Born in Kent, c.1831.
Enlisted at London on the 11th of December 1854.
Age: 23.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Clerk.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 29th of May 1855.
Tried by a District Court-martial on the 29th of October 1855 for "being drunk on duty, under arms." Awarded 56 days' imprisonment, with hard labour, but the sentence was remitted.
Invalided from the Crimea to Chatham Invalid Depot on the 30th of June 1856.
From Private to Corporal: 12th of September 1859.
He was the Regimental School-master (as a L/Sergeant) in 1861.
1861 Census
Hulme Barracks, Manchester
F.W.Mannerson, unmarried, 27, Corporal, born Stone, Kent
Over Lodge, Over, Cheshire
Isabella Dryden [future wife], 14, boarder, scholar, born Chatham, living with widow Elizabeth Mudd, her family and other boarders
Marriage registered
Frederick William Mannerson married Isabella Dryden, June Quarter 1861, Manchester
[PB: Isabella was aged 14/15?]
Birth registered
Ada Elizabeth Mannerson, June Quarter 1868, Chorlton
Discharged, "by purchase", from Cahir on the 1st of September 1862, upon payment of £20.
Served 7 years 258 days.
Conduct: "good". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and the Turkish medal.
Further detailed medal information archived.
1871 Census
13, Belmont Grove, Hulme, Manchester
Frederick Wm Mannerson, 37, Clerk in Office Of Tax Commissioner, born Dartford
Isabella Mannerson, 24, born Chesham [sic]
Ada Eliza Mannerson, 3, born Hulme
Death registered
Ada Eliza Mannerson [daughter], aged 12 years, June Quarter 1880, Chorlton
1881 Census
71 Talbot Street, Moss Side, Manchester
Frederick W Mannerson, 48, General Clerk, born Dartford, Kent
Isabella Mannerson, 34, born Chatham
Edith B Mannerson, 5, born Manchester
Ann Dryden, 75, Mother-in Law, born Hitcham, Norfolk
Birth registered
Harry Mannerson, September Quarter 1885, Chorlton
1891 Census
71, Meadow Street, Moss Side, Manchester
Fredk W Mannerson, 59, Bookkeeper, Solicitors Clerk, born Dartford
Isabella Mannerson, 45, born Chatham (sic)
Edith B Mannerson, 15, Milliner, born Manchester
Harry Mannerson, 5, Scholar, born Manchester
[RM: The GRO records show him as dying in the Chorlton district in the September quarter of 1892.]
Death registered
Frederick William Mannerson, aged 60 years, September Quarter 1892, Chorlton
Isabella Mannerson, aged 74 years, June Quarter 1919, Chorlton
Additional marriage, birth and death registrations, and Census information for 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1891 kindly provided by Chris Poole.