Frank Ernest Manton (1901)

Born 4 Sep 1901 in East Liverpool, Ohio

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Biography

Birth

Frank Ernest Manton was born on Sept. 4, 1901 in East Liverpool, Ohio to Thomas C. Manton, Sr. and Fanny Manton. He was a graduate of East Liverpool High School and then worked in the steel mills, which were a part of the City along the Ohio River. After several years of working, Frank enrolled, along with his older brother Albert, in Ohio Wesleyan University in the famous Class of 1927. He and Albert were very active in sports and music, and both of them were members of the famous Ohio Wesleyan Men’s Glee Club that toured Europe in the summer of 1927 after they graduated from college in June of that year.^[1]

Marriage

He married Karis Elizabeth Brewster.

Karis Elizabeth Brewster was born on April 12, 1903 in Hinghwa, Fukien Province (now known as Putian, Fujian Province) China during the waning years of the Empire of China. Her mother was Elizabeth Fisher Brewster who arrived in China as a missionary teacher in 1884 and married her husband in 1890. Karis was first educated in Hinghwa and then went at a very early age to the newly opened school in Shanghai called the Shanghai American School. In 1916 her father, the Rev. Dr. William N. Brewster, died while enroute to the General Conference of the Methodist Church where he was to be named Bishop of the Methodist Church. Thirteen year old Karis was called in by one of the missionaries resident in Shanghai to be told that her father had died in Chicago. Karis was very close to her father and for several years after that traumatic experience, she talked to her father. Karis graduated from Shanghai American School in 1922 and immediately went on to Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU). Her father, Dr. William N. Brewster, was a graduate of the OWU’s Class of 1883 and her two grandfathers also attended OWU in the 1840s just after its founding. Karis’ brothers and sister also graduated from OWU. She was right at home. Karis was a very active student leader in college and was Vice President of the Senior Class while Dr. Frank Stanton was the class President. Dr. Stanton went on to be President and Vice Chairman of CBS. ^[1]

Methodist Missionary

He was a Methodist missionary in Burma before World War II and afterwards, principal of the Methodist English School in Rangoon. ^[1]

Birth and Parents

David Frank Manton was born 2 September 1941, in Rangoon, Burma, the son of Frank Earnest Manton and his wife Karis. ^[2]

1944 From Bombay to California

On August 11, 1944, the family boarded the USS General A. E. Anderson AP-111 in Bombay, India, disembarking in San Pedro, California a month later on September 11, on a route that successfully evaded German and Japanese danger. ^[2] The family included:

• Frank Ernest Manton, born Sept 4, 1902, East Liverpool, Ohio
• Karis B. Manton, born April 12, 1903, Hingwha, China
• Karis E. Manton, born October 9, 1936, Brooklyn, New York
• Thomas B. Manton, born August 12, 1939, Rangoon, Burma
• David F. Manton, born September 3, 1941, Rangoon, Burma
• William A. Manton, born May 23, 1944, Mussoorie, India

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Thomas B. Manton. MEHS history as told by Frank E. Manton and Karis B. Manton Accessed August 9, 2018 jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Family Search List of United States Citizens for presentation to Immigration Authorities, USS General A. E. Anderson AP-111, San Pedro California 9/11/1944.

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