William Henry Munroe

1827 - 1892  (65 years)

• Name	William Henry Munroe
  Born	15 Apr 1827	Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  Christened	15 Apr 1827	Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Sep 1892	Chelsea, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Buried	Garden Cem., Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I29216	Munro
  Last Modified	27 May 2001

  
  

  Father	William Munroe,   b. 25 May 1797, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 8 Sep 1871, East Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Eliza Brown,   b. Abt 1801, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 22 Jun, East Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Married	3 Oct 1820	Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F10167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Ernest V. Munroe,   b. Est 1852, Of, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. William W. Munroe,   b. Est 1854,   d. Of, Bennington, Vermont, USA
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F13245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William grew up in the North End and attended the Eliot School there. Later he went to Andover Academy and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and completed his study for the ministry at the Alexandria, Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1856 by Bishop Eastburn and his first church was Trinity in Melrose, Massachusetts, where he stayed for six years. The next four years he spent at St. Stephen's Church in Beverly, New Hampshire. He then went to Immanuel church in The Kensington District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for eight and a half years, where his work was among the poor. Following this service, he spent three years at St. Matthias Church in Philadelphia. He then received a call from St. John's Church in East Boston and was there until 1 Dec 1881 when he became rector of Christ Church (the Old North Church). There he remained for the rest of his life. He was an active Mason and was Captain of the grand Lodge at the time of his death. The Boston Directory of 1880 is the earliest to include him and lists him as "Rev.," living at 171 Brooks Street, East Boston. He later lived on White and Meridian Streets before moving to Chelsea in 1885 where his house was at 132 Bellingham Street. He died there in 1892. His obituary in the Boston Transcript of 15 Sep 1892 says that he left "a widow and two adult children." They probably were Ernest V. Munroe, listed in Chelsea Directories as a lawyer, and William W. Munroe, shown in 1888 Chelsea Directory as having moved to Bennington, Vermont. References: (1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe, 2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-84A-11-2 - p. 360-361 ----- Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA