John J. Munro

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Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Allen John - membership application

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

John married Evalina M. Page on 26 Mar 1846. Evalina was born in 1823; died in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Martha Ranny on 18 Dec 1879. Martha was born in 1821; died in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Fred had tuberculosis so he moved west from New York for the arid climate, believing he only had six months to live. After several years the dry mountain air in Colorado had imporved his condition and he began in earnest to rebuild his life. In 1900 he founded Munro Mercantile. His business thrived during the early 1900's growing to five locations.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Allen John - membership application
- Monroe, Clare - "The Legacy Lives On"

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

J. married Cora Whitney on 15 Jan 1886. Cora was born in 1862; died in 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John "J.R." Munro was born in Rifle, Colorado, but his mother died shortly his birth. He worked with his father in his business, Munro Mercantile, until 1928 when a rift caused J.R. to take his assets and start a bank in Rifle. A year later the Great Depression forced the bank's closing, and J.R. began what would be a series of different jobs.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Allen John - membership application
- Monroe, Clare - "The Legacy Lives On"

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

John married Lillian Todd on 29 Nov 1906. Lillian was born on 2 Mar 1887; died on 21 Dec 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John "Jack" Todd Munro graduated from an engineering program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Upon graduation, he went to work for the Bureau of Reclamation doing project investigation and dam design for an 11-state area. In 1936, he joined his father and D.G. Son in a newly formed Grand Junction-based company, S&M Supply, which specialized in reclaiming mining equipment left over from the gold and silver rushes of the late 1800's. S&M was a major business in Mesa County, employing well over 100 people during the uranium boom of the early '50's. The boom, however, was short-lived and in 1959, when the demand for uranium had dwindled, S&M was liquidated.

Jack was involved in several business ventures that had varying degrees of success until 1965, when he and his youngest son, Allen, established Munro Supply. Over the next decade, Jack and Allen guided this specialty pump enterprise into a business that withstood the oil-shale bust of the early 1980's and flourished. Jack retired from Munro Supply in 1975 and provided private engineering consulting services until his full retirement in 1985.

A Registered Professional Engineer, Jack was involved in all aspects of pump engineering for water treatment, irrigation and mining, and created a technical cache of knowledge for the pumping industry. In 1975, Jack was named Engineer of the Year by the Professional Engineers of Colorado. He was the first Western Coloradan to receive this award. Jack was also very active in the community as a member of the Masonic Lodge #55, the Shriners, the American Geological Society, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers.

Throughtout his life, John made innumerable contributions to Grand Junction and the Western Slope. He lived at 710 Lakeshore Drive in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Allen John - membership application
- Monroe, Clare - "The Legacy Lives On"

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

John married in 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ref: Clan Munro files - Monroe, Clare

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

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]