Cyrena Manchester

Female20 February 1823–24 July 1836

Brief Life History of Cyrena

When Cyrena Manchester was born on 20 February 1823, in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States, her father, Caleb Manchester, was 34 and her mother, Lydia Chidester, was 29. She died on 24 July 1836, in New York, United States, at the age of 13.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Manchester
1788–1868
Lydia Chidester
1793–1877
Elias C. Manchester
1813–1904
Catherine Manchester
1815–1868
Phoebe Manchester
1816–1824
Stephen Manchester
1818–1885
Clarissa Manchester
1821–1853
Cyrena Manchester
1823–1836
Hannah Manchester
1826–1844
Sarah H. Manchester
1828–1846
Daniel Henry Manchester
1831–1863
Eliza Patience Manchester
1835–1870
Rev William Seward Manchester
1839–1921

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    World Events (3)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 2

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

    Age 4

    During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 7

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    1 English: habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire. The early forms, from Domesday Book to the early 13th century, show the first element uniformly as Mam-, and it is therefore likely that this was a British hill-name meaning ‘breast’ ( compare Manchester ), with the later addition of Old English feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’ ( see Field ) as the second element. The surname is now widespread throughout Midland and southern England and is also common in Ireland.

    2 Irish: when not an importation of 1, this is an altered form of the Norman name Manville ( see Mandeville ).

    3 Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Mansfeld, a habitational name for someone from a place so called in Saxony.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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