Brief Life History of James Hillary
When James Hillary Manning was born in September 1802, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Hillery Manning, was 37 and his mother, Winefred Bullock, was 37. He married Elizabeth John Fitzgerald on 24 January 1839, in Fayette, Republic of Texas. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, United States in 1850. He died in 1863, in Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States.
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- Hilliary Manning Sr, "United States Census, 1820"
- James H Manning, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- James Hillery Manning, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1804
Historical Boundaries: 1804: Bastrop, Texas, United States
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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