Isaiah "Ira" Munroe

1785–1858 (Age 73)
Massachusetts, United States

The Life of Isaiah "Ira"

When Isaiah "Ira" Munroe was born in 1785, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathan Benjamin Munroe, was 43 and his mother, Lucy Bartlett, was 38. He married Mary Temple on 1 January 1811, in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 22 April 1858, in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaiah "Ira" Munroe
1785–1858
Mary Temple
1789–1849
Marriage: 1 January 1811

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
1 January 1811
Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(14)

+9 More Children

World Events (7)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 1

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

Age 2

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1808

Age 23

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

1 Scottish: variant of Monroe .2 In Ireland, Munroe has come to replace the surname Mulroy in some cases.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Isaiah Munroe, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Isaiah Munroe, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Isaiah Munroe, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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