Re: List Oldest Manuel you have
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List Oldest Manuel you have
Bettie 6/18/00
Ruth Manuel, bn 1820, probably Stokes Co., definitely NC, md Reuben Dollins 29 November, 1839, Lincoln Co., KY. Their son, John C., bn 1842, md Mary Ann Playforth, and moved to MO about 1870/71 where dau. Mary Ann was born in 1871 (Howell Co.) and md 1 George A. Robertson in 1891 in MO and 2 E.W. Hamby in 1901 in Polk Co., AR. Grace Robertson, bn 1894, md Wm Yeargan in Polk Co., AR, in 1918, dau. Iris Grace, bn OK in 1921, md Wm J. Rodgers in OK in 1942. The last couple are my parents.
Spanish/Portuguese blood is not that uncommon in the Welsh, who are, technically, British. The name is present in NC well before 1800. While there may well be a "latin" connection, it isn't necessarily "modern".