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VTG Merriam ? Metal Tin Deed Money Cash BOND Lock Box Chest E. Manchester Family

The dimensions and weights in the listing of specifics are from a previous listing. I have been unable to change those specifics.  Approximate weight 3 lbs. 9 oz. 6.25 x 5.5 x 12"

Appears to be handcrafted, painted. E. Manchester.  1900s

Some chipping of paint. Some wear. Beautiful condition overall for a vintage item. Also some scratches. Heavy duty. Sold as is. No key. Lock can be replaced.

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There is a clear genealogical lineage linking the possible historical ownership of the "E. Manchester" metal deed box to a real-life resident of the New York and Pennsylvania regions. According to federal census records and regional vital statistics registries, Ernest Erasmus Manchester was born on August 11, 1872, in Rome, Oneida County, New York, to parents Otis Russell Manchester and Mary Manette Byers. He grew into adulthood right as flat-topped metal bond boxes entered common commercial production, placing him precisely within the 20-to-40-year-old adult buyer window at the turn of the century.State marriage registries show Ernest first married Lillian "Lillie" Eavling (1877–1910) in New York, and birth indexes confirm they had two children who carried the immediate lineage: Paul Richard Manchester (born circa 1905–1908) and Pauline Elizabeth Manchester (born circa 1909). Following Lillian's early death in 1910, Pennsylvania state marriage applications document that Ernest remarried Ella S. Jacobs that same year, relocating his family household across the state border. Regional death certificates track that Ernest spent his remaining decades in the area before passing away at age 73 on October 30, 1945, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his final resting place noted in the cemetery archives of Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware.While his son Paul Richard Manchester carried the family surname into the mid-1900s, public genealogical databases lack completed indexing for his adult marriages or descendants. However, his daughter Pauline Elizabeth's branch reflects a clear name change; county marriage records show she wed into the Eichelberger family, officially becoming known as Pauline Elizabeth "Bobbie" Eichelberger. The Social Security Death Index tracks her remaining in Pennsylvania for the rest of her adult life until her death in December 1983. Any further tracing of her direct line requires exploring localized 20th-century Eichelberger family funeral listings and county probate archives to fully map the surviving descendants.