Mary Louise (Benjamin) Manaige (1850 - 1921)

Born Sep 1850 in Canada

Wife of Charles A. Manaige — married 1869 (to 27 Jan 1916) in Minnesota, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1921 at age 71 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

Biography

Birth

Mary was born in 1850 in Canada (as were her parents). (1880 census)

Name

At her burial site, her name is recorded as "Mary Louise", but in the 1880 census she goes by her middle name "Louise". In 1900, she is recorded in the census as "Mary L."

Marriage

After the death of his first wife Mary Ann in July 1869, Charles Manaige married Mary Louise Benjamin. Given that their first child was born in July 1870, they must have married the same year (1869) in which his first wife had died.

Children

1880 Minnesota State census shows the children of Charles and Mary Louise Menaige:

It appears that Joseph died in childhood.

Residence

1895 — she lived with her husband and family at 88 West Fairfield Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota. (1895 census)

1898 — Mary Louise and her daughters Gertie and Sophia, were living together at her son Lewis' place at 275 West 7th St., St. Paul, Minnesota. (1898 Directory)

12 September 1918 — Mary was living with her son Lewis at 646 Arundel St., St. Paul, Minnesota. (Draft Card)

Death

She passed away on Christmas Day 1921 (aged 71) in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. She was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. (Find a Grave)

Sources

• 1880 Federal Census for Hilton, Blue Earth, Minnesota; Roll: 615; Page: 276B; Enumeration District: 003: Township 107-25. The Town of McPherson. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• 1895 MInnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Census. Ramsey, Part 4 - City of St· Paul, Wards 5-6. Minnesota State Population Census Schedules, 1865-1905. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1977. Microfilm. Reels 1-47 and 107-164.
• St Paul, Minnesota, City Directory, 1898.
• 1900 Federal Census for St Paul Ward 5, Ramsey, Minnesota; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0095; Description: St Paul City, 5th Ward; 4th Election District bounded by Walnut, W 7th, Wilkin, Ramsey, Irvine; FHL microfilm: 1240784. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
• U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration State: Minnesota; Registration County: Ramsey. United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 17 December 2019), memorial page for Mary Louise Benjamin Manaige (Sep 1850–25 Dec 1921), Find A Grave Memorial no. 162100461, citing Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Clarice Courneya (contributor 46550274) .