Samuel MONROE

Birth:
Sep 1848
DeWitt, Clinton, Iowa
Death:
16 Sep 1935
Campsie, Barrhead, Alberta, Canada
Burial:
Sep 1935
Roselea, Alberta, Canada
Marriage:
17 Nov 1870
Lester Twp, Blackhawk, Iowa
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census Lester Twp, Blackhawk, Ia;GSF#1,240,418;1895 St.
Census Lester Twp,BlackhawkCounty, IA, GSF#1,021,712;Famiy records;
MARR:Book B#552 License #3368 Blackhawk County,IA;
DEATH:Family records;
BURIAL:Family records;

Other Sources:
1880 Fed Census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA GSF# 1,254,327;
1885 State Census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA GSF#1,021,442;
1895 State Census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA GSF#1,021,712;
1900 Federal Census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA GSF# 1,240,418;
1910 Federal Census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA GSFE 1,374,405;
Family in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
Information supplied by son of Katie Monroe Delmar McCoy;

Barrhead is the closest city to Campsie

Conflict on place of birth.  Alma Lillie's death cert said Samuel was born in
Wisconsin.  Informant Mrs Vernon Fagerstrom, 842 Howe, Mora, MN
Amanda Melvina ADAMS
Birth:
24 Dec 1852
Elgin/Hanover, Cook, Illinois
Death:
1 Dec 1938
Campsie, Alberta, Canada
Burial:
Dec 1938
Roselea, Alberta, Canada
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census, Lester Twp., Blackhawk, IA;Family living in
Hanover, Cook County,Il in the 1850 Federal Census;
MARR:Cert # 368, Lester Twp., Blackhawk, IA;
DEATH:Family records;Obit Bulletin-Journal Independence,Ia 22 Dec. 1938;
BURIAL:Family records;

Question of spelling on place of burial.  Rossilie,Alberta,Ca or Roselea?

Obituary:  the Bulletin-Journal, 22 Dec 1938 "Mrs Samuel Monroe, 86, former
Fairbank resident,died Dec. 1, at her home in Campsie, Alberta, Canada,
according to word received by relatives here.  She was born at Elgin,Ill., and
came to Fairbank with her parents when she was three years old.  She was
married to Samuel Monroe at Fairbank Sept 16, 1871 and they celebrated their
sixty-fourth wedding anniversary in 1935.
The left Fairbank and moved to Canada in 1913.  Surviving her are three sons,
John, Campsie; Delbert, Sangudo,Alberta,Canada; George, Waterloo;five daughters.
Mrs William Goeller, Mrs Clark McCoy and Mrs Ole Bredson, Campsie; Mrs Otto
Luloff, Nora, Mn; Mrs Julie Dylke, Yakama, Wash.  Her husband preceded her in
death Sept. 16, 1935.

SOURCES:1880 Fed. Census # 1,254,327, Lester Twp., Blackhawk, IA;
          1885 State census 1,021,442 Lester Twp., Blackhawk, IA;
          1895 State Census 1,021,712 Lester Twp., Blackhawk, IA;
          1900 Fed. Census 1,240,419, Lester Twp., Blackhawk, IA; This census
          said mother of 10 children with nine living;
          1910 Federal Census 1,374,405 Lester Twp., Blackhawk,IA;

          Family records of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
          Information provided by Delmar McCoy son of Katie Montroe;

Moved to Canada in 1913.
Children
Marriage
1
John Benjamin MONROE
Birth:
30 Jun 1872
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
1948
Barrhead, Alberta, Canada
Annie HAUGHTON 
Marr:
Prob Alberta, Canada 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census Lester Twp, Blackhawk,Ia;Family records of Harold
Chase;
MARR:
DEATH:Family records;
BURIAL:

Other Sources:
1880 federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,254,327;
1885 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA fhl# 1,021,442;
1895 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA fhl#1,240,418

Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE,Oelwein,Ia 50662;
Information supplied by son of Katie Monroe Delmar McCoy;
2
George S. MONROE
Birth:
13 May 1874
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
2 Jun 1955
Blackhawk, Iowa
Mayme H. JENSEN 
Marr:
9 Sep 1897
Waterloo, Blackhawk, Iowa 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1885 State Census Lester Twp,Blackhawk,Ia;Family records;Headstone;
MARR:Book O # 395 Blackhawk County, Ia;
DEATH:Family records;Obit;Headstone;
BURIAL:Family records;Obit;fhl# 1,034,654 item 2-12 p.30;

Other Sources:
1880 federal census Lester Twp.,Ia fhl# 1,254,327;
1895 state census Lester Twp.,Ia fhl# 1,021,712;

Obit was in the Waterloo Courier 2 Jun 1955;
Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,Ia 50662;
3
Arminda (Minnie) Isabelle MONROE
Birth:
7 Jun 1876
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
26 Oct 1957
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
William G. GOELLER 
Marr:
14 Mar 1895
Blackhawk, Iowa 
Notes:
                   Birth:1880 Federal Census Lester Twp,Blackhawk,Ia;1885 State Census Lester]
Twp, Blackhawk,Ia;Family records;
MARR:# 230 Registrar of Marriage Blackhawk County,Ia;
DEATH:Family records;Obit Independence Conservative 12 Nov 1957;
BURIAL:Family records;

Other Sources:
1880 federal cenus  Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,254,327;
1895 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,021,712;

Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
Some information supplied by son of Katie Monroe Delmar McCoy;
4
Griffith Adelbert MONROE
Birth:
12 Jul 1878
Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa
Death:
7 Sep 1943
Dunkerton, Blackhawk, Iowa
Bertha Louise HARTUNG 
Marr:
27 Oct 1910
Waterloo, Blackhawk, Iowa 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census Blackhawk County, Ia;Marr cert gave place of birth;
Family records;Headstone;
MARR:Book Y # 418 Blackhawk County, Ia;
DEATH:Volume 5 page 277 Blackhawk County,IA;Obit;Headstone;
BURIAL:Family records;Death notice Waterloo Courier Wed 8th Sep. 1943;

Other Sources:
1880 federal census Lester Twp.Blackhawk,IA 1,254,327;
1885 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,021,442;
1895 state census Lester Twp.,BlackhawkIA fhl# 1,240,418;
1900 Federal Census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA GSF# 1,274,405
Enumerated with Richard and Julia Hardwick said b. July 1878 age 21 b. Iowa
1910 federal Census Lester,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,374,405;

Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St NE Oelwein,Ia 50662;
Harold has the year of birth as 1878-Death record said 1877.Headstone said
1878;

Information supplied by son of Katie Monroe Delmar MCCoy
Of Sangudo, Alberta,Canada died in 1943 per death in the Waterloo Courier;
5
Julia May MONROE
Birth:
24 Nov 1879
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
Aft 1955
Prob Yakima, Yakima, Washington
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1880 Federal Census Blackhawk County,Ia;Family records;
MARR:Book Q # 98 Blackhawk County, Ia;
DEATH:
BURIAL:

Other Sources:
1880 federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA fhl# 1,254,327;
1885 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,021,442;
1895 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,021,712;
1900 federal census Jefferson,Buchanan,IA fhl# 1,240,420;

Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;

Name of Julia May given on birth record of daughter Ruth Hardwick
6
Worthy Bird(Gus) MONROE
Birth:
30 Jul 1883
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
18 May 1937
Alberta, Canada
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census Blackhawk County, Ia;Family records;
DEATH:Family records;
BURIAL:

Other Sources:
1885 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,IA fhl# 1,021,442;
1895 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,021,712;
1900 federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,240,428;

Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;

Never married;
7
Charley Artell MONROE
Birth:
1 Feb 1886
Lester Twp., Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
28 May 1886
Lester Twp., Blackhawk, Iowa
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:Family records;
DEATH:Family records;
BURIAL:

Samuel Monroe lived in Lester Twp., in all the federal census until he moved to
Canada. It seems strange this child isn't buried on one of the family lots in
the Fairbank Cemetary.
8
Alma Lillie MONROE
Birth:
2 Jun 1887
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
25 Jun 1976
Mora, Kanabec, Minnesota
Otto Bernard LULOFF 
Marr:
29 Apr 1908
Independence, Buchanan, Iowa 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census Blackhawk County,Ia;Family records;Death cert:
MARR:Book 13 # 265 Buchanan County Ia;
DEATH:Death cert # 22-76-025279 Kanabec Co.,Mn.;Family records;
BURIAL:Death cert #22-76-025279 Kanabec Co.,MN;

Other Sources:
1895 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,021,712;
1900 federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,240,418;
1920 federal census Knife Lake Twp,Kanabec,MN fhl# 1,820,840;

Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
9
Katie Charlotte MONROE
Birth:
11 Nov 1893
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
14 Feb 1980
Alberta, Canada
Clark Samuel MCCOY 
Marr:
21 Oct 1915
Canada 
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census Blackhawk County,Ia;Family records;
MARR:Family records;
DEATH:Family records;
BURIAL:Family records;

Other Sources:
1895 state census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,021,712;
1900 federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,240,418;
1910 federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,274,405;

Family records in possession of Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
Information supplied by son Delmar MCCoy;
10
Nora Evalina MONROE
Birth:
26 Jan 1897
Blackhawk, Iowa
Death:
6 Apr 1985
Notes:
                   BIRTH:1900 Federal Census Lester Twp. Blackhawk, Ia  GSF# 1,240,418;Family
records;
MARR:
DEATH:Family records;
BURIAL:Family records;

Other Sources:
1900 federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,240,418;
1910 Federal census Lester Twp.,Blackhawk,Ia fhl# 1,374,405;

Family records Harold Chase 1216 1st St. NE Oelwein,IA 50662;
News Article:The Bredeson's visited the home of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Ohl June 9th
1963-Independence Conservative 18 Jun 1963;

Two marriages.  One adopted daughter with the second marriage to Ole Bredeson.

Divorced from Harry Wade and there were no children.
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Samuel Monroe - Amanda Melvina Adams

Samuel Monroe was born at DeWitt, Clinton, Iowa Sep 1848.

He married Amanda Melvina Adams 17 Nov 1870 at Lester Twp, Blackhawk, Iowa . Amanda Melvina Adams was born at Elgin/Hanover, Cook, Illinois 24 Dec 1852 daughter of Benjamin Curtis Adams and Arminda A. West .

They were the parents of 10 children:
John Benjamin Monroe born 30 Jun 1872.
George S. Monroe born 13 May 1874.
Arminda (Minnie) Isabelle Monroe born 7 Jun 1876.
Griffith Adelbert Monroe born 12 Jul 1878.
Julia May Monroe born 24 Nov 1879.
Worthy Bird(Gus) Monroe born 30 Jul 1883.
Charley Artell Monroe born 1 Feb 1886.
Alma Lillie Monroe born 2 Jun 1887.
Katie Charlotte Monroe born 11 Nov 1893.
Nora Evalina Monroe born 26 Jan 1897.

Samuel Monroe died 16 Sep 1935 at Campsie, Barrhead, Alberta, Canada .

Amanda Melvina Adams died 1 Dec 1938 at Campsie, Alberta, Canada .