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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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1846 - 1943 (97 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Elizabeth Phoebe Ruth Button was born on 9 Dec 1846; died on 26 Dec 1943. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Family/Spouse: Francis Wilmot Munro. Francis (son of William Purdy Munro and Phoebe Ann Wilmot) was born in 1850; died on 3 Nov 1891 in Saint Catharines, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Purdy Roy Munro was born on 6 Dec 1873 in Headford, , Québec, Canada; died in 1941.
- 3. Lionel Bertram Munro was born on 26 Oct 1881 in Headford, , Québec, Canada; died on 19 Dec 1949 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
- 4. Herbert Granville Munro was born in 1885 in Headford, , Québec, Canada; died in 1940.
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Generation: 2
2. | Purdy Roy Munro (1.Elizabeth1) was born on 6 Dec 1873 in Headford, , Québec, Canada; died in 1941. Notes:
Purdy was born in Headford, Quebec, Canada and went to school there. He ran the family farm at St. Catharine's for a while, but left when he was twenty-- arount 1890. He went to New York and worked as a free lance reporter and messenger for the New York Central Railroad. He was once shot by the James boys. He also worked as a promoter and knew Calamity Jane and Ned Hanlan.
By 1930, Purdy was in Montreal, Canada and had the Jewish Wholesale trade. He was known as the only "Christian Jew" in Montreal.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Tuskin, Jo Ann
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Purdy married Rita Wallace in 1915. Rita was born on 27 Nov 1893; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Lionel Bertram Munro (1.Elizabeth1) was born on 26 Oct 1881 in Headford, , Québec, Canada; died on 19 Dec 1949 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Notes:
Lionel was born in Headford, Quebec, Canada and went to school there. He moved to St. Catharine's with the family. In about 1900, he was a time-keeper on the Erie Canal and living in Buffalo, New York. In 1902, he began to work in the Dispatch Office at the T. Eaton Company in Toronto, Canada. He knew Timothy Eaton who gave him a walking stick that is still in the family.
Around 1910, he left Eaton's to try his hand on his mother's farm near Locust Hill, but he soon went back to Eaton's. He organized and ran the Santa Claus Parade from its beginning in 1908 until he retired in 1946.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Tuskin, Jo Ann
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Birth:
Markham Township
Lionel married Catherine Ann McGee on 25 Jul 1906. Catherine was born on 20 Oct 1880 in , , , Ireland; died on 5 Apr 1970 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Herbert Granville Munro (1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1885 in Headford, , Québec, Canada; died in 1940. Notes:
Ref: Clan Munro files - Tuskin, Jo Ann
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Family/Spouse: Mary Louise Brown. Mary was born in 1886; died on 28 Jul 1962 in Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
7. | Mary Munro (3.Lionel2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 24 Mar 1907; died in 1970-1978. Notes:
Mary's husband served with the railway corps. Shortly after the birth of their youngest child, who was born prematurely and weighed only 24 ounces, Private Leonard was sent overseas.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Tuskin, Jo Ann
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Mary married James Leonard on 2 Jan 1929. James was born on 3 Jul 1905; died on 19 Jun 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Edward Murray Munro (3.Lionel2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 22 Jul 1911 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Jun 1970 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Edward married Margaret Dorothy Scanlon on 19 Jul 1941. Margaret was born on 2 Aug 1905 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, USA; died on 4 Dec 2000 in Brantford, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Lionel Bertram Munro (3.Lionel2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 23 Feb 1913; died on 23 Aug 1913. Notes:
Ref: Clan Munro files - Tuskin, Jo Ann
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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15. | Maj. Bruce Munro (4.Herbert2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1917; and died. Notes:
Ref: Clan Munro files - Tuskin, Jo Ann
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Birth:
Estimate: Bruce's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of his sister, Dorothy.
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Generation: 4
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