Father: William Garrison
"Jack" MANNEY
Mother: Roseanna BURDICK
_Daniel MANNA _____ _William Garrison "Jack" MANNEY _| | |_ CATHRINE AMELIA _ | |--Ralph Ellsworth MANNEY | | ___________________ |_Roseanna BURDICK _______________| |___________________
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Father: William Garrison
"Jack" MANNEY
Mother: Anna SVENSON
_Daniel MANNA ______ _William Garrison "Jack" MANNEY _| | |_ CATHRINE AMELIA __ | |--Rose Eleanor MANNEY | | _Sven SVENSON ______ |_Anna SVENSON ___________________| |_Ingerd NILSDOTTER _
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Rose Eleanor Manney -- Rose (the first born of the union of William and Anna Manney) was named after Roseanna, his first wife. Being the oldest, she helped at home from early childhood on. Her education consisted of three years in the local school. At 20, she became an apprentice in a baking shop and restaurant in Rapid River, Michigan. She went there by boat as it is across the Bay from Egg Harbor. There she learned an art that was to make her an excellent baker and cook for the rest of her life.
In 1900, a young man from Jacksonport moved to Egg Harbor to work in Levi Thorpe's store. He roomed with the Manney's, and Anna was so impressed by him that she urged Rose to come home and meet him. Rose took the advice and married the young man, James Wilson, on November 21, 1901.
Jim and Rose moved into the Levi Thorpe residence to provide a home for Levi, whose wife had passed away. This home is now known as the Cupolo House and has been converted to a gift shop. In 1908, the Thorpe store burned down and the Wilson’s moved to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where Jim worked as a clerk in the L. M. Washburn store.
In 1910, Jim and Rose purchased a lot in Egg Harbor and built a general store, with living quarters on the second floor. The business was opened in 1911 and operated until 1934. The sale of the store was brought about by the death of Jim Wilson on September 5, 1933. He and his son-in-law, Harry Armstrong, had gone to Sturgeon Bay for a load of materials, and on their return home were met by a car with a trailer load of apples. The hitch on the trailer broke and the trailer crossed the center line and hit the truck head on. Jim was killed instantly. Harry was hospitalized for a length of time, but survived.
From the time of her marriage to the mid 1930s', Rose was considered to be Dr. H.F.'s "right-hand-man." She aided in childbirth, helped with nursing, gave shots and was the practical nurse for the village and surrounding areas. (Dr. H. F. Eames - Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.)
The Wilson’s also operated the Wilson family farm in Jacksonport for many years. After Jim's death everything was sold to pay the debts. This was in the depths of the depression so no profit was realized at all.
In 1934, Rose became a housemother at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, for a group of Door County boys. Among them was her son, James Wilson II. She performed this task for four years and became quite an educated person.
In 1938, she purchased the Manney home from her brothers and sisters and moved back to Egg Harbor. Her daughter, Helyn, joined her and they opened the "Adventure Inn," a combination hotel and rooming house. This venture was operated until 1967, when they sold out to George Browning. They then moved to Waupun, Wisconsin, to be near Jim Wilson and his family. Rose died October 28, 1970, and is buried along side her husband in the Village cemetery at Egg Harbor.
Children of James Forsythe Wilson I and Rose Manney Wilson were:
Neva Myrtle b. 1903 d. 1904 (pneumonia)
Elva Marie b. Feb. 2, 1906
Ruth Ann b. Mar. 27, 1910 d. Mar. 31, 1937
Helyn Margaret b. Jan. 30, 1913 d. Nov. 3, 1976
James Forsyth b. Dec. 5, 1916
Father: Chester Vincent
"Mick" MANNEY
Mother: Maxine Helen
"Max" WAGER
Family 1: William REED
Family 2: Carl STEFFENSEN
_William Garrison "Jack" MANNEY _ _Chester Vincent "Mick" MANNEY _| | |_Anna SVENSON ___________________ | |--Sally Fredrica MANNEY | | _Harry Howard WAGER _____________ |_Maxine Helen "Max" WAGER ______| |_Sally LUCKY ____________________
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Father: William Garrison
"Jack" MANNEY
Mother: Anna SVENSON
_Daniel MANNA ______ _William Garrison "Jack" MANNEY _| | |_ CATHRINE AMELIA __ | |--Willaim Harry MANNEY | | _Sven SVENSON ______ |_Anna SVENSON ___________________| |_Ingerd NILSDOTTER _
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Father: Daniel MANNA
Mother: CATHRINE AMELIA
Family 1: Roseanna BURDICK
Family 2: Anna SVENSON
_Benjamin MANY ____ _Daniel MANNA _____| | |_Deborah GARRISON _ | |--William Garrison "Jack" MANNEY | | ___________________ |_ CATHRINE AMELIA _| |___________________
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William Garrison Manney -- William was born in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, on July 6, 1835. His father was Daniel B. Manna and his mother was Catherine Amelia. He was one of three children of the marriage, the others being Benjamin Garson and Daniel. When William was 2 years old his father died and at some later date his mother married a Mr. Carpenter. Nothing more is known of this union.
At an early age, William was "bound out" or indentured, to the Daniel Callahan family of Tobyhanna Mills, Pennsylvania. The 1850 census of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, shows "William Manning, age 15, " living with the Callahans in Coolbaugh Township. It is not known where his brothers went.
The Callahans were prominent people in Monroe County, being part owners of a silk mill, a logging operation, a general store, and a clothes pin factory in the town of Tobyhanna Mills.
This is probably where William learned the logging business which probably influenced his move to the Michigan-Wisconsin area about 1853. His daughter, Rose, wrote that he ran away from his indenture prior to fulfilling his seven year term. He logged in the areas of Pestigo, Oconto, Marinette and Door County in Wisconsin and Menominee, Michigan. In 1857, he settled in the small community of Egg Harbor, in Door County, Wisconsin.
Although the National Homestead Act was not passed until 1862, it was possible in the 1850's to settle on and develop land. After improvements were made, it could be purchased from the Federal Government. William took advantage of this and choose 106 acres of land along the shore of Green Bay at Egg Harbor. On April 2, 1860, he completed his contract and purchased the 106 acres. He walked to Menasha, Wisconsin, some 100 miles, to make final payment and got the title. The National Archives in Washington, D.C., shows this as a "Graduation S & C Certificate No. 25718." The original patent is held by Joanne Stewart, a great-granddaughter.
The land William chose was very poor farm land, as it was stony and very shallow, but it was very much like the geography of the Tobyhanna Mills, Pennsylvania, area where he was a boy growing up. The limestone bluffs provided him with an opportunity to quarry and sell stone. The access to Green Bay made it possible for him to ship the stone by water.
His first house was on the bluff, on the west side of the Fish Creek Road, and across from the Stone Church, and then north about 400 feet. One can still see the lilac bushes and old foundation. About two acres of this site is now owned by Elva Wilson Armstrong, a granddaughter of William. This is the only property of the original homestead that is still owned by members of the Manney family.
A few years after he homesteaded, he moved the building site across the road and south to the junction of State Highway 42 and County Trunk E. The reason for the move was that water could not be obtained where he first settled. His new home was built of logs and was about 14' x 20'. This he lived in while he built another log house in which his family was raised.
Over the years, additions were made to the house and other farm buildings were built. The house has been re-sided so that the logs are no longer visible, but it still stands and is lived in by the George Browning family. It has been told that for his 20 or 25th wedding anniversary, he gave his second wife, Anna, a present of a large porch which surrounded the two sides of the house. The last family member to own it was Rose Manney Wilson, who sold it in 1967.
On August 19, 1860, William married Roseanna Burdick, the "Courageous young schoolteacher" who taught at the Blossomburg School (now Fish Creek,) eight miles north of Egg Harbor. He carried on his courtship by "...boot, horseback, and shanks mares (foot)." At this time the county was populated by Indians plus Irish, French, and English pioneers, who were loggers, trappers, and fishermen. In a letter Roseanna wrote to her brother, Perry, in Illinois, she spoke of "...log houses, woods, and Indians..." being all that she could see.
Roseanna (spelled many different ways,) was the daughter of Clark and Pernelia (Cornelia) Burdick. She was born November 27, 1842, at South Bainbridge, Chenanjo County, New York. Her parents were in the Mercantile Marine business.
By this time William had become "Jack Manney," which stuck with him for the balance of his life. Jack and Roseanna had four children, two of which died in infancy. The two living children were Clara Margaret, born January 9, 1863, and Ralph Ellsworth, born April 7, 1865. Roseanna died in childbirth June 17, 1877, and is buried in the Egg Harbor cemetery alongside of her husband.
On July 14, 1879, William Manney married Anna Svenson Burry. According to Mrs. Elva Armstrong, a granddaughter, Anna left New Jersey after her husband either left her or died. She went to Chicago, where she worked awhile. It has been said that she answered an ad in a Chicago newspaper in regard to becoming a housekeeper for a Mr. Abrahamson in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin. She was hired by him but did not like the arrangement, so left him to care for the Manney family after the death of Roseanna. On July 14, 1879, she married William G. Manney.
Born to Anna Manney and William Manney were the following:
Rose Eleanor b. December 7, 1879
William Harry b. January 13, 1884
Murrel Irine b. August 10, 1888
Maude Ione b. July 17, 1885
Mary Elnora b. January 25, 1887
* Chester Vincent b. September 25, 1894
There are no personal recollections of William G. Manney, as none of the existing family members were born when he was alive. In a paper written at the family Centennial celebration of the homestead deed in 1980, it told of him as '...working in the logging operations centered around Peshtigo, Marinette, and along the shores of Door County.' After the removal of the timber, he developed a stone quarry and shipped stone to ports around the Great Lakes. He also developed a limestone kiln. Later he engaged in farming, specializing in raising horses and sheep. As in the case of pioneer settlements, Mr. Manney served his community in many capacities, but perhaps was best known for his services as a veterinarian. He was frequently called upon to render services for the broken bones and other emergencies of his fellow pioneers. After removing a cyst from the breast of a woman in the town, he was kiddingly called "the tit doctor!"
According to the obituary in the Door County Advocate, he was described as "...the patriarch of Egg Harbor." On June 5, 1906, he died as a result of poisoning. He had been poisoning his potatoes that day. It is supposed that it was arsenic, as lead arsenate was the popular potato bug poison in those days.
Father: Jean (John) MANY
Mother: Anne WINES
_Jean MANY ___________ _Jean (John) MANY _| | |_Jeanne Stadt MACHET _ | |--Wines MANNEY | | _Barnabas WINES ______ |_Anne WINES _______| |______________________
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Father: Barnabas MANY
Mother: Nancy Anne EVERITT
_Jean (John) MANY _ _Barnabas MANY ______| | |_Anne WINES _______ | |--Anne MANY | | ___________________ |_Nancy Anne EVERITT _| |___________________
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Father: Jean (John) MANY
Mother: Anne WINES
Family 1: Nancy Anne EVERITT
_Jean MANY ___________ _Jean (John) MANY _| | |_Jeanne Stadt MACHET _ | |--Barnabas MANY | | _Barnabas WINES ______ |_Anne WINES _______| |______________________
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Barnabas Many -- Barnabas was the second son of John and Annie Wines Many. He was born on Ann Street in the rear of the old Herald Building in New York City. His parents died when he was quite young, so his uncle was his guardian. When he became of age, he took what money was due from his father's estate and left the city. He went to Orange County, New York, and bought a farm near Craigsville.
Father: Barnabas MANY
Mother: Nancy Anne EVERITT
_Jean (John) MANY _ _Barnabas MANY ______| | |_Anne WINES _______ | |--Barnabas Jr. MANY | | ___________________ |_Nancy Anne EVERITT _| |___________________
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Father: Barnabas MANY
Mother: Nancy Anne EVERITT
Family 1: Deborah GARRISON
_Jean (John) MANY _ _Barnabas MANY ______| | |_Anne WINES _______ | |--Benjamin MANY | | ___________________ |_Nancy Anne EVERITT _| |___________________
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Benjamin Many -- The eighth child of Barnabas and Nancy, Benjamin, is of interest to us. Benjamin was born in Craigsville, New York, on January 16, 1776. He married Deborah Garrison - October 18, 1796. Deborah was the daughter of Isaac Garrison (b. May 1760 -- d. August 8, 1826) and Martha Denton (b. 1761 -- d. 1812,) and was born in Plattekille, New York, on October 10, 1778. Isaac Garrison was the son of Major Richard Garrison (April, 1727 - 1803) and Jane Gerow (b. July 19, 1733.) Benjamin and Deborah had four children:
Isaac m. Catherine Von Steenberg b. 1797 d. 1867
Robert m. Jane McElbain b. 1799 d. 1863
* Daniel m. Catherine Amelia b. 1-3-1801 d. 1837
Betty m. Wm. Traphagen b. 1803 d. 1874
Before April 20, 1808, Deborah Garrison died and is buried with her family in the Quaker Cemetery in Plattekille, New York -- one of the stones is simply marked "D.G." near the graves of her grandfather, Major Richard, and her father, Isaac. Deborah was described as having red hair and blue eyes and was a woman of excellent birth and standing.
