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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1894 - 1982 (87 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Florence Hazel Hall was born on 17 Jun 1894 in Castor, Bienville Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 28 Mar 1982 in Denham Springs, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Florence was the daughter of Marion and Nola (Allen) Hall.
Florence's granddaughter, Joyce Stills Starns, wrote the following essay about her grandmother in Jun 1999.
These are stories my grandmother told me when I was a young girl.
My grandmother had long hair when she was a young girl and always kept it long even after she got grown. After she was married and started having children, the long hair began to be a problem. Well her husband was a barber by trade so she asked him to cut her hair so it wouldn't be so hard to keep up. what do you know, she always had curly hair and did not know it. It always was curly as long as I knew her. She never lit it grow long again.
My grandmother, whom I always called Big Mama once told me of living in an old chicken house. She said that after she and my grandfather had separated, she and the kids moved into a shack that a family of black folk had moved out of and before that it had been a chicken house. Probably a one room shack. they had cornmeal mush for breakfast and cornbread lots and lots of times to eat. She sewed and cooked and took care of children to make ends meet. Later on the kids were old enough to help.
My grandmother tells me of making her son, Hamilton, a Graduation suit out of white fertilizer sacks which looked and felt much like linen. When washed, starched, and ironed it looked rather nice. Back then you did the best you could with what you had.
My grandmother used to tell me this little rhyme that I still use today. It goes like this: USE IT UP! WEAR IT OUT! MAKE IT DO! OR DO WITHOUT! I do not know where this cute little rhyme came from, but for me it came from big Mama.
Big Mama was very good at crocheting and made lots of beautiful things. I remember that she and my mother, Juanita, would enter pieces of their crochet work and other things in the Livingston Paris Fair. One or the other would always win some kind of ribbon. My grandmother was the best at crocheting. I believe she could do it with her eyes closed and never miss a stitch.
The funniest thing I remember she told me was once they [meaning she and my grandfather] were making a batch of beer. Well somehow it rained and the poured it out. The pigs got into it and got drunk. What a sight! I can not imagine what a drunk pig looked like.
Big Mama had purchased a beautiful doll and tried to give it to several of her grandchildren. No one wanted it, for you see all of them wanted a rubber doll, which was the popular thing at that time. I do not remember her offering it to me, but I probably would have turned it down too. Well, she said "I'll just keep this doll for myself." She made dresses for it and beautiful crocheted cap and sweater and then all of us wanted her doll. But no one got her doll, as long as I can remember, until her death. I still do not know who got her doll.
My great Aunt Eula [Doody, as we all knew her] had a camp down at French Settlement. Big Mama and she would go down quite often to fish. They both loved to fish! My Big Mama would run the boat around to places they liked to fish. They did this as I recall when they were in their fifties and sixties. Bit Mama was not a small person as her name would suggest. She was big. Well getting in and out of a boat was not easy for someone in a dress, not to mention what might be exposed. So Big Mama bought some denim material and they made themselves some pants. This was before they were making blue jeans for large women. I can still see them now in their pants, long sleeved shirts and straw hats with the big brims to shade them from the sun.
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Florence married Walter Lee Monroe in 1911. Walter (son of William Leonard Adolphus Monroe and Laura Clark) was born on 29 Dec 1889 in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA; died on 25 Sep 1946 in Pineville, Rapides Par., Louisiana, USA; was buried in Goldonna, Natchitoches Par. Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Lenola Monroe
 was born on 12 Aug 1912; and died.
- 3. Eula Juanita Monroe was born on 27 May 1914 in Shreveport, Caddo Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 25 Nov 1979 in Denham Springs, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA.
- 4. Lee Hamilton Monroe was born on 30 Dec 1918 in Holden, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 20 Sep 1988 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA.
- 5. Annie Laura Monroe was born on 11 Jul 1920 in Holden, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA; died in 2001 in Centerville, Texas, USA.
- 6. Living
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Generation: 2
| 3. | Eula Juanita Monroe (1.Florence1) was born on 27 May 1914 in Shreveport, Caddo Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 25 Nov 1979 in Denham Springs, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Family/Spouse: J. D. Cannon. J. was born about 1912; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Carl L. Richard. Carl was born est 1912; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Eugene Holland. Eugene was born about 1912; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Eula married Joseph Morris Still on 27 May 1934 in Livingston, Polk Co., Texas, USA. Joseph was born on 10 Sep 1904 in Livingston, Polk Co., Texas, USA; died in Feb 1945 in Livingston, Polk Co., Texas, USA; was buried in Livingston, Polk Co., Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Mary Nan Still was born on 25 Feb 1935 in Livingston, Polk Co., Texas, USA; died on 4 Jun 1991 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; was buried in Cleveland, Bradley Co., Tennessee, USA.
- 12. Living
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| 4. |  Lee Hamilton Monroe (1.Florence1) was born on 30 Dec 1918 in Holden, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 20 Sep 1988 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Lee married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Living
- 14. Living
- 15. Lee Hamilton Monroe, Jr. was born on 12 Oct 1956 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA; was buried in Sep 1981 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA.
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| 5. | Annie Laura Monroe (1.Florence1) was born on 11 Jul 1920 in Holden, Livingston Par., Louisiana, USA; died in 2001 in Centerville, Texas, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Annie married Andrew Chester Emal in 1930's in Houston, Texas, USA. Andrew was born on 21 Apr 1914 in Houston, Texas, USA; died on 13 Jan 2010 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Adrian Charles Emal was born on 29 Aug 1949 in Houston, Texas, USA; died on 9 Mar 2011 in Houston, Texas, USA.
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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 8. | Frank Wayne Foster (2.Lenola2, 1.Florence1) was born on 12 Feb 1939; died on 6 Aug 1953. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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| 11. | Mary Nan Still (3.Eula2, 1.Florence1) was born on 25 Feb 1935 in Livingston, Polk Co., Texas, USA; died on 4 Jun 1991 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; was buried in Cleveland, Bradley Co., Tennessee, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Mary married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 15. | Lee Hamilton Monroe, Jr. (4.Lee2, 1.Florence1) was born on 12 Oct 1956 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA; was buried in Sep 1981 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
| 33. | Joyce Elaine Starns (12.Living3, 3.Eula2, 1.Florence1) was born on 2 May 1960 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA; died on 26 Dec 1978 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par., Louisiana, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
(Medical):Joyce suffered a head injury in an automobile accident and was in a coma for a week. She was pronounced brain dead on 26 Dec 1978. She was 18 years old.
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| 44. | Caroline Kimble O'Brian (18.Living3, 6.Living2, 1.Florence1) was born on 3 Oct 1978 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA; died on 24 Mar 1999 in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., California, USA. Notes:
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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