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Orville
Manery
History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.
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... From a very
early age he assisted his father in the sawmill and on the farm. In 1872 he
came to Mersea township, where he purchased fifty acres of land, at six
dollars per acre, on Lot 18, Concession 2...
Like his father, Mr. Manery is a Conservative, and
has always taken a deep interest in public affairs, especially in the
advancement of the schools... 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, always taking a deep interest in the work of the association...
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: ... (6) James Thomas, married Myrtle Fox, and has one daughter, Lina F. ...
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