Thanks much! I think I miss things because there are so many collapsible
emails, I lose track. Anyway, I guess that Alameda md a Mr Hamill before
she md William P Murley. I'll look for it.
Bonnie
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
wrote:
> 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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