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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1900 - 1993 (93 years)
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| Name |
Philip Ashburton Munroe |
| Born |
8 Feb 1900 |
Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
29 May 1993 |
Yarmouth, Massachusetts |
| Buried |
Willow Cem., Lynnfield, Massachusetts |
| Person ID |
I18567 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
| Father |
Wilbur Jonathan Munroe, b. 7 Apr 1862, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 26 Oct 1940, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Sadie Louise Richardson, b. 7 Jun 1876, Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, USA , d. 23 Jan 1940, Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Married |
23 Sep 1896 |
Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA |
| Family ID |
F6436 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Philip attended Melrose, Massachusetts schools and graduated from Melrose High School in 1917. He later graduated from Boston University with a degree in business administration.
During World War I, he served in the Army, and during World War II, he served in the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander in North Africa, and Japan and was in Southern France on D Day.
For 41 years, he was an executive for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, (later Mobil Oil Co.), retiring in 1962. He then moved to Freeport, Massachusetts.
Philip was a member of the Pequossett Masonic Lodge, Watertown, Massachusetts, Allopee Temple Shriners in Boston, Founders and Patriots of America in Maine and Massachusetts, and was a past governor of that organization in Maine. He was a life member and past president of the Retired Officers Association, Pine Tree chapter, and the Reserve Officers Association.
He enjoyed golf and gardening.
He died at a Yarmouth, Massachusetts nursing home.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer--
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 14-81-72-42 - p. 405
(2) Clan Munro files - Munro, Ronald Geyer - obituary clipped from a local newspaper (Round Pond, Maine) - 31 May 1993
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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