William Cranston Manning

Brief Life History of William Cranston

When William Cranston Manning was born on 2 December 1840, in Allen Township, Darke, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Wood Manning, was 29 and his mother, Susan Keeghler, was 20. He married Catharine Brown on 25 January 1865, in Jefferson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Des Moines Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 April 1913, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Batavia, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Cranston Manning
1840–1913
Catharine Brown
1844–1898
Marriage: 25 January 1865
James Samuel Manning
1865–1870
John Wesley Manning
1867–1939
Lee Otis Manning
1868–1946
George Brown Manning
1870–1948
Charles Henry Manning
1871–1923
Harvey Madison Manning
1873–1937
Mary Deliah Manning
1875–1958
William Cranston Manning Jr
1877–1927
Susan Iva Manning
1879–1962
Anna Belle Manning
1881–1939
Joseph Edwin Manning
1882–1961
Ira True Manning
1886–1957

Sources (52)

  • William Manning in household of Joseph Manning, "United States Census, 1860"
  • William C. Manning, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • William Manning, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1968"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Jefferson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Jefferson, Iowa, United States

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

Name Meaning

Irish (Cork and Kerry): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Mainnín ‘descendant of Mainnín’, probably an assimilated form of Mainchín, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó Maingín and Anglicized as Mangan .

English: from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Manning.

North German and Dutch: habitational name from a farm so named, once in possession of a certain Manno (see Mann 2) and his kin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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