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Sarah Frances (Fanny) Huntley was born on 23 August 1850 at 21 Stanhope Street, Park Place, Regents Park, St. Pancras, London and was baptized on 21 September at St Pancras. Sarah Frances died on 26 July 1922 at 124 Rosehill Street in Derby and was buried on 29 July at Uttoxeter Road Cemetery, Derby. James and Sarah belong to Generation Six; their children belong to Generation Seven and are: [References: James's birth - copy of birth certificate; baptism - FHL Film # 0375291; marriage - FHL Film # 1041186; death - letter from Denver Diocese, Episcopal Church, 1995; burial - letter from Riverside Cemetery, 1996; Sarah's birth & death - copies of birth & death certificates; burial - copy of county burial record.] Notes: James published a number of engineering articles, one of which can be viewed HERE (<--- PDF). After James died in Denver, Colorado, Sarah returned with her five children to England, to near Ashbourne in Derbyshire, near to where her parents, George Maxwell and Sarah Ann Huntley were living. She and her five 'Man' children settled at Clifton Road (below) and are all listed living there on the 1891 Census. Sarah and her family also appear on the 1901 Census and can be viewed HERE (<--- PDF). She left a WILL.
Investigations of the Argosy newspaper of British Guyana, which began publication on October 2 1880, and undertaken by Stephen Man have revealed the following items on James Henry.
1. May 27 1882 - The Harbour section - the following is noted:- Passengers Sailed on 25th inst. per RMS Solent for Southampton Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Man and three children. [NOTE the RMS Solent seemed to arrive and depart almost every week so it must have sailed to somewhere in the Caribbean where people picked up another ship for the main leg of the voyage. In other words it was a feeder vessel]. 2. November 25 1882 - An announcement for the birth of Alice Hilda runs: ''On 17th inst. at
Vergenoegen the wife of James H Man Esq. of a daughter."
"The news of the death of Mr. James Man was received by his many friends here with deep regret. He was Consulting
Engineer for several of the Sugar Estates on this coast and he was a favourite with everyone. It was a great surprise when his health
suddenly broke down a few years ago, as before then he was such a fine strong looking man. It turned out that he had the seeds of a chest
complaint in him, and the worry he underwent in working out an invention caused them to
developed. (sic) He was sent to Denver Colorado as the climate there was supposed to be the best in the world for his complaint
and he lived there in tolerably good health for a few years. The invention to which he gave up
his life was that of an Automatic Cut Off Steam Slide Valve. He had almost perfected it before he left here and he disposed of
his share of his patent rights to a firm in Denver which he joined as a partner. In death his
inventive genius has been lost to the engineering world."
In another piece - a kind of editorial - the following appears: "Our Essequebo correspondent refers in becoming eulogy to the late Mr. Man,
engineer, formerly of the Colony whose death in Denver Colorado is now announced. Mr. Man's invention of a new
cane mill which was
fully described in our columns aroused the interest of several large houses and there are
now, on their way to Denver, letters which reached us from Europe, Cuba and other quarters asking for information with a view to
adoption of Mr. Man's patent."
Further investigations of the Argosy newspaper are continuing. Below the
baptism record for JHM at St Mark, Kennington.
Voyages to and from British Guiana (BG) by the Mans Assumed -
James Henry Man to BG between Jun 1877 and Nov 1878 Based on the baptism of Charles Francis Man in Derby in June 1877 and the arrival listed next.
Nov 1878 - arrival of Mr. & Mrs. Huntley and Miss Huntley in BG Speculation is that Sarah Frances's parents (George Maxwell and Sarah Ann Huntley along with Sarah's sister,
Emily, came to BG to ascertain whether their daughter should follow her husband to BG
and, if so, find a suitable place for them to live. Assumed - Huntleys returned to England before Feb 1879 Feb 1879 - arrival of Mrs. Man & Miss Man and two children;
Miss Huntley in BG Mrs. Man is, presumably Sarah Frances; Miss Man would have had to have been James' sister,
Mary Louisa Man; the two children would have been John Huntley and
Charles Francis; and Miss Huntley would have been Louisa Emily Huntley, Sarah’s sister. Jun 1879 - arrival of Mr. Mann – I tend to ignore this entry as not being James Henry. To have been James Henry, he either
would have had to return to England with the Huntleys or not have gone to BG before this date. In either case, you
would have expected him to sail with his family to BG. May 1882 - Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Man and three children left BG The three children would have been the two boys born in England and Florence Edith, born in BG in Jan 1881. (Sarah would have been
pregnant with Alice Hilda at this time.) Assumed - James and Sarah would have returned to BG with their three children before
November 1882, when Alice Edith was born in BG.
Which two children accompanied them back to England? I would guess that it was
either the two boys or the two girls. Since it is later reported that
Mrs. J. Man and two children left BG in Jan 1884 (without servants), I would
conclude that on this trip it was the two infant girls with the servants to
help. Assumed - Sarah Frances returned to BG between Apr 1883 and Jan 1884. Jan 1884 - Mrs. J. Man and two children. This time it would have been the two older boys
traveling with their mother without servants.
By December 1883, James Henry is in Denver, Colorado. [Based on an article by James Henry entitled
"The Theory of Burning Green Megrass," signed and dated by him on
Dec 27th,1883.] I have a copy of a letter
(provided by Steve Man) written by Horace Man to Tim Dumas in 1968 stating that
his father (John Huntley) had made the trip to the Sates twice before James
Henry died. It is conceivable that James Henry took the two boys with him when
he went to Colorado in 1883, then returned to England in 1884 to gather his whole family
together and return to Colorado. On the other hand, James
could have gone to the States by himself first and then returned to take his
family back with him. If this was the case, then I don't know what the occasion
would have been that would have given rise to two crossings by the boys.
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James Henry Man
was born on 9 April 1851 at 17 Spencer Place, North Brixton, Kennington, Lambeth,
Surrey, the son of 
