William Hamilton Munroe (1912 - 1994)

Born 6 Sep 1912 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ancestors

Died 3 Apr 1994 at age 81 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

William Munroe has Scottish Ancestors.

William Munroe has Irish ancestors.

William was born in 1912 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is the son of Alexander Russell Munroe and Eva Jane Hamilton. His father was a surgeon, and when William was a small boy, went overseas to serve in WW I. William was the eldest, and had a sister born in Alberta, and two more sisters born in England, United Kingdom. While the war was on, his mother took him and his sister Isabel to live with his grandfather Jonathan in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada.^[1] In 1921 their family was back living in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[2][3]

William married Kathleen Hay.

William passed away at 81-82 yrs. of age in 1994, likely in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is buried in Edmonton Cemetery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[4]

Research Notes

• using birth and death places from family search profile until better sources found.
• no record for marriage found yet.

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Sources

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1. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG2-BFV : 21 March 2022), William H Munroe in entry for Eva Jane Munroe, 1916.
2. ↑ "Census of Canada, 1921," online database with images. Entry for William Munroe, 8 yrs.; Province: Alberta, District Name: Edmonton West, District Number: 6, Sub-District Name: Edmonton west (Part), Sub-District Number: 82, Sub-District Description: That part of the city Edmonton bounded on the north by the Canadian Northern Railway Right of Way; on the east by 112th Street; on the south by Jasper Avenue; on the west by the 118th Street., Family Number: 195, Page Number: 18, Line Number: 18, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 607251. Library and Archives Canada: Censuses (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=pdf&id=e002860128 : accessed 2022-07-30).
3. ↑ "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5B-B884 : 24 September 2020), William Munroe in household of Alexander Munroe, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; citing Census, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41725171/william-hamilton-munroe: accessed 29 July 2022), memorial page for William Hamilton Munroe (1912–1994), Find A Grave: Memorial #41725171, citing Edmonton Municipal Cemetery, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by Alison (contributor 46917968).