Brief Life History of Mary Alice
Mary Alice Manning was born in 1825, in Bennington, Vermont, United States as the daughter of Mary Alice Robinson. She married Col. Henry Raymond Selden on 10 August 1852. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 15 January 1854, in her hometown, at the age of 29.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Mary Alice Selden, "Find A Grave Index"
- M A Selden in entry for Henry Manning, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Mary A Selden, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Spouse and Children
1821–1865 Male
1825–1854 Female
Children (1)
1853–1868 Male
Parents and Siblings
1799–1834 Female
Siblings (4)
1822– Female
1825–1854 Female
1825–1856 Male
1825– Female
World Events (5)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 0
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 5
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
Age 9
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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