Elizabeth Lee Bowles b. 3 Dec 1867 Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 27 Apr 1911 Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York, USA: Our Family History

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Name	Elizabeth Lee Bowles [1]
Born	3 Dec 1867	Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
	Elizabeth was born at the family homestead on Central Street.
Gender	Female
Died	27 Apr 1911	Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York, USA
Buried	Huntington, Suffolk Co., New York, USA
	Elizabeth was cremated and buried in the Munroe family lot in the Cambridge Cemetery.
Person ID	I38575	Munro
Last Modified	9 Mar 2011

Father	Samuel Bowles, b. Est 1833, d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F21529	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Frederick Mitchell Munroe, b. 11 Apr 1858, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA , d. 29 Aug 1938 (Age 80 years)

Married 24 Dec 1891 Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA

Frederick and Elizabeth were married at the home of Elizabeth's oldest brother.

Children

	1. Donald Mitchell Munroe, b. 11 Dec 1892, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Elizabeth Bowles Munroe, b. 9 Oct 1894, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Ruth Schermerhorn Munroe, b. 23 Oct 1897, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 7 Mar 2011

Family ID F13157 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

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«i»Death of Mrs. F. M. Munroe, Daughter of the Late Samuel Bowles of This City.

Mrs. Elizabeth Bowles Munroe, 43, wife of Frederick Mitchell Munroe and daughter of the late Samuel Bowles of this city, died at her home in Huntington, Long Island, early yesterday morning of pneumonia. She had been ill only since Thursday, suffering at first from a severe cold with muscular rheumatism, and it was not until Monday that the alarming symptoms of pneumonia developed. The funeral will be held in the Episcopal church at Huntington tomorrow afternoon at 3. The body will be cremated and the ashes placed in the Munroe family lot in the Cambridge cemetery.

It is nearly 20 years since Mrs. Munroe departed from Springfield upon her marriage. She left many friends who have not forgotten her, and she made many friends in Brooklyn and Huntington, where her married life has been passed. Her life was rich and full, and notable for the courage, strength and cheerfulness with which she met all demands upon her powers, whether at home or from abroad. She had a rare capacity for intense enjoyment of little pleasures as well as large ones. In her mature years she became keenly alive to her social and civic responsibilities, and in Huntington especially she has been an active and influential factor in the church to which she belonged and the community. It has thus been a life of service as well as of enjoyment, in spite of the ill health against which she has for long years been compelled to struggle. She was a chronic sufferer from asthma, but her ardent spirit never failed to triumph over her physical ills until at last the frail body became worn out.

Mrs. Munroe was the youngest child of her father's family, and was born in the family homestead on Central street (now the MacDuffie school), December 3, 1867. As she grew up into girlhood she attended the Catharine L. Howard school and later spent a year at a private school in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pa., and still later traveled abroad as a part of her education. She was married at the home of her oldest brother on December 24, 1891, and immediately proceeded with her husband to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was then editor and chief proprietor of the Brooklyn Life. They spent 10 or 12 years after their marriage in Brooklyn and then settled at Huntington, where they had a small farm near that attractive and quiet village. Mrs. Munroe greatly enjoyed the country life, as she was exceedingly fond of Nature and it was no doubt beneficial to her health.

Mrs. Munroe leaves, beside her husband three children, a son of 18, Donald M. Munroe, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Ruth Schermerhorn, 16 and 14, respectively.«/i»

(Obituary for Mrs. F. M. Munroe - from "The Republican" of Springfield, Massachusetts - 27 Apr 1911)
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References:

(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes" by R. S. Munroe,
2nd ed. - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-34-65-5 - p. 344

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

Sources
[S792] Clan Munro files - Stivers, Wendy, Wendy Stivers, Obituary for Mrs. F. M. Munroe - from "The Republican" of Springfield - 27 Apr 1911 (Reliability: 3).