Marin-San Francisco-Alameda County CA Archives Biographies.....Manning, Andrew 1831 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 7, 2007, 1:13 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880) Andrew Manning. This gentleman was born in county Longford, Ireland, in the year 1831. In 1848, he left his native country and came to the United States, settling in Baltimore, where he resided for a period of five years, and was employed in the gas works at that place, as well as in a foundry. He emigrated to this State via the Isthmus of Panama, and arrived in San Francisco during the month of April, 1853. He married Mary Kehoe on the 28th of June, 1855. She was born in the county Kilkenny, Ireland, on the 25th day of December, 1833. Here he was employed in the San Francisco Gas Works till the 4th of November, 1856, when he came to Tomales township, Marin county, and settled on his present ranch, which now consists of five hundred and forty acres. He has made this place his home excepting two years he resided in Oakland. They have nine children living and their names are, Mary L., Joseph J., Stasio A., Bessie J., Teresa F., Maggie J., Andrew, James E., Evaline K. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; INCLUDING ITS Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography; TOGETHER WITH A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships; Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent Settlers and Representative Men; ALSO An Historical Sketch of the State of California, In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/marin/bios/manning953gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb