My Favorite Photo - 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

This post is part of a project called 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, created by Amy Johnson Crow.  The prompt for this week is my favorite photo.  This is a photo of my mother’s second cousin, Michael J. Manning.  One reason it is a favorite of mine is the note on the back.  The writer names everyone in the photo and where they are from:

 

Joe Cheparon Omaha

Gene Shepard Ogden

Mike Manning ?

Wm. Jarrell N. Carolina (Rebel)

Any genealogist or family historian appreciates this attention to detail.  Fortunately, I know Mike Manning and I know where he is from.  Michael Joseph Manning was born May 31, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the third child and second son of Michael and Mary Ann (Scanlon) Manning.  Mike enlisted in the U S Army of February 16, 1943 and served through February 24, 1946.  Mike died on June 19, 1984 and is buried at Good Shepherd Cemetery, Monroeville, Pennsylvania.  His wife Joan Alice (Riffle) Manning died September 15, 2002 and is buried with him.

The other reason I love this photo is Mike and Joan were very close to my mother.  Although I don’t remember ever meeting them, they always kept in touch with letters and photos.  It made the distance from Pittsburgh to Boston seem very small.  Although my mother had over 40 first cousins, her second cousin Mike and his wife Joan are ones I remember hearing about.

This is what I know about the Manning family:

Michael Thomas Manning was born  on May 6, 1888 at Ballyneanig, County Kerry, the son of Thomas and Mary (Shea) Manning.  He married, circa 1920, Mary Ann Scanlon, born November 3, 1890, at Scrag, Dingle, County Kerry, daughter of Patrick and Catherine (Foley) Scanlon. 

The children of Michael and Mary Ann (Scanlon) Manning, born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:

Mary Ellen, born April 29, 1921; died July 25, 2002; married (?) Irvine

Thomas Michael, born April 29, 1922; died August 3, 1998, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michael Joseph, born May 31, 1924; died June 19, 1984, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; married Joan Alice Riffle

John Francis, born July 3, 1926; died October 28, 1957, Miami, Florida; married Elizabeth (?)

Catherine Theresa, born September 23, 1927; died July 1982

Brendan, born and died December 31, 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Florence, born December 15, 1929; died December 22, 2005; married (?) Ott

I would love to hear from any members of the extended Manning family of 7060 Kelly Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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