Mabel Jennings had a photography studio in Harper. She’s the photographer of many of the photos of people and places in Harper.
Continue reading305 – Photos, Curly, Magdalena
304 – Birth, Marriage, Death, Music
BMD (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.
303 – Farm To Table
The Maningers grew wheat and corn as a cash crop. But what and how did they feed the family? Billie, tell us about it.
Continue reading302 – Good News, Bad News
The newspapers reported the events of local life. The barber shop and quilting bee spread the news even faster. There was good news, and there was bad news.
301 – Hello 1900
Continue readingAs I remember Grandfather, he was a stern man and the head of the family. What he said was “law.” I do remember my Dad, John, was not always happy with his ideas.
The farms all joined, and I remember him coming in our driveway in his horse and buggy. I think he made the rounds to all his boys and Aunt Emma.
My Experiences Growing up on our Kansas Farm – Billie Maninger
300 – A Move Into Town
There were lots of Maningers in Harper County in the latter years of the 1890s. The family tree was sprouting branches.
299 – Tornado and a Ransom Note
Maningers lived in Harper County in the 1890s. They spent their days cooking, farming, raising children, and doing countless other everyday chores. Most other people did too.
Now and then in the history of everyday lives, extraordinary events occur.
Continue reading298 – Priscilla Weyeneth
Recall that Benedict Weyeneth was the first elder of the Apostolic Christian Church in America. He and his wife and family settled in Roanoke, Woodford County, Illinois around 1857.
Our families descend from Benedict’s parents through Benedict’s brother Jacob Weyeneth.
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.
296 – To Kansas By Rail
The Maningers were moving to Kansas. This wasn’t a case of poor pioneers in a covered wagon with no money and no belongings.
Family Nibbles 