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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1853 - 1907 (54 years)
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| Name |
Peter Townsend Austen |
| Suffix |
Ph.D. |
| Born |
10 Sep 1853 |
Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
30 Dec 1907 |
New York, New York Co., New York, USA |
| Person ID |
I39666 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
| Family |
Ellen Middleton Munroe, b. 13 May 1855, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York, USA , d. 11 Aug 1949, Pulaski, Oswego Co., New York, USA (Age 94 years) |
| Married |
25 Dec 1878 |
Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. William Munroe Austen, b. 23 Mar 1883, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA , d. 9 Jun 1958, Coconut Grove, Dade, Florida, USA (Age 75 years) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Patty Austen, b. 3 Aug 1884, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Oswald Townsend Austen, b. 6 Dec 1885, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F13488 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Peter was the son of John Haggerty and Elizabeth Alice (Townsend) Austen. He lived at Staten Island, New York and New Brunswick, New Hampshire.
He was a chemist, professor and inventor.
He graduated from the School of Mines, Columbia University in 1872 - Phi Gamma Delta - Phi Beta Kappa - Ph.D. He spent four years at Leipzig, Germany under the great Hoffman, taught chemistry at Rutgers College and Polytechnic School, Brooklyn, New York until 1892. He then had his own office in New York as a scientist and inventor. He was with Nash Products, was called by the state water supply, and talked before the Legislature in Washington, D.C. regarding Royal Baking Powder.
He was one of the Judges at the St. Louis Fair, was well read on almost any subject, a most brilliant man of his time. He played the organ at Rutgers and led the choir, played piano and cello and had a musical group in his home on Sunday afternoons.
He wrote numerous booklets on science.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S. Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 15-21-34-3 - p. 408
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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