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1901 personal census, Mersea Twp, Kent Co., ON, K2-5:
Manery Robert, M, Married, 15 Sept 1839, 61, born Scotland, immigrated 1841, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Mary I., F, wife, Married, 25 Dec 1847, 53, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth;
William H., M, son, Single, 27 Sept 1874, 26, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Jessie B., F, daughter, Single, 9 Aug 1872, 28, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth;
Thomas J., M, son, Single, 23 Dec 1876, 24, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farm Lab;
John, M, son, Single, 10 Dec 1878, 22, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Bapt, Tailor;
Charles L., M, son, Single, 24 Feb 1885, 16, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son, 5 months in school;
Ruby N., F, daughter, Single, 29 May 1888, 12, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, 10 months in school;
Francis A., M, son, Single, 22 Feb 1890, 11, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, 10 months in school;
Mary V., F, daughter, Single, 23 May 1892, 9, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Meth, 6 months in school;
Mary J., F, mother, Widowed, 14 Sept 1814, 86, born Ireland, immigrated 1845, origin: Irish, Can, Meth.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 577-579:
Robert Manery, postmaster at Hillman, and a well-known farmer of Mersea township, County of Essex, where he is widely known as one of the loyal and upright citizens of Ontario, is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, born Sept. 15, 1839, son of William Manery...
     Robert Manery was but a year and a half old when his father brought him to the New World... In 1872 he came to Mersea township, where he purchased fifty acres of land, at six dollars per acre, on Lot 18, Concession 2. There were no roads and few settlers in his vicinity, but with the work of clearing his land he had no time to miss associates. He built a log house, 18 by 26, containing three rooms. To this home he brought his young wife, who bravely faced the hardships of the wilderness. By incessant hard work, close economy and strict attention to business, he succeeded in clearing his land, and in improving it with fine barns and outbuildings, and in 1898 he erected a commodious brick dwelling. The farm is well cultivated, and its neat appearance shows well the thrift and personal care of the owner. His home is the most pretentious in the Concession.
     Just at the time when Mr. Manery saw the end of a life of toil, and found himself able to rest, serene in the comfort of a well-earned holiday, he was, on Jan. 25, 1903, stricken with paralysis, and since then he has been confined to the house, dependent on others. He has suffered much pain, but he bears it with Christian fortitude, and in his darkest hours finds ever at his side the faithful wife, whose devotion has never faltered through the days and years of toil, privation and suffering. She has, indeed, borne her part, and now is the unwearying nurse and comforter in his hour of physican pain and helplessness. In this she is assisted by a loving daughter, who is untiring in her ministrations to the wants and wishes of her parents. In 1893 Mr. and Mrs. Manery visited the World's Fair in Chicago.
     Like his father, Mr. Manery is a Conservative... He was school trustee at Hillman, and he, for many years, served as a member of the township council. During his term improvements were made in the roads and bridges, and he was one of the supporters and advocates of the drainage of the Point Pelee Marsh. Mr. Manery served as deputy reeve, which gave him a seat on the county council board for three years. He belongs to the Loyal Orange Association, and filled the office of master of the order at Hillman. He is a member of Imeson Lodge...
     In 1882, Mr. Manery was appointed postmaster at Hillman, and since then has filled that office to the utmost satisfaction of the people. For some years he was a correspondent for the Windsor Record, but since his health failed he has given it up.
     In 1865, in the County of Norfolk, Ont., Mr. Manery was united in marriage with Mary Isabel Tester, daughter of Henry Tester, and sister of Mrs. C. L. Wingrove, of Mersea township. Thirteen children blessed this union: (1) Emily Jane, who married Isaac Livingstone, and lives in Leamington, has six children, Robert, Ella, Frederick, Ethel, Blanche and Percy. (2) Eliza Jane, who married Rueben Fox, has four children, Orrin R., Ernest, Basil and Walter. (3) Alice Mabel married James Hutchinson, of Gosfield, and has four children, Stanley, Clarence, Gertrude and Prosper. (4) Jessie is at home caring for her parents. (5) William Henry married Pearl Fulmer, of Colchester, Ont. (6) James Thomas, married Myrtle Fox, and has one daughter, Lina F. (7) Charles is the next in the family. (8) Lula Maude married Everett Fox, of Mersea township, and has one son, Clifford. (9) John is a tailor in Leamington. (10) Ruby, (11) Frank, (12) Dell, and (13) Cora Belle, died in infancy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Manery are members of the Methodist Church, and are active in all its good work. They are kind and charitable, and extend a helping hand to the sick and needy. It is given to but few people in the world to be as highly esteemed and so universally beloved.