When Manley Munson was born in April 1863, in Illinois, United States, his father, Tosten (Thomas) Monsen Kvamme, was 38 and his mother, Brithe Andersen, was 24. He married Bessie J. Isaacs in 1890, in Boone, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Manchester Township, Boone, Illinois, United States for about 50 years. He died on 28 August 1948, in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85.
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English (mainly Essex): patronymic from the personal name Mund , meaning ‘son of Mund’. See also Munn .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Monsen . Compare Munsen .
Altered form of Monson 1, a surname of Swedish origin.
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