Dates

• Existence: 1835 - 1918

Biography

George Fiske (1835-1918) was the first year-round resident photographer of Yosemite.

George Fiske was born October 21, 1835, in Amhert, New Hampshire to David Fiske and Harriet Nurse Fiske. In 1858, he moved to Sacramento, California where he worked as a banking clerk for his half-brother. By 1864, he was working as a freelance photographer in San Francisco. Between 1868 and 1879, he worked as an assistant to Carleton E. Watkins and he worked with Eadweard Muybridge photographing Yosemite. He married Elmira F. Morrill on April 16, 1873, in San Jose, California. After her death in 1897, he met and married Caroline "Carrie" Paul on October 17, 1898; she died in 1917. In 1879, Fiske moved to the Yosemite Valley, where he became the first year-round resident photographer. He stayed there for rest of his life, until he died on October 20, 1918.

Citation:

FamilySearch, via WWW, Feb. 2, 2024 (George Fiske, b. October 21, 1835 in Amhert, New Hampshire; parents David Fiske and Harriet Nurse Fiske; married Elmira F. Morrill on April 16, 1873 in San Jose, California; Elmira died in 1897; married Caroline "Carrie" Paul on October 17, 1898; Carrie died in 1917; died on October 20, 1918 in Yosemite).

Online Archive of California, via WWW, Feb. 2, 2024 (George Fiske, b. October 21, 1835 in Amherst, New Hampshire; moved to Sacramento, California in 1858; worked as banking clerk for half-brother; by 1864, he was working as a freelance photographer in San Francisco; between 1868 and 1879, he worked as an assistant to Carleton E. Watkins and he worked with Eadweard Muybridge photographing Yosemite; 1879, Fiske moved to the Yosemite Valley, where he became the first year-round resident photographer; stayed in Yosemite for the rest of his life).

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