Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Alexander Braid Munro
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1828
Father's Name: John Munro
Mother's Name: Ann McLeod Braid
(from Wes Gannaway?) newsletter
" November 26, 1853: Edward Eldridge applied for his naturalization papers at the district court in Island County. Eldridge was a native of Scotland. There is quite a story concerning Edward. He was born in St.
Andrews, Scotland in 1828. His given name was Alexander Braid Munro. He took the name of Edward Eldridge when that person failed to show up for a spot on a ship's crew. Edward had his name legally changed to
Eldridge later. Several cousins of the Munro family moved to the county a few years after Edward came north from California with Henry Roeder. Edward and Henry were shipmates on the Great Lakes before leaving Ohio to go to the gold fields in California. "
Thursday, October 13, 1892
Death Of A Pioneer. Captain Edward ELDRIDGE Passes Away. The Early Life and Struggles of One of the Leading Men of Washington -- Sailor, Soldier, Farmer, Statesman and Banker -- Forty Years on the Shores of Puget Sound. The Last Sad Rites ?
Hon. Edward ELDRIDGE died at his residence in this city, yesterday
afternoon, at 3 p.m., of paresis, aged 63 years.
Edward ELDRIDGE was born at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1828. When but a lad of 13 he went to sea and followed the life of a sailor, until the discovery of gold in California in 1849. Landing in San Francisco in October of that year from the ship Tonquin, he caught the gold fever and started for Yuba, for twelve months. He next found employment for a year and a half on the Pacific mail steamer Tennessee. At the end of that time, determining to settle down, he married and went to Yreka. He was not, however, satisfied there, nor at San Francisco, where he subsequently returned, and in May, 1853, he removed to Puget Sound. He came with Captain ROEDER, who was bringing up machinery to establish a sawmill at Bellingham Bay.
He also found employment there for a short time, his wife, who was the first white female that settled in Whatcom county, doing the cooking for the party. He took up a donation claim of half a section of land adjoining that of Captain ROEDER, on the front of Bellingham Bay. He arrived on the Sound in time to take part in the Indian war, and served in Company H under Captain PEABODY and in the battalion commanded by Major VAN BOKELLEN. He was also, himself, in
command of a company that guarded Whatcom and the newly opened coal mines there. In a public capacity he has served almost continuously in different county and state offices. After being in the legislature for some time he was speaker of the house in 1866/67, and presided over the conventions that nominated DENNY, FLANDERS and GARFIELD to congress. In 1878 he was one of the delegates at large
in the territorial constitutional convention held at Walla Walla, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1889 at Olympia. Mr. ELDRIDGE was a democrat in politics up to the time that Fort Sumpter was fired on, and since then has been a stalwart Republican. . . . He was married in 1852 at San Francisco to Miss Teresa LAPPIN, a native of Ireland.
Captain ELDRIDGE came to Whatcom a very young man, without money, and when each pioneer was struggling to existence, and in no
condition to render much aid to others. He died, forty years later, rich and full of years and honors. In the early days he worked for the coal company, then operating on Bellingham bay, and cleared his farm, doing the greater part of the manual labor himself. He filled several of the county offices, and was considered the leading citizen of Whatcom county. The last honor given him was by the republicans of the state in making him one of the eight delegates to the national republican convention at Minneapolis, which nominated Benjamin HARRISON
for president.
He was, at the time of death, president of the Bellingham Bay National Bank, president of the water company, of the gas company, and of the Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad company. He leaves a wife; a son, Hugh, a daughter, Mrs. J. J. EDENS, of Guemes island; and three grandchildren by his eldest daughter, deceased. . . . He was among the
foremost advocates of female suffrage on the Pacific coast, and delivered a memorable speech upon that subject in the constitutional convention, but realizing the futility of having female suffrage recognized, did not press his views. He was the author of a brief, but graphic history of Whatcom county,
Published in the Reveille and of many important papers.
Alexander Braid Munro
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1828
Father's Name: John Munro
Mother's Name: Ann McLeod Braid
(from Wes Gannaway?) newsletter
" November 26, 1853: Edward Eldridge applied for his naturalization papers at the district court in Island County. Eldridge was a native of Scotland. There is quite a story concerning Edward. He was born in St.
Andrews, Scotland in 1828. His given name was Alexander Braid Munro. He took the name of Edward Eldridge when that person failed to show up for a spot on a ship's crew. Edward had his name legally changed to
Eldridge later. Several cousins of the Munro family moved to the county a few years after Edward came north from California with Henry Roeder. Edward and Henry were shipmates on the Great Lakes before leaving Ohio to go to the gold fields in California. "
Thursday, October 13, 1892
Death Of A Pioneer. Captain Edward ELDRIDGE Passes Away. The Early Life and Struggles of One of the Leading Men of Washington -- Sailor, Soldier, Farmer, Statesman and Banker -- Forty Years on the Shores of Puget Sound. The Last Sad Rites ?
Hon. Edward ELDRIDGE died at his residence in this city, yesterday
afternoon, at 3 p.m., of paresis, aged 63 years.
Edward ELDRIDGE was born at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1828. When but a lad of 13 he went to sea and followed the life of a sailor, until the discovery of gold in California in 1849. Landing in San Francisco in October of that year from the ship Tonquin, he caught the gold fever and started for Yuba, for twelve months. He next found employment for a year and a half on the Pacific mail steamer Tennessee. At the end of that time, determining to settle down, he married and went to Yreka. He was not, however, satisfied there, nor at San Francisco, where he subsequently returned, and in May, 1853, he removed to Puget Sound. He came with Captain ROEDER, who was bringing up machinery to establish a sawmill at Bellingham Bay.
He also found employment there for a short time, his wife, who was the first white female that settled in Whatcom county, doing the cooking for the party. He took up a donation claim of half a section of land adjoining that of Captain ROEDER, on the front of Bellingham Bay. He arrived on the Sound in time to take part in the Indian war, and served in Company H under Captain PEABODY and in the battalion commanded by Major VAN BOKELLEN. He was also, himself, in
command of a company that guarded Whatcom and the newly opened coal mines there. In a public capacity he has served almost continuously in different county and state offices. After being in the legislature for some time he was speaker of the house in 1866/67, and presided over the conventions that nominated DENNY, FLANDERS and GARFIELD to congress. In 1878 he was one of the delegates at large
in the territorial constitutional convention held at Walla Walla, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1889 at Olympia. Mr. ELDRIDGE was a democrat in politics up to the time that Fort Sumpter was fired on, and since then has been a stalwart Republican. . . . He was married in 1852 at San Francisco to Miss Teresa LAPPIN, a native of Ireland.
Captain ELDRIDGE came to Whatcom a very young man, without money, and when each pioneer was struggling to existence, and in no
condition to render much aid to others. He died, forty years later, rich and full of years and honors. In the early days he worked for the coal company, then operating on Bellingham bay, and cleared his farm, doing the greater part of the manual labor himself. He filled several of the county offices, and was considered the leading citizen of Whatcom county. The last honor given him was by the republicans of the state in making him one of the eight delegates to the national republican convention at Minneapolis, which nominated Benjamin HARRISON
for president.
He was, at the time of death, president of the Bellingham Bay National Bank, president of the water company, of the gas company, and of the Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad company. He leaves a wife; a son, Hugh, a daughter, Mrs. J. J. EDENS, of Guemes island; and three grandchildren by his eldest daughter, deceased. . . . He was among the
foremost advocates of female suffrage on the Pacific coast, and delivered a memorable speech upon that subject in the constitutional convention, but realizing the futility of having female suffrage recognized, did not press his views. He was the author of a brief, but graphic history of Whatcom county,
Published in the Reveille and of many important papers.
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Alexander Braid Munro
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1828
Father's Name: John Munro
Mother's Name: Ann McLeod Braid
(from Wes Gannaway?) newsletter
" November 26, 1853: Edward Eldridge applied for his naturalization papers at the district court in Island County. Eldridge was a native of Scotland. There is quite a story concerning Edward. He was born in St.
Andrews, Scotland in 1828. His given name was Alexander Braid Munro. He took the name of Edward Eldridge when that person failed to show up for a spot on a ship's crew. Edward had his name legally changed to
Eldridge later. Several cousins of the Munro family moved to the county a few years after Edward came north from California with Henry Roeder. Edward and Henry were shipmates on the Great Lakes before leaving Ohio to go to the gold fields in California. "
Thursday, October 13, 1892
Death Of A Pioneer. Captain Edward ELDRIDGE Passes Away. The Early Life and Struggles of One of the Leading Men of Washington -- Sailor, Soldier, Farmer, Statesman and Banker -- Forty Years on the Shores of Puget Sound. The Last Sad Rites ?
Hon. Edward ELDRIDGE died at his residence in this city, yesterday
afternoon, at 3 p.m., of paresis, aged 63 years.
Edward ELDRIDGE was born at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1828. When but a lad of 13 he went to sea and followed the life of a sailor, until the discovery of gold in California in 1849. Landing in San Francisco in October of that year from the ship Tonquin, he caught the gold fever and started for Yuba, for twelve months. He next found employment for a year and a half on the Pacific mail steamer Tennessee. At the end of that time, determining to settle down, he married and went to Yreka. He was not, however, satisfied there, nor at San Francisco, where he subsequently returned, and in May, 1853, he removed to Puget Sound. He came with Captain ROEDER, who was bringing up machinery to establish a sawmill at Bellingham Bay.
He also found employment there for a short time, his wife, who was the first white female that settled in Whatcom county, doing the cooking for the party. He took up a donation claim of half a section of land adjoining that of Captain ROEDER, on the front of Bellingham Bay. He arrived on the Sound in time to take part in the Indian war, and served in Company H under Captain PEABODY and in the battalion commanded by Major VAN BOKELLEN. He was also, himself, in
command of a company that guarded Whatcom and the newly opened coal mines there. In a public capacity he has served almost continuously in different county and state offices. After being in the legislature for some time he was speaker of the house in 1866/67, and presided over the conventions that nominated DENNY, FLANDERS and GARFIELD to congress. In 1878 he was one of the delegates at large
in the territorial constitutional convention held at Walla Walla, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1889 at Olympia. Mr. ELDRIDGE was a democrat in politics up to the time that Fort Sumpter was fired on, and since then has been a stalwart Republican. . . . He was married in 1852 at San Francisco to Miss Teresa LAPPIN, a native of Ireland.
Captain ELDRIDGE came to Whatcom a very young man, without money, and when each pioneer was struggling to existence, and in no
condition to render much aid to others. He died, forty years later, rich and full of years and honors. In the early days he worked for the coal company, then operating on Bellingham bay, and cleared his farm, doing the greater part of the manual labor himself. He filled several of the county offices, and was considered the leading citizen of Whatcom county. The last honor given him was by the republicans of the state in making him one of the eight delegates to the national republican convention at Minneapolis, which nominated Benjamin HARRISON
for president.
He was, at the time of death, president of the Bellingham Bay National Bank, president of the water company, of the gas company, and of the Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad company. He leaves a wife; a son, Hugh, a daughter, Mrs. J. J. EDENS, of Guemes island; and three grandchildren by his eldest daughter, deceased. . . . He was among the
foremost advocates of female suffrage on the Pacific coast, and delivered a memorable speech upon that subject in the constitutional convention, but realizing the futility of having female suffrage recognized, did not press his views. He was the author of a brief, but graphic history of Whatcom county,
Published in the Reveille and of many important papers.
Alexander Braid Munro
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1828
Father's Name: John Munro
Mother's Name: Ann McLeod Braid
(from Wes Gannaway?) newsletter
" November 26, 1853: Edward Eldridge applied for his naturalization papers at the district court in Island County. Eldridge was a native of Scotland. There is quite a story concerning Edward. He was born in St.
Andrews, Scotland in 1828. His given name was Alexander Braid Munro. He took the name of Edward Eldridge when that person failed to show up for a spot on a ship's crew. Edward had his name legally changed to
Eldridge later. Several cousins of the Munro family moved to the county a few years after Edward came north from California with Henry Roeder. Edward and Henry were shipmates on the Great Lakes before leaving Ohio to go to the gold fields in California. "
Thursday, October 13, 1892
Death Of A Pioneer. Captain Edward ELDRIDGE Passes Away. The Early Life and Struggles of One of the Leading Men of Washington -- Sailor, Soldier, Farmer, Statesman and Banker -- Forty Years on the Shores of Puget Sound. The Last Sad Rites ?
Hon. Edward ELDRIDGE died at his residence in this city, yesterday
afternoon, at 3 p.m., of paresis, aged 63 years.
Edward ELDRIDGE was born at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1828. When but a lad of 13 he went to sea and followed the life of a sailor, until the discovery of gold in California in 1849. Landing in San Francisco in October of that year from the ship Tonquin, he caught the gold fever and started for Yuba, for twelve months. He next found employment for a year and a half on the Pacific mail steamer Tennessee. At the end of that time, determining to settle down, he married and went to Yreka. He was not, however, satisfied there, nor at San Francisco, where he subsequently returned, and in May, 1853, he removed to Puget Sound. He came with Captain ROEDER, who was bringing up machinery to establish a sawmill at Bellingham Bay.
He also found employment there for a short time, his wife, who was the first white female that settled in Whatcom county, doing the cooking for the party. He took up a donation claim of half a section of land adjoining that of Captain ROEDER, on the front of Bellingham Bay. He arrived on the Sound in time to take part in the Indian war, and served in Company H under Captain PEABODY and in the battalion commanded by Major VAN BOKELLEN. He was also, himself, in
command of a company that guarded Whatcom and the newly opened coal mines there. In a public capacity he has served almost continuously in different county and state offices. After being in the legislature for some time he was speaker of the house in 1866/67, and presided over the conventions that nominated DENNY, FLANDERS and GARFIELD to congress. In 1878 he was one of the delegates at large
in the territorial constitutional convention held at Walla Walla, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of 1889 at Olympia. Mr. ELDRIDGE was a democrat in politics up to the time that Fort Sumpter was fired on, and since then has been a stalwart Republican. . . . He was married in 1852 at San Francisco to Miss Teresa LAPPIN, a native of Ireland.
Captain ELDRIDGE came to Whatcom a very young man, without money, and when each pioneer was struggling to existence, and in no
condition to render much aid to others. He died, forty years later, rich and full of years and honors. In the early days he worked for the coal company, then operating on Bellingham bay, and cleared his farm, doing the greater part of the manual labor himself. He filled several of the county offices, and was considered the leading citizen of Whatcom county. The last honor given him was by the republicans of the state in making him one of the eight delegates to the national republican convention at Minneapolis, which nominated Benjamin HARRISON
for president.
He was, at the time of death, president of the Bellingham Bay National Bank, president of the water company, of the gas company, and of the Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad company. He leaves a wife; a son, Hugh, a daughter, Mrs. J. J. EDENS, of Guemes island; and three grandchildren by his eldest daughter, deceased. . . . He was among the
foremost advocates of female suffrage on the Pacific coast, and delivered a memorable speech upon that subject in the constitutional convention, but realizing the futility of having female suffrage recognized, did not press his views. He was the author of a brief, but graphic history of Whatcom county,
Published in the Reveille and of many important papers.
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