8. | Henry H. Munro was born about 1790 in Prob., Connecticut (son of Tathory Munroe); died in 1824 in New York, New York Co., New York, USA. Notes:
Henry (or Squire) died an insolvent debtor in New York City. His estate value was $478.29, his debts were $490.35. He married Polly (or Mary) Mansfield, the daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Knapp) Mansfield.
He may have been born in Connecticut.
Bessie May Munro, Henry's great granddaughter wrote in 1957: "Squire Munroe died in the year 1824. They told me that he was a hatter and was taking a short-cut across the ice on his way to work and was never seen again. They found his hat on the ice, but his body was never found."
Ref: "The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - Conn. Unconnected Monroes
Clan Munro files - Kaufhold, Shirley Carlson
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Henry married Polly Mansfield in 1814 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Polly was born in 1798 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died in 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Polly Mansfield was born in 1798 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died in 1848. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Children:
- Mary Monroe was born about 1815; and died.
- 4. Henry Hoyt Munroe was born on 18 Dec 1817 in Danbury, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Oct 1895 in Dundee, Mchenry Co., Illinois; was buried in Woodstock, Illinois.
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