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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

5865

Title

Rev. Elihu and Emily Manuel and family portrait.

Date

[ca. 1906].

Description

Rev. Elihu and Emily Manuel and family portrait. Manuel was the Reverend at Milner Church from January 1896 - June 1899. Back row (L-R): Phillip Chapman, Leslie Allen, and Reginald Martin. Front row (L-R): Elizabeth Hilda and Leon Wilbur.

People/Subject

Manuel, Elihu

Elihu Manuel was born in about 1865. He came to Vancouver in 1891 with the first Mission for Methodists. He and wife Emily (ca. 1870-1955) had six children: Leslie Allen (1891 - 1919), Phillip Chapman (1895 - 1984), Reginald Martin (1893-1918), Elizabeth Hilda Blanche (1897-1968), Leon Wilbur Lacey (1903 - 1998) and Harold Kingston (1906-1968). Manuel was the Reverend at Milner Church from January 1896 - June 1899. Rev. Manuel went to Ladner and Richmond before retiring to Chilliwack. He died there at the age of 76 on April 14, 1941.

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