I think this is probably Alameda Cheney in 1870 - if she was 22 y.o. in
1887, she was born about 1865:
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Almide Cheney
Age in 1870: 6
Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: California
Home in 1870: San Antonio, Monterey, California
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: San Antonio
Value of real estate:
Household Members: Name Age
J M Cheney 56 ------------ James M Cheney b. NY
Ella N Cheney 32 --------b. OH
Peter M Cheney 15 -----b. Kansas
Martha M Cheney 13 ---b. CA
Clemency Cheney 11 ---b. CA
Josephine Cheney 8 -----b. CA
Almide Cheney 6 --------b. CA
Della Daisey Cheney 1 - b. CA
Mary Lou C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Cooley
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 4:10 PM
To: John Cooley Mailing List
Subject: Re: William Perrin Murley
I haven't been there. Chenny was from his bio, included in the message
that started this thread (near bottom below). I didn't understand that you
hadn't noticed it.
-Michael
On Wed, June 25, 2014 5:07 pm, Bonnie & Craig Lillywhite wrote:
> Sounds like a fun place to get into, however difficult. Have you been
> there? Is that where you obtained the Chunny surname? The LDS Church has
> microfilmed the original death records amongst other records. I can order
> the film through them so I can (hopefully) get a complete death date for
> Emma (Emily) Cooley Murley. Then I can go for the
> obit. You never know what might be around the corner. Actually, I think
> you do know that. Bonnie
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Bonnie,
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you've seen this page:
>>
>>
>> http://www.cagenweb.com/monterey/mocoarchives.shtml
>>
>>
>> It *appears* the archives is located at Boronda Adobe History Center,
>> 333
>> Boronda Road, Salinas, CA 93907
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>> On Wed, June 25, 2014 12:09 pm, Bonnie & Craig Lillywhite wrote:
>>
>>> I just wondered where the Chenny surname came from or what the
>>> documentation is. The original marriage record in Monterey County
>>> clearly says Hamill but at age 22 she was old enough to have been
>>> married before.
>>>
>>>
>>> Since we don't (or do we?) have a full death date for Emma (Emily)
>>> Cooley
>>> Murley, only the year of 1896, I think I will order the death records
>>> film for Monterey County and hope we get a bit more info. Just have to
>>> keep plugging away. Bonnie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Michael Cooley
>>> <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> It appears to me that Chenny was her maiden name and that she may
>>>> have been previously married if she had the name Hammill at the
>>>> time. We'd need to see the records to be sure.
>>>>
>>>> -Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, June 24, 2014 12:20 pm, Bonnie & Craig Lillywhite wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Where did the name Chenny come from? Just curious.
>>>>> Bonnie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Michael Cooley
>>>>> <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Boy, that name Hamill keeps coming up! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess now the question is was she born a Hamill or a Chenny.
>>>>>> The
>>>>>> marriage record would have her legal name. I would presume the
>>>>>> bio would have provided her maiden name, particularly since it
>>>>>> refers to her a "Miss." (The first marriage would have long been
>>>>>> out behind her.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, June 23, 2014 9:10 pm, Bonnie & Craig Lillywhite wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I found the marriage of William Perrin (Perian) Murley to
>>>>>>> Alameda
>>>>>>> HAMILL
>>>>>>> in the Monterey County, CA marriages on Vitalsearch, 21 Mar
>>>>>>> 1887.
>>>>>>> This
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> from the original books. Bonnie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Michael Cooley
>>>>>>> <michael_at_newsummer.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nothing about his mother...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://archive.org/stream/historybiographi02guin/historybio
>>>>>>>> grap hi02 guin _djvu.txt
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WILLIAM PERRIN MURLEY.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To the honor of being a native of the beautiful
>>>>>>>> state of California Mr. Murley adds the distinc- tion of
>>>>>>>> being the son
>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> one of the state's pioneers, William Murley, who, though
>>>>>>>> now passed to that bourne to which all are destined, still
>>>>>>>> lived to enjoy the benefits of an advanced civilization. At
>>>>>>>> the time of the birth of William P. Murley,
>>>>>>>> July 22, 1858, the family home was in Alameda
>>>>>>>> county, but three years later it was transferred to Monterey
>>>>>>>> county.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> They
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> did not remain here permanently at that time, however, for
>>>>>>>> three years later they returned to Alameda county and made
>>>>>>>> their home there for two years thereafter. The year 1866
>>>>>>>> found them located in Monterey coun- ty once more, and from
>>>>>>>> that time to the present this has continued to be the home
>>>>>>>> of the family, although various members have in the meantime
>>>>>>>> passed away. On locating here the second time the father
>>>>>>>> homesteaded and pre-empted three hundred and twenty acres in
>>>>>>>> Qiolame valley, where he carried on farming and
>>>>>>>> stock-raising throughout the active years of his life.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Parkfield was the town nearest to his home,
>>>>>>>> and in the schools of this place William P. Hur- ley
>>>>>>>> received a fair knowledge in the rather primi- tive schools.
>>>>>>>> He was
>>>>>>>> twenty-three years of age at the time he started out on his
>>>>>>>> own behalf and became a land owner, having homesteaded one
>>>>>>>> hundred and sixty acres of land in the county. He had made
>>>>>>>> this his home for about eighteen years, when, in 1898, he
>>>>>>>> sold out his ranch and removed to Parkfield,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> for two years conduct- ed two blacksmith shops in the town.
>>>>>>>> Selling
>>>>>>>> out at the end of two years, he turned his atten- tion once
>>>>>>>> more to agricultural pursuits by the purchase of the William
>>>>>>>> Imess
>>>>>>>> ranch, near Park- field, and here he has since been
>>>>>>>> contented to re- main. The ranch comprises one hundred and
>>>>>>>> sixty acres, upon which Mr. Murley carries om diversified
>>>>>>>> farming, raising successfully the va- rious grains grown
>>>>>>>> generally in this locality, be- sides which he raises a
>>>>>>>> large number of hogs.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mr. Murley's marriage occurred in 1887, unit-
>>>>>>>> ing him with Miss Alameda Chenny, a native of Alameda
>>>>>>>> county, and a lifetime resident of the state. She passed
>>>>>>>> away December 5, 1893,
>>>>>>>> leav- ing, besides her husband, one daughter, Delia Maggie.
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