Manetta A. Moomey is the wife of William Henry Smith and mother of Hattie Estelle Smith. The Moomey surname is rare and appears in many spellings (Moomey, Mummy, Mumy, Momeyer). It may be of German or Swiss origin, but this family's descent has not been traced. Earlier notes named a Jacob Moomey (1699–1779) as her earliest ancestor and cited a published genealogy, "The Descendants of Jacob and Mary Moomey of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and Iowa" (Webster, 2006). That book covers a different Jacob, born in 1789 in Pennsylvania, who married Mary (b. 1792) in Ohio in 1811 and moved to Iowa in 1851, so it does not support the 1699–1779 claim. A Mumma family DNA project also found that Moomey descendants share no common ancestor with the Mumma family, so a Mumma link should not be assumed. Manetta's parents are not yet identified.
Claims in the record
William Henry Smith
Hattie Estelle Smith (b. 1889, Sandusky, OH)
Possibly German or Swiss; unproven for this family
Not established. An earlier note named Jacob Moomey (1699–1779); no record supports it
"The Descendants of Jacob and Mary Moomey" (Webster, 2006) covers a Jacob b. 1789; it is not shown to include Manetta's line
Unknown for this family (an earlier note gave Germany/Switzerland → Pennsylvania → Maryland → Ohio → Iowa)
Withdrawn: the Mumma and Moomey families are not shown to be related, and neither Manetta's nor Haddie's descent has been traced to the 1700s immigrants
Sandusky County, Ohio
Unknown — research needed
Sources
Needs research
"The Descendants of Jacob and Mary Moomey" (Webster, 2006) — covers a Jacob b. 1789; not shown to include Manetta's line
Research next
Identify Manetta's parents first: Sandusky County, Ohio census 1870–1910 and the marriage record of William H. Smith and Manetta Moomey. Then trace backward. Do not rely on the Moomey genealogy book unless her line appears in its index. Search spellings Moomey, Mummy, Mumy, Momeyer, Mumaw.