Living

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(The following is from "Descendants of John Munro" - by W. M. Roeser)

«i»George served with the United States Expeditionary Force in World War I. He graduated from Baldwin Wallace College and Cleveland Law School. He was a patent attorney in Cleveland in the 1930s and worked for Curtis Wright from 1943to1962.«/i»
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George married Helen. Helen was born about 1899; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries.

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(The following is from "Descendants of John Munro" - by W.M. Roeser)

«i»James Soule was descendant of George Soule who came to the United States on the Mayflower in 1620. The Pilgrims sailed from Holland on 22 July 1620 aboard the Speedwell to rendezvous with the Mayflower at Southhampton, England. the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth on 6 Sep 1620 and arrived inside Cape Cod on 11 November 1620.«/i»
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James married Mary Charlotte Monroe. Mary (daughter of Myron Hawley Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Hibbard) was born on 26 Jul 1858 in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA; died on 14 Jun 1942 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(The following is from "Descendants of John Munro" - received from W. M. Roeser - 14 May 2012)

«i»Noted photographer in Rochester, New York, working in daguerreotype plates, and at age 27 took a famous daguerreotype photograph of Jenny Lind at a concert under the direction of P.T. Barnum. This was the first picture to be made of the famous singer. His four sons, and three daughters all were professionally connected with photography. Myron Monroe married Laura Anna Gage in 1845. She died at age 20 in childbirth when Harvey Gage Monroe was born.

Myron Hawley Monroe married his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Hibbard of Henrietta, New York on June 14, 1847. Married by Reverend Porter McKinstry. Witnesses were Daniel Galentine, and Margaret Lawson.

Myron Monroe was born in Henrietta, New York and his mother Sophia Dunham Monroe died at age 19 soon after his birth, and he lived with his grandmother, Sophia Dunham and with his uncle Seneca Dunham. For 30 years he was a successful photographer, but later in life entered the ministry. He became blind but retained the ability to play the violin, and died at age 88 at the home of his daughter, Elizabeth Lizzie Altenburg.«/i»
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In 1850, he was working as a shoemaker in New York.

In Rochester, New York, USA in 1877, a young bank clerk called George Eastman planned to take a summer vacation in Santo Domingo, and a colleague suggested he should make a photographic record. Eastman bought all the necessary equipment for the wet plate process and took lessons from a professional photographer, G. H. Munroe, the son of a long-established Rochester photographer Myron H. Monroe. Eastman never made the trip, but it was the start of his long and eventually profitable involvement with the medium. He found the collodion process complex and started experiments to try to simplify it.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Purdy, Scott Munroe
"The Monroe Book" by Dr. Joan S. Guilford - New York Unconnected Monroes

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Roeser, Douglas Lee - Direct Descendants of Abel Monroe
- undated

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Died:
Myron died at the home of his daughter, Lizzie Altenburg.

Buried:
Myron was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Lot 84, Range 3.

Myron married Mary Elizabeth Hibbard on 14 Jun 1848 in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA. Mary (daughter of Harman Hibbard and Sarah Ferguson) was born on 4 May 1826 in Morristown, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA; died on 12 Feb 1905 in Allegany, Cattaraugus Co., New York, USA; was buried in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

References:

(1) Clan Munro files - Roeser, Douglas Lee - Direct Descendants of Abel Monroe
- undated

Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

Buried:
Mary was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Lot 84, Range 3.

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Married:
Myron and Mary were married by Reverend Porter McKinstry. The witnesses were Daniel Galentine and Margaret Lawson.