Susan Manire vs. Addie Manire

It's quite a mystery that I've been trying to figure out. I was looking at the children I have listed for Edmund Henry Manire and Elizabeth Jane Sharber. Many times I come back to Susan and Addie. Here's what I've been able to gather so far and what I speculate.

Edmund and Elizabeth had about 10 to 11 children depending...

- Sarah Frances
- Mary J. "Mollie"
- Marsha Elizabeth "Betty"
- Thomas F. "Tom"
- Adner E. "Addie"
- Susan
- Edmund Henry
- James Madison
- John Primm
- Virgie Ann
- Judie Belle

For the longest time we got Sarah Frances and Susan mixed up. Both are S names and Sarah was born about 1849 and Susan was born about 1860. There were alot of name changes and birth date changes on the Censuses that makes it hard. We have figured out that Sarah and Susan are 2 different children as both were listed together on the 1860 Census.

But now we have the problem with Susan and Addie. According to the 1860 Census, Susan was 1 month old. The Census was taken July 6, 1860, so Susan was likely born around May or June of 1860 in Marshall County, Tennessee.

Skip to the 1870 Census in the 9th Civil District for Marshall County, Tennessee. Okay we should see both Susan and Addie correct? When I looked at the 1870 Census there is no Susan listed with the family. She should be about 10 or 11 years old by now. Instead on the census there is Addie E. Manire who is 10 years old. So now I'm wondering, could Susan actually be Addie E. Manire and vice versa? There is no other record for Susan Manire. We do see Addie on another census with the family.

Poor Addie has had a lot of problems with her name. I believe this is how I'm seeing it so far on Documents:

Addie E. - Ada - Adner E. Manier

I can speculate on it until I'm blue in the face but we may never really know. So for now Susan is some "semi-unknown" child of  Edmund and Elizabeth who was born around May or June of 1860 and probably died before the 1870 Census.

Ella Manire

Supervisor District No. 3, Enumeration District No. 196

Schedule 5 - Person who have died during the year ending May 31, 1880, enumerated by me in 8th Civil District, in the county of Rutherford , Tennessee.   - Samuel H. Scales, Enumerator

Line 11 - Ella Manire     1 year old Female, listed as "Black", born in Tennessee as was her parents. She died in January 1880 from Cholera Infantum. She had been in the Rutherford County her whole life of 1 year.

* Interestingly enough the attending Doctor was none other than Dr. Amasa W. Manire.

William Andrew Manire

William Andrew Manire was born November 13, 1962 to William Francis Manire and Mary Doran. He was 19 days old when he died in a local hospital following a short illness on December 2, 1962. He was buried in the Fairview Park Cemetery in New Mexico on December 3, 1962.

The Albuquerque Tribune   December 3, 1962  Page A-2