Family Nibbles – Volume 12 is here! This book is about the lives of our Cheney ancestors from 1650 to 1920.

Family Nibbles – Volume 12 is here! This book is about the lives of our Cheney ancestors from 1650 to 1920.


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…
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We’ve read the Family Nibbles stories about our Maninger ancestors.
We know that Emily Maninger met Ned Cheney, and they planned to marry.
Here’s how they met.
Continue readingFamily Nibbles – Volume 11 is here! This book is about the lives of our Maninger ancestors from 1700 to 1920.
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We’ve come to the end of this series of stories. We’ve followed our Maninger family from 1700s Germany to 1920 Kansas.
In our previous story, Emily Maninger graduated and became a registered nurse in 1920.
Here’s an update on the rest of the family, and some sneak previews of what’s to come.
Continue readingEmily Maninger enrolled in Wichita Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1917. She hoped to go to the front to care for the troops in World War I.

Oil and war were interdependent. World War I was the first war to depend on submarines, tanks, airplanes and motorized transport. The American economy was also dependent on oil.
The Maningers got knee-deep in oil and war.

1916 had some significant school events. Mattie graduated in 8th grade. Other Maningers were off to college or vocational schools. Emily graduated from high school.


Mabel Jennings had a photography studio in Harper. She’s the photographer of many of the photos of people and places in Harper.
Continue readingBMD (Birth, Marriage, Death) records are the stock and trade of the genealogist. They’re important, but don’t provide much context about our ancestors’ lives. Like most of our stories, this one includes Maninger BMD info.
Sometimes we’re lucky to find collateral stories, vignettes into people’s everyday lives. These enrich our understanding, and help us get to know our ancestor. This story features the importance of music in Maninger family life.
