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The American Genealogical Roots of Omarosa Manigault

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Based on my research she is not Nigerian, she is not Haitian. She is American.

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Omarosa has allegedly claimed her dad was Nigerian. I can find zero support for that.

Based on what I've found, she is from a Manigault family from Youngstown, Ohio that originated in South Carolina and more than likely got their name from either white slave owners Joseph Manigault, Charles Manigault, or Peter Manigault. The white Manigaults were a prominent and wealthy white South Carolina family with massive slave holdings across the state.
 
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Omorasa's beautiful sister Gladys Manigault passed in 2016.

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Her obituary was posted in the Youngstown, Ohio newspaper. It lists the names of their grandparents.

"LONG BEACH, CALIF. – Gladys L. Manigault, 43, formerly of Youngstown, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.

Gladys was born in Youngstown, Jan. 21, 1973, the daughter of Theresa M. and the late Jack T. Manigault Sr.

Gladys, who was affectionately known as “Dimples” to her family and friends, graduated from The Rayen School, class of 1992, with honors and attended Cincinnati State University to study for her degree in early childhood education. Gladys worked for the Los Angeles Clippers TNBA youth camp as a parent advisor. She was a passionate Christian, and proud member of the choir and praise dance team at the Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.

Gladys leaves to cherish her memory, her mother, Theresa Manigault of Calabasas, Calif.; her sons, Jalen and Jawalyn Anderson; her brother, Lester Walker and his wife, Midge of Youngstown; sister Rev. Omarosa O. Manigault of Beverly Hills, Calif.; and a host of other family, friends and associates.

Besides her father, she was preceded in death by her son, Kim Manigault; her brother, Jack T. Manigault Jr.; her grandmothers, Gladys Manigault and Betty Walker; her grandfathers, Robert Manigault and Robert Walker; and her uncle and aunt, Mary and Marvin Walker."​

Youngstown news, Obituaries, Tributes, GLADYS L. MANIGAULT, Youngstown, Ohio
 

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Omarosa's Grandmother Gladys Manigualt from Youngstown Ohio passed in 2011.
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Here is her obituary.

"YOUNGSTOWN – Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, at the Fellowship Tabernacle Christian Center for Mrs. Gladys Manigault, 88, who departed this life Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, at St. Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown.

Mrs. Manigault, lovingly known as “Love,” was born Feb. 20, 1923, in Bordeaux, S.C., a daughter of Mack and Lula Murry Wakefield.

She had been employed with Overall Supply and was a loving homemaker. She was a member of the Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, its choir and Women’s Willing Workers. Gladys loved taking care of her family by cooking, shopping and keeping an immaculate home. She enjoyed, singing and playing social card games.

Her husband, Robert H. Manigault Jr., whom she married Feb. 16, 1943, passed away May 20, 1995.

She leaves to forever cherish her memory three daughters, Jayne Pegues and Evelyn Ford, both of Youngstown and Rev. Dione (Rev. Kenneth) Eldridge of Boardman; a brother, Robert Lee Wakefield of Aiken, S.C.; a sister, Beatrice Jones of New Orleans; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a host of family and friends.

Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Jack T. Manigault Sr.; five sisters; three brothers; and three grandchildren, Celeste J. Pegues, Jack T. Manigault Jr. and Keith V. Ford Jr."​
 

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Based on what I can find. Here is the lineage of the Manigaults from which Omorasa comes from

Omarosa Manigault ---> Jack Thomas Manigualt Sr. (born in Ohio 1944)---> Robert Manigault Jr. (Born in Ohio 1921) ----> Robert Manigualt Sr. (born in South Carolina 1892)----> William Manigault?? (born in St. James Santee, Charleston, South Carolina 1860)--->> Benajmin Manigault???---->William Manigault??


the 1860s slave schedules shows that a white man named Peter Manigualt owned slaves in St. James, Charleston, SC.
 
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I think it's ver likely that she is saying that her dad is "Nigerian" based on a simple DNA heritage test.

She's taking that and implying that her dad is actually FROM Nigeria.

...but how does she explain her last name..and her Nigerian dad having it?
 

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I'm confused as to why her "brother's" last name is Walker. Is that her aunt and uncles child raised by her parents?
 

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An blog post about the Gowrie plantation, a plantation owned by Charles Manigault.

"One South Carolina planter referred to his rice plantations on the Savannah River as "gold mines." And with profit rates as high as 26%, they were. But only for the planters. For the African-American slaves who worked on them, they were places of dread, where death was the most common of all companions.

Gowrie was one such plantation. It was bought by Charles Manigault in 1833. Manigault has been described as a "gentleman capitalist" and "cosmopolitan." He spoke French and prided himself on his wealth and social status. He invested $49,500 in Gowrie at its purchase; by 1861 the plantation was worth $266,000 – proving that it was, in fact, a gold mine.

Manigault's records have been well preserved, and through them we are able to get a good idea of what life was like for not only for him, but for his slaves. As you will see, the difference between these was so great, it was often that of life and death.

For example, in 1841 Manigault bought two carriage horses and had them shipped from New York to South Carolina at a cost of $540. His order to his agent was, "Damn the expense." This is the same amount of money it would have cost him to build five two-room frame houses for 40 of his 90 or so Gowrie slaves, with each house costing about $108. In comparison, Marshlands – the house where Manigault spent his winters in the 1850s – had cost $10,000 to build in 1810.

Likewise, in 1859 Manigault paid $160 for a gold watch and chain. This was more than he paid to provide his Gowrie slaves with tobacco and molasses – their equivalent luxuries.

But Gowrie had a horrific child mortality rate. Ninety percent of the children died before they reached age 16. And this estimate doesn't take into account stillbirths or miscarriages. Between 1846 and 1854, there were 52 slave births at Gowrie and 144 slave deaths, for a net loss of 92 African Americans. In spite of this loss in "capital" (the dead slaves were worth at least $44,000), Gowrie still managed to yield a 4% return on investment between 1848 and 1854. And this was not unusual."​

South Carolina - African Americans - Charles Manigault's Plantation Gowrie


A sketching of the Gowrie Plantation by a white Manigault descendant. Gowrie Plantation - Jasper County, South Carolina SC
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An blurb about the white slaveholding Manigault family. I guess they have been in the US for a long time. Joseph Manigault House

"Joseph Manigault House

A striking spiral staircase accents the impressive central hall, and many of the rooms are restored to their original color schemes. All feature historic pieces from the Museum's collections including a selection of American, English and French furniture dating to the early 19th century. Outside, a classical Gate Temple overlooks a period garden, and the locations of adjacent historical outbuildings (e.g., kitchen and slave quarters, stable, and privy) are marked with interpretive signs. Descending from French Huguenots who fled religious persecution in Europe in the late 1600s, the Manigaults prospered as rice planters and merchants during the 18th century and became one of South Carolina’s leading families. Joseph Manigault inherited several rice plantations and over two hundred slaves from his grandfather in 1788, and also married well. Arthur Middleton, father of his first wife, Maria Henrietta Middleton, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Following Henrietta’s death, he married Charlotte Drayton, with whom he had eight children. The Charleston Museum purchased the house in 1933, and has preserved and interpreted it ever since."​
 

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I found a 1860s Freedman Bureau bank record from St. James, Charleston, SC, which I believe may show one ancestor William Manigault (b. abt 1860) listed as a child. The record was for his father Benjamin Manigault. Benjamin's dad was named in the record as William Manigault.

It should be noted that the spelling of the name Manigault is corrupted as "Manigo"

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I wonder how her sister died. Her sister's son preceded her in death...he must have been young also.
 

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I wonder how her sister died. Her sister's son preceded her in death...he must have been young also.

Honestly, before I started doing this research, I didn't even know she had a sister. I only remember Omarosa talking about her brother who passed away a few years ago.
 

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Why is she pretending to be Nigerian?

Like someone else said, she may have done a DNA test and that region popped up + doing some business deals there. Maybe she felt like she could claim that. Or maybe she has some secret parentage that we don't know about. Or maybe she just think it makes her look more interesting.
 

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Based on my research she is not Nigerian, she is not Haitian. She is American.

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Omarosa has allegedly claimed her dad was Nigerian. I can find zero support for that.

Based on what I've found, she is from a Manigault family from Youngstown, Ohio that originated in South Carolina and more than likely got their name from either Joseph Manigault, Charles Manigault, or Peter Manigault. The Manigaults were a prominent and wealthy white South Carolina family with massive slave holdings across the state.

Damn, I was hoping she was Nigerian, so we wouldn't have to claim her.
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Maybe she claimed Nigerian to make herself look better a la "Africans work harder than regular AA's" and respectability politics in front of saltines. Either way, good work and this just proves this b!tch is batshit crazy.
 

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Like someone else said, she may have done a DNA test and that region popped up + doing some business deals there. Maybe she felt like she could claim that. Or maybe she has some secret parentage that we don't know about. Or maybe she just think it makes her look more interesting.
I've recently met a lot of people pretending to be Nigerian too
 

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I've recently met a lot of people pretending to be Nigerian too

Omarosa is taking it to that next level because I think she's trying to do some kind of business in/with Nigeria.

My question is...won't the Nigerians know that she has no family there? Even Obama had to show a sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, etc.
 

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I've read that her dad being of Nigerian descent from Isoko tribe and her name is Yoruba but never found a source. Could it be that it's something family handed down by word of mouth? That is possible but she definitely uses that for business such as helping start The Apprentice Africa. With her being put out the white house she'll be coming for a Nigerian ambassador position.
 

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I've read that her dad being of Nigerian descent from Isoko tribe and her name is Yoruba but never found a source. Could it be that it's something family handed down by word of mouth? That is possible but she definitely uses that for business such as helping start The Apprentice Africa. With her being put out the white house she'll be coming for a Nigerian ambassador position.

That is not a Yoruba name at all. Maybe it is a Isoko name, because her name doesn't translate to anything in the Yoruba language.

She or someone has claimed that she comes from one ethnic group but has a name that is supposedly from a completely different ethnic group.
 

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Omarosa is taking it to that next level because I think she's trying to do some kind of business in/with Nigeria.

My question is...won't the Nigerians know that she has no family there? Even Obama had to show a sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, etc.
Hmm I see. I thought she wanted to know her roots
 

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Hmm I see. I thought she wanted to know her roots

Yeah and there's nothing wrong with that. But to sort of misled people into thinking that your dad is straight up Nigerian is a different thing.

She has also made a point to tell people she's Nigerian "from her dad's side" but what about her mom? She's told people that her mom is AA and dad is Nigerian.

It sounds like she's going to try to be on some scam crap in Nigeria but you can't out slick a can of oil Omarosa!
 

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Yeah and there's nothing wrong with that. But to sort of misled people into thinking that your dad is straight up Nigerian is a different thing.

She has also made a point to tell people she's Nigerian "from her dad's side" but what about her mom? She's told people that her mom is AA and dad is Nigerian.

It sounds like she's going to try to be on some scam crap in Nigeria but you can't out slick a can of oil Omarosa!
Wow Omarosa get it together lol
 

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I found a 1860s Freedman Bureau bank record from St. James, Charleston, SC, which I believe may show one ancestor William Manigault (b. abt 1860) listed as a child. The record was for his father Benjamin Manigault. Benjamin's dad was named in the record as William Manigault.

It should be noted that the spelling of the name Manigault is corrupted as "Manigo"

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Manigo sounds like a creole haitian name.
 

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I keep hearing people say that her parents or nigerian but I’ve never heard her call herself nigerian, in fact she only calls herself an african american woman.
 

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