Mansker Chronicles Introduction

The Mansker Chronicles

A Historical and Genealogical Resource for the
Mansker-Minsker Family

Most who have ancestors bearing the name Mansker -- and many Minskers -- can trace their lineage to Ludwig Mäintzger, a young German immigrant who stepped off of the ship Christian VII at the port of Philadelphia on 13 September 1749.

This website contains research, evidence, pictures, stories, historical accounts, resources, etc., that are available to document the descendants of Ludwig Mäintzger.

Share Our Family

We welcome Mansker family info. Old family photos, family stories, newspaper clippings, or tall tales, it doesn't matter... This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. them. We will post them here.

Old Mansker Chronicles

Dennis Mansker's old Mansker Chronicles site is still available exactly as it was when it was transfered to me. You can visit it here. I will not be changing anything on the old site for those who enjoy its familiarity.

Complete "The Man from Mainz" Newsletters now on The Mansker Chronicles

Cousin Dennis Mansker sent us the entire collection of "The Man from Mainz" newsletters written by Betty G. Massman from 1986 to 1996. Betty's newsletters provided the foundation for the material of The Mansker Chronicles web site. The Mansker Chronicles is a condensed version of cousin Betty's newsletters, and our readers may well enjoy the greater depth of her Mansker stories. All the newsletters have been scanned and posted online at The Man from Mainz page.

Descendants of Ludwig Mäintzger

These are the known descendants of Ludwig Maintzger as of 13 Nov 2019. If you know of a family that was missed, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the names, birth dates, birth places, death dates, and death places, if you have this information.

Family of Edward Mansker

The Edward Mansker family was drawn to Thebes, Illinois during the development of the town and the building of the railroad bridge across the Mississippi River.

The Old Mansker Cemetery near Rockwood, Illinois

These are the legible headstone inscriptions at the old Mansker family cemetery south of Chester, Illinois. In addition to the Mansker graves shown below, there were also some from the Kirk, Moore & Griffith families. A number of the headstones were illegible. Be sure to see the photographs of the cemetery.

Photographs

Click the photograph links in the Directory. Photographs appear at first in a table. Click an image to see it more clearly. Use the right and left arrows to navigate through all the photos on that page.

A Native American Connection?

Many of us in the Mansker branch of the family have heard growing up that we had some Native American heritage, usually that we were part Cherokee.

So far the truth of these legends has escaped me.

Conrad Richter And the Minsker Stories

The noted American prize-winning author Conrad Richter was, for a time, a neighbor of the Minskers in Clark's Valley, Pennsylvania. At the beginning of Richter's novel The Trees, he acknowledges his debt to, among others, John Minsker, Sr., for "help, counsel or first source material".