Brief Life History of Elizabeth Wicker
When Elizabeth Wicker Manning was born on 10 June 1880, in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Alfred Nelson Manning, was 26 and her mother, Martha Emma Birchard, was 23. She married Philip Brown Whaley on 3 October 1906, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 31 October 1970, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Elizabeth Whaley in household of Phillip Whaley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elizabeth Wicker, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Elizabeth V. Manning, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · First U.S. Navy Submarine Constructed
The USS Holland was the first commissioned submarine. It was named after John Philip Holland. It had been laid down in November of 1896 and launched a year later. It was acquired and commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned five years later. The submarine was finally sold in 1913 and put on display until it was scrapped in 1932.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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