Emma Jane Crowe

Brief Life History of Emma Jane

Emma Jane Crowe was born in 1850, in Economy, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Kennedy Munro on 31 January 1871, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Five Islands, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871. She died in 1884, at the age of 34, and was buried in Blue Rapids, Marshall, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kennedy Munro
1846–1890
Emma Jane Crowe
1850–1884
Marriage: 31 January 1871
Edwin Cogswell Munro
1871–1871
Wilson Cosgswell Munro
1871–
Henry Radcliffe Munro
1873–
Ethel Emma Monro
1875–1943
Helen Henderson Munro
1877–1898
Sebina Louise Munro
1878–1957
William Kempton Munro
1880–
Annie Irene Munro
1882–1948

Sources (32)

  • Emma Munroe in household of Kenedy Munroe, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Emma Jane Crowe, "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949"
  • Emma Crowe in entry for Wilson Cosgsaell Munro, "Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877"

World Events (8)

1854

Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Marshall, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Marshall, Kansas, United States

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Marshall, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Marshall, Kanas, United States

Name Meaning

Irish (Munster) and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conchrada ‘son of Cú-chrada’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of destruction’. (see McEnroe ).

English: from Middle English crou, crowe ‘crow’ (Old English crāwe), applied as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion or for someone thought to resemble the bird in some other way.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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