Manring, Pearl Adena (Lyon)
William Ahira Manring “Bill” (1901-2001)
Daughters: Ellen Manring; Betty (Manring) Sim; Billie Mae Manring (1934-1953)
Pearl Lyon was born on September 29, 1898, in Elliot County, Kentucky, USA. He married William Manring. She died on January 12, 1994, at Kelowna General Hospital.
Pearl Manring came to the Osprey Lake area with her husband, William Manring, and parents, Samuel and Nellie Manring, and William’s younger brother, Jord Manring in 1925. William and Jord took up pre-emptions in the Osprey Lake area.
According to Clare (Sellers) Eaton, in Princeton Our Valley, Bill and Pearl Manring’s place was “twenty miles up the valley from Princeton.”
Princeton Our Valley, page 212; Death registration (BC Archives); The Princeton Star, May 24, 1934, page 1