Henry Manners (1816 - 1867)

Born 6 May 1816 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Allen) Manners — married Nov 1835 (to 1867) in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died Mar 1867 at age 50 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Henry Manners migrated from England to Australia.

Pioneer - Australia Royal - To S-Australia 13-2-1849 'Marion'.

Son of Joseph Hillier Manners and Martha Scott, Henry Manners was born 6 May 1816 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, eleven months after the Battle of Waterloo. Henry was baptised in the Parish Church of Cherhill on the 13th of May 1816. As schooling was not compulsory, and indeed well out of reach of the average lower and middle class families, Henry was not taught to read or write. In later years, however, he became a reasonably good artist, as 'he used to sketch what he wanted to know, and his wife Ann, who was well taught, would tell him the correct words'.

Some time after 1822, most probably between 1827 and 1831, Henry's parents left Wiltshire to move south, closer to London. On 19 November 1835 in London, Henry married Ann Allen and they became the parents of one son. After their marriage they lived in Battersea, near Henry's parents.

Living in England was harsh for millions working as labourers in the mines and factories or as domestic servants. They received so small a wage that it was quite inadequate for the family's needs and the result of this together with early industrial revolution was a growing crime wave. As late as 1839 only one third of the men and one half of the women could sign their own name. Because of increasing crime, gaols were overflowing and penalty of transportation to the colonies became popular for the transgressor who, through poverty, perhaps stole food only to assuage his hunger.

The State of South Australia had been proclaimed in 1836, twelve years before Henry and Ann Manners decided to emigrate. No convicts were brought to South Australia and the English government assisted some of the emigrants with partly paid passages. As assisted migrants they left on the Marion.

The voyage commenced 2 October 1848 when the customs cleared the vessel berthed in London Dock. It sailed from London to Deal, then Plymouth, leaving there 9 November 1848 to reach Port Adelaide 13 February 1849. There were 301 passengers with eight births during the voyage but with three of these babies dying. Quarters were cramped with very little privacy.

Henry was thirty-two, Ann forty, and their son Henry twelve years old when they arrived to begin a different way of life in the open spaces of Australia. At first Port Adelaide had been called Port Misery until improvements were executed. Passengers had to be carried ashore, usually on the backs of sailors. Then there was six miles to reach Adelaide. When Henry Manners arrived, some of the improvements had been made.

Within the first three years of their arrival, they settled in the Hermitage in District of Highercome. This area is now called Tea Tree Gully. Henry tried farming but the call of the goldfields drew him from time to time and he would visit the fields at Echunga Diggings. Apparently he would take his son with him as on these goldfields Henry Jr. met his future wife, Louisa Golding. Henry failed to strike it rich and at the age of fifty-five was dragged by a horse and cart. He died at the Adelaide Hospital on 22 March 1897, the cause of death stated as 'vulnus contusion'.

By 1870 his widow had become paralysed and her son, Henry, and daughter-in-law, Louisa, moved in with her to look after her until she died 7 May 1872 at the age of sixty-four.

Henry Manners was born in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England.

Henry Manners migrated from Wiltshire, England to South Australia.

Birth & Baptism

Henry Manners was born 6 May 1816 & baptised 13 May 1818, Cherhill, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Father's Name: Joseph Manners

Mother's Name: Martha nee Scott

Marriage

Henry Manners married Ann Allen 1835 in England

Death

Henry died 1867 in Adelaide, South Australia

Immigration

Aboard "Marion" Henry & Ann Manners with son Henry, arrived 10 Feb 1849

Paid towards their passage - Henry 6 pound, Ann 8 pound & Henry 10 shillings

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Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916"
   Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 1121/3
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61188 #2242123 (accessed 21 November 2021)
   Henry Manners baptism on 13 May 1818 (born 6 May 1816), son of Joseph & Martha, in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Westminster, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935"
   City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STG/PR/5/2
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61867 #907993 (accessed 21 November 2021)
   Henry Manners marriage to Ann Allen on 18 Oct 1835 in St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England.
3. ↑ Death Registration: "Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985"
   South Australia-Deaths 1842-1915
   Ancestry Record 1779 #5798839 (accessed 21 November 2021)
   Henry Manners death 22 Mar 1867 (age 55) in Adelaide, South Australia.

• Birth - Baptism - "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N6MJ-84W : 21 March 2020), Henry Manners, 1818.

• Marriage -

• Death - South Australia BDM - Death Reg #26/418

• Passage of No Return - Manners & Relations - pages 24 & 108
• Author - Gladys Manners - Copyright 1981
• Published by Lutheran Publishing House - Adelaide, South Australia

• Immigration - "Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLF6-DH3M : 14 March 2018), Henry Manners, 1849; citing Emigration, Australia, name citing , Attorney General of South Australia, Adelaide.
• Marion 1849
• Adelaide Times (SA : 1848 - 1858) Mon 12 Feb 1849