Mildred Marvel Janes

1903 - 1974  (71 years)

• Name	Mildred Marvel Janes  [1, 2]
  Born	20 Apr 1903	Chenoa, Mclean Co., Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	9 May 1974	Edmonds, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA
  Buried	13 May 1974	Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA
  	Mildred was buried at the Holyrood Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.
  Person ID	I6247	Munro
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2013

  
  

  Family	Henry Herbert Munro,   b. 16 Mar 1899, North Hudson, St. Croix Co., Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1973, Edmonds, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	17 Dec 1929	Mohall, Renville Co., North Dakota, USA   [3]
  	Henry and Mildred were married at the Catholic Church in Mohall, North Dakota. [3]
  Children	+ 1. Henry Dallas Munro,   b. 26 Apr 1930, Everett, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA ,   d. 18 Jan 2013  (Age 82 years) + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living + 6. Living   7. Munro,   b. Abt 1935, Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA ,   d. Abt 1935, Seattle, King Co., Washington, USA  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F2495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mildred was the daughter of Sarah Janes. She was known as a little girl who loved school. She loved books and her real ambition was to be a teacher. As one of the older daughters in a large farm family she had many responsibilities for the younger children and she sometimes had to stay home and miss classes. Mildred started high school in Cleveland, N.D. by working for her room and board for 3 years. She then took a course in Ellendale school finishing her high school and she could teach after taking a special 6 week course there which provided her with a temporary teaching certificate. She graduated in the Spring and started teaching that Fall in Deer Lake in Buchanan Township at a little country school. She taught there one and a half years. Mildred's three youngest sisters, Marcella, Bernice and Dorothy, all enjoyed the times when she was home from school or when she taught at Deer Lake as she was close enough to drive home frequently. When Mildred was home she sewed the latest "fashions" for all the girls; she "coifed" their hair and knew how to cut the lastest "bobs." She had her own car for transportation and they joined her in excursions to Jamestown and to visit relatives. All the girls had learned to play the piano, and Mildred set the pace by joining a group of neighbor musicians who formed a "Band" to play "Saturday Night Dances" around the area. As the girls got older they took their turns filling in for Mildred and eventually also served as band pianists. Mildred loved teaching and she wanted her permanent teaching certificate but she had no funds for college so she took another six weeks of Summer School in Valley City State Teachers College, Valley City N.D. She then accepted a teaching position in Stafford Township, N.D., a tiny country school so far north of Jamestown that it was near the Canadian border. While in Stafford Twp Mildred boarded with the Charles Assels family, and was soon acquainted with all of their nearby Munro relatives, as Jane Assels was the sister of James Munro and Laura (Munro) St Croix. There had been eight children in James Munro's family, but with economic times so hard all of them except Henry had left the farm to seek employment. The railroad had led them to Everett, Washington and James and Henry were just hoping for someone to buy the farm so they could join them. James was 65 and ready to retire; Henry was 30 and he did NOT like farming! Actually, he loved to talk and he was a great natural salesman - a very poor occupation at the threshold of the depression. In December of 1929 Mildred and Henry were married and they joined the rest of the Munro family in Washington. Although she successfully raised a family of six children under very trying circumstances, and worked at various times in several jobs, Mildred always regretted that she was unable to return to teaching because of her lack of education. She was adament that all her children obtain their high school diplomas at a time when they wanted to drop out and work, and she was gratified that they all obtained that goal. Her love of books and music was a legacy to all her children. Ref: Clan Munro files - Chapman, Scot - GEDCOM file Chapman.Ged dated 30 Jan 1997 Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S642] Clan Munro files - Blumenthal, Patricia R. Munro, Patricia R. Munro Blumenthal, Membership application for Patricia Munro Blumenthal - unda ted (Reliability: 3). [S839] Eagle Flyer, (Spring 2013). (Reliability: 3). [S14] Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas, Henry Dallas Munro, GEDCOM file - prepared 8 Oct 1996 - RIN 10 (Reliability: 3). [S14] Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas, Henry Dallas Munro, GEDCOM file - prepared 8 Oct 1996 - RIN 11 (Reliability: 3).