Willard Noble Munroe

1860 - 1938  (78 years)

• Name	Willard Noble Munroe  [1]
  Born	28 Feb 1860	West Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jun 1938  [2]
  Buried	Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA   [2]
  	Willard was buried at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Maine.
  Person ID	I11040	Munro
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2002

  
  

  Father	Noble Nichols Munroe,   b. 26 Dec 1820, Minot, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA ,   d. 26 Aug 1886, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Maria Wishart Washburn,   b. Abt 1834, , , Maine, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Sep 1856
  Family ID	F3972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella May Perry,   b. 1 Jan 1859,   d. 19 Aug 1940  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1880  [3]
  Children	1. Mildred Ellen Munroe,   b. 23 Mar 1881,   d. 2 Nov 1967  (Age 86 years) + 2. Willard Noble Munroe, Jr.,   b. 18 Jun 1895,   d. 3 Jan 1952, Auburn, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F3974	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After receiving his education at Hebron Academy and Gray's Business College in Portland, Maine, Willard went to Kansas and engaged in the cattle business with great success. He returned to Auburn when his father became ill. He joined the Munroe, Packard and Linscott firm, and later founded the Auburn Shoe Manufacturers Association and became its first president. While still in the shoe business, he became interested in paper manufacturing, and in 1897 became treasurer of the Odell Manufacturing Co. of Groveton. Two years later he became treasurer of the Brompton Pulp and Paper Co. of Quebec. During the same period of time, he reorganized the shoe company with his brother, Horace, under the name of the National Shoemakers. In 1907, the Brompton company purchased the Claremont, Wyman, Flint and Odell companies and became one of the largest paper manufacturing firms in Canada. In 1919, after further purchases, he became president of the Groveton, Odell, Brompton complex, which he operated until his death in 1938. Ref: Clan Munro files - Yard, F. L. Dixon Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Clan Munro files - Hartley, John F., John F. Hartley, Cemeteries - p. 22, 34 (Reliability: 3). [S49] Clan Munro files - Hartley, John F., John F. Hartley, Cemeteries - p. 22 (Reliability: 3). [S49] Clan Munro files - Hartley, John F., John F. Hartley, Cemeteries - p. 34 (Reliability: 3).