Walter Lee Munro, M.D.

Walter Lee Munro

"Among the sons of John Bennett and Abby H. Batt Munro was Walter Lee Munro. M. D., born 1857, in Bristol, graduated Bachelor of Arts at Brown University in 1879, and subsequently received the degree of Master of Arts. He graduated from the medical department of Harvard University in 1885, and has since practiced medicine in Providence. In 1887 he was surgeon of the Rhode Island Hospital; visiting physician of St. Vincent De Paul Infant Asylum; was examiner of the Medical Society in 1890, and consulting physician of St. Joseph's Hospital in 1899. He is the author of various articles in the medical journals of the day."

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 1, edited by William Richard Cutter

Birth: Sep. 4, 1857, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island

Death: Oct. 23, 1939, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Father: John Bennett Munro, Sept, 20, 1820, Bristol, RI; d. Feb, 1 1881, Bristol, RI

Mother: Abby Howland Batt, Jan 10, 1824, Bristol, RI; d. Nov 10, 1916, Bristol, RI

Siblings: Wilfred Harold MUNRO, Lillian F. MUNRO, Annette Gardner MUNRO, Winthrop Marshall MUNRO, Dana Carleton MUNRO

Spouse: Sarah Frances Rose Munro, b. July 4,1859, Providence, RI; d. August 18, 1930, Providence, RI

Walter Lee Munro, 30, son of John Bennett and Abby H. Batt Munro, married Sarah Frances Rose, 28, daughter of Freeman M. and Elizabeth S. Rose, on December 7, 1887 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Children:

• Rose Carleton Munro, MD, b. Sept 27, 1888, Providence, RI; d. Jan 1, 1977, Concord, Mass; m. Calvin G. Page, MD
• Harold Winthrop Munro, b. Nov. 9, 1891, Providence, R.I. ; d. Nov. 19, 1981, Providence, RI; m. Mildred Remington Hambly

June 1870 US Census for Bristol, RI lists: John B. Munro, 50, occupation: Grocer (Ret.); Abbie H. Munro, 46, occupation: Keeping House; Wilfred H. Munro, 20; Lilian F. Munro, 16; Walter L. Munro, 12; Annette G. Munro, 9; Winthrop M. Munro, 7; Dana C. Munro (M) 4; Hannah Ball, 85, occupation: none; Mary O'Brien, 20, born Ireland, occupation: Domestic Servant. All other residents born Rhode Island.

Books and articles by Walter Lee Munro:

• Dr. Clarence T. Gardner; an appreciation
• Early medical history in Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Medical Society, read before the Friday Night Medical Club, May 17th, 1935
• "The Experimenters" at Brown University and their share in the invention of the telephone, Reprinted from the Brown Alumni Monthly, May 1939
• A holiday in Costa Rica, Brown Alumni Monthly, v. 12 #7, February 1912
• The old back campus at Brown : a chronicle of student life and activities at Brown University in the latter half of the last century, replete with anecdote / by Walter Lee Munro, Providence, R. I., Haley & Sykes Co., 1929
• A record breaking moose hunt, From Rod and Gun and Motor Sports in Canada, v. 10 #1, June 1908

Burial:

Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Section 63

Sources:

http://josiah.brown.edu/search/?searchtype=a&searcharg=+Munro%2C+Wa...

"Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916," index, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8V6-G2Y

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93570185

http://www.rihistoriccemeteries.org/newgravedetails.aspx?ID=397291