Brief Life History of John Ellis
When John Ellis Manning Dillman was born on 25 November 1890, in Vienna Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States, his father, Thomas A. Manning, was 36 and his mother, Alma Alice Saxton, was 23. He married Freda Suzanna Alloway on 14 July 1922, in Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States for about 5 years and Elk Plain Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 9 April 1979, in Bellevue, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Duvall, King, Washington, United States.
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Sources (18)
- John Ellis Dillman in entry for Allway, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- John E Dillman, "United States Census, 1940"
- John E Dillman, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
Spouse and Children
1890–1979 Male
1907–1988 Female
Children (4)
1923–2004 Male
1925–1971 Male
1927–1983 Male
1929–1985 Male
Parents and Siblings
1854–1915 Male
1867–1941 Female
Siblings (3)
1886–1964 Female
1888–1968 Male
1890–1979 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 6
1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly
Age 7
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 26
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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