George Hibbard Monroe

1849 - 1916  (67 years)

• Name	George Hibbard Monroe  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	11 Mar 1849	Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Nov 1916	Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA
  Buried	Falconer, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA
  	George was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery.
  Person ID	I48893	Munro
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Myron Hawley Monroe,   b. 3 Jul 1824, Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA ,   d. 18 Jan 1912, Allegany, Cattaraugus Co., New York, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Hibbard,   b. 4 May 1826, Morristown, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1905, Allegany, Cattaraugus Co., New York, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1848	Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA
  	Myron and Mary were married by Reverend Porter McKinstry. The witnesses were Daniel Galentine and Margaret Lawson.
  Family ID	F1287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna E. Stevenson,   b. 1869, Titusville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 May, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA
  Children	1. Frank Frederick Monroe,   b. Est 1892,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F16648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ********** (The following is from "Descendants of John Munro" - by W.M. Roeser - Clan Munro files - Roeser, Waldomar Monroe) «i»George was the most important stereographic photographer in Rochester, New York. In 1877 he received a call from a young George Eastman asking George to teach him how to make pictures. The lessons extended over a period of about two months, and intermittently over two years experimenting in the making of dry plates. Although they worked together, George gave all the credit and honor for the development of the dry plate technique to George Eastman. He also was the first photographer in the world to take a photograph after dark with the use of Hiram S. Maxim's electric arc lamp in 1879. «/i»********** ********** The following is from Joseph R. Struble, Assistant Archivist, Eastman House: «i»George followed in his father's footsteps and became a professional photographer in 1873. He spent most of his career in Rochester, New York, absenting himself in 1876-1877 to run a studio in Leroy, New York, west of the city. In 1877, George gave a series of instructions in photography to George Eatman, who was then working as a bank clerk. Eastman developed a dry plate process while associated with his studio, and George himself began to use these dry plates in the making of his streo views in 1879. He was perhaps the most prolific maker of stereo views of Rochester. In 1880, George introduced a wide-deluxe stereo view. His efforts in later years were in the manufacturing of photograhic dry plates «/i»********** 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. Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S254] Clan Munro files - Roeser, Waldomar Monroe, Waldomar Monroe Roeser, Descendants of Robert Monroe - p. 3-4 (Reliability: 3). [S254] Clan Munro files - Roeser, Waldomar Monroe, Waldomar Monroe Roeser, Descendants of Abel Monroe - 29 Jul 2009 - p. 1 (Reliability: 3). [S254] Clan Munro files - Roeser, Waldomar Monroe, Waldomar Monroe Roeser, Descendants of John Munro (Reliability: 3).