Family Nibbles – Volume 12 is here! This book is about the lives of our Cheney ancestors from 1650 to 1920.
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347 – Maninger and Cheney
It was 1921. That’s when our Cheney and Maninger families were joined.
Ned Cheney and Emily Maninger met in Wichita Hospital where Ned was doing internships with his uncle and Emily was in nurses training.
Their relationship flourished and they decided to marry. Let’s follow along on their wedding day…
Continue reading318 – A Genealogy Dilemma
Gilbert and Martha Cheney are our 5th great-grandparents. We’re sure of that. We have a paper trail from Gilbert and Martha to our present-day Cheneys.
But we have a problem. We don’t know Gilbert Cheney’s parents.
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Family Nibbles – Volume 11 is here! This book is about the lives of our Maninger ancestors from 1700 to 1920.
Continue reading297 – We’re in Harper
The Maningers arrived in Kansas in January 1885. They brought with them furniture and beds, kitchen, tools, farm implements, and livestock. Awaiting them was a quarter-section farm with a house a mile south of Harper.
280 – The Maninger Family
We’re going to begin a series of stories about our Maninger family.
But guess what? The history of our Maninger family has already been written! It’s “The Maninger Family: with additional sections on the related families of Barth, Smith, Schrock, Weyeneth,” by F. Robert Henderson.
Lucky for us, this marvelous history resource is available to help tell our stories.
197 – Kathleen Gallagher and Mary Cheney
The past stories have brought the Teplys and Jarvises up to the 1930s. Mel Jarvis and Don Teply are coming of age. Their lives will soon be disrupted by World War II. After the war, they will marry and raise families.
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Family Nibbles – Volume 7 is here! This book is about the lives of our Jarvis family from 1920 to 1938.
195 – Teenagers, and a Peek Ahead
By the late 30s, Chleo and her family had settled into a comfortable lifestyle. Chleo had a few social circles, like bridge club and church circle. She still socialized with a few families of Ralph’s co-workers.
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