Edward Dunham

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Birth:
Estimate: Edward's birth date is an estimate based on the birth date of his daughter, Sophia.

Family/Spouse: Sophia. Sophia was born est 1777; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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References:

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

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Buried:
Sophia was buried at the East Henrietta Cemetery.

Sophia married Rev. Joseph Monroe on 3 Mar 1822 in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA. Joseph (son of Abel Munroe and Beulah Potter) was born in 1798 in Hudson, Columbia Co., New York, USA; died in in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA; was buried in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, 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

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

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 Laura Ann Gage in 1845. Laura (daughter of John Gage and Cynthia) was born on 4 Aug 1825 in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA; died on 22 Oct 1846 in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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(The following is from "Descendants of John Munro" - by W.M. Roeser - Clan Munro files - Roeser, Waldomar Monroe)

«i»Harvey Gage Monroe was born in Henrietta, New York near Rochester. His mother, Laura Gage died in childbirth. His father and the rest of his siblings were all involved in photography. Harvey and his brother Frank (Francis Monroe who later became a dentist) apparently worked for "The Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad" (later the Grand Trunk Railroad) in the Photographic Department. While in their service, and while in Michigan, Harvey met and married Mary "Mate" Davis in 1872, granddaughter of Cornelius Davis who founded Davisburg. Mary's parents were furious when they found out, and threw Mary out of the family house. Frank Monroe in a letter to his parents documents the events surrounding that time.

In the 1880 census, Harvey was living in Davisburg, Springfield Twp. and Heck was 8 months old. At that time, his grandmother, Cynthia Gage was living with the family, and was 74 years old.

Harvey moved his family from Davisburg to Pontiac in 1883 when he was named City Engineer. He initially lived above the Fire Barns and them moved to 68 Norton Avenue.

Harvey was Chief Engineer of the Fire Department for 12 years. He was appointed City Engineer of the city of Pontiac, Michigan on April 11, 1883. He was made superintendent of construction when the municipal water works was established in 1887, and headed the department from the beginning work on the plant until his death in 1910. He was succeeded by his son, Hector L. Monroe. He recommended and oversaw the building of the retaining reservoir that was subsequently named "The Harvey G. Monroe Reservoir".

He was an accomplished wheelwright, a landscape photographer, and as a hobby, made violins and violas. Harvey also turned down a request from Horace Rackham (married to his wife Mary Davis' cousin) to join the investors in Henry Ford's budding automobile building enterprise.

He died of cancer after a protracted painful illness on 17 Dec 1910.
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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.

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:
Harvey was buried at the Oakhill Cemetery.

Harvey married Mary Adele Davis on 23 Oct 1872 in Davisburg, Oakland Co., Michigan, USA. Mary (daughter of John Calvin Davis and Sarah A. Griswold) was born on 19 Jul 1851 in Davisburg, Oakland Co., Michigan, USA; died on 19 Nov 1920 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(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.
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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
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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.

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Buried:
George was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Anna E. Stevenson. Anna (daughter of Frederick Stevenson) was born in 1869 in Titusville, Crawford Co., Pennsylvania, USA; died in 3 May in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Francis worked for the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad (later renamed the Grand Trunk Railroad) in the photographic department.

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(The following is from "Descendants of John Munro" - by W.M. Roeser - Clan Munro files - Roeser, Waldomar Monroe)

«i»Dr. Francis "Frank" Monroe graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College on 29 Feb 1884 in Dental Surgery, and practiced in Jamestown, New York. He invented a proprietary product, "Tooth Ache Fiber" (TAF). He also formed the "Monroe Doctoring Company" advocating formaline mouth wash for gum disease. In 1892 he started a cure for drunkeness, "Monroe's Improved Gold Cure Company" in Bemus Point, New York with a number of testamonials. A branch using his method was located at the York Inn Sanitarium in Marion, Indiana. He served as President of Jamestown Dental Association.
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Family/Spouse: S. Jean Sherman, MD. S. was born in 1835 in Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York, USA; died in 1913 in Bemus Point, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA; was buried in Bemus Point, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: James Henry Soule. James was born on 3 Jul 1854; died on 24 Aug 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles maintained a photography studio in Los Angeles, California.

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

[Sarah] «i»compiled a hand written history of the Monroes, detailing their leaving Scotland after being defeated by Cromwell at the battle of Worchester and sent as indentured prisoners to Boston in 1652. She probably copied the information from other books and written sources in Boston or Lexington, but she must have done this in the late 1800s.
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Sarah married Henry F. Altenberg on 24 Dec 1890 in Allegany, Cattaraugus Co., New York, USA. Henry (son of John Altenberg and Eunice Soule) was born on 16 Oct 1856 in Allegany, Cattaraugus Co., New York, USA; died on 14 Mar 1937 in Allegany, Cattaraugus Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ref: Clan Munro files - Purdy, Scott Munroe

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Buried:
Carrie was buried at the Allegany Cemetery.

Carolyn married Robert Irvine Thompson on 18 Jun 1890 in Bemus Point, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA. Robert was born est 1864; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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