Looks good!
Bonnie
On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Mary Lou Cooley <mlcooley_at_q.com> wrote:
> I can't help but wonder if this was the son of Alameda/Almide Cheney due to
> the death date and the marriage of 1887 of Alameda to William Perrin
> Murley:
>
> Hugh Hamill
> Birth: Jul. 7, 1881
> Death: Apr. 1, 1886
>
> Burial: Parkfield Cemetery; Monterey County, California, USA
> Created by: CJBiller
> Record added: Jun 14, 2007
> Find A Grave Memorial# 19893085
>
> Mary Lou C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Lou Cooley
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 11:25 AM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: William Perrin Murley
>
> This is the first marriage for James Cheney:
>
> Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
> Name: Cheney, James M
> Gender: Male
> Spouse Name: Jones, Jane Ann
> Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1845
> Marriage County: Calhoun
> Book: 1
> Page: 63
> License No.: 284
>
> Mary Lou C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Lou Cooley
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:33 AM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: William Perrin Murley
>
> I found yesterday that James Moses Cheney was listed in 1880 as "Single".
> Lear/Leah 'Ella' (Noble) Cheney was married to Samuel Shelton according to
> the 1880 census. Also listed in 1880 are two of Leah's daughters with
> their names listed as Shelton.
>
> I believe Leah 'Ella' Noble is the correct spelling as she is listed in
> 1850
> as Leah Noble.
>
> Found this yesterday also:
>
> Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
> Name: James Cheney
> Gender: Male
> Spouse Name: Lear Noble
> Marriage Date: 22 Jul 1852
> Marriage County: Calhoun
> Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film #
> 1305044 - 1305045.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Found this today on Ancestry.com:
>
> James (Theodore) Moses Cheney
>
> Source: Joyce Cheney of Janesville, CA (from Sheryl Rodda) January 18,
> 2007:
>
> (James M. Cheney is sometime referred to as Theodore Moses Cheney.)
>
> "There were two Cheney brothers who arrived in New York from the North of
> Ireland. They may have settled in Illinois for awhile. Theodore Moses
> Cheney was a widower with two sons, Bud and Jim Cheney. He married Leah
> Noble (either a sister or a daughter of Syrus Noble). She was a doctor.
> The
> had several daughters. In 1854 they started west and stopped for the
> winter
> in St. Louis, where most of the wagon trains were organized.
>
> Peter Malvin Cheney was born there, on the 13th of March in 1855. They
> joined a Mormon wagon train it seems and traveled together until they
> reached Salt Lake City. There they split up and (name unknown) stayed with
> the Mormons.
>
> Theo. headed for California with his family, and when he became ill, Leah
> had to take care of him, the children and drive the two oxen.
>
> (This story was told to me by Gramp Peter and my Dad.) They stopped at a
> small town for awhile. It was a very bad time for Leah. Her husband was
> still ill, the Indians were hungry, no food. They would come begging at
> the
> doors and the town folk, who were afraid of them, would throw boiling water
> on them. Leah shared what she could and doctored them. (I assume she was
> a
> Homeopathic.). The town folks ridiculed her, and called her a crazy old
> woman, etc. The Indians grew very angry and warned Leah to take her family
> and leave as they intended to attack the town. She warned the other
> people,
> but they did not believe her and stayed. While Leah was packign the wagon
> to leave, she discovered one of her oxen missing, and started to prepare
> the
> wagon for one oxen. But soon, an Indian arrived with her missing oxen that
> had strayed. Later, she heard that the town was raided and burned. (Do
> not
> know the name of the town or the Indians.)"
>
> Joyce added that she remembers her father-in-law telling her that his
> "grandmother came to California with a two wheel cart and an Indian she had
> helped recover from scalding helped her make it...Leah Noble Cheney had a
> place there in Parkfield Valley. It may have been a Homestead. Theodore
> got
> well and left his family. No one ever heard from him again."
>
> HDEFamily originally shared this to Ginn Family Tree
> 13 Oct 2010
>
> Mary Lou C.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 5:33 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Re: William Perrin Murley
>
> Very good!
>
> -Michael
>
> On Wed, June 25, 2014 7:21 pm, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> > 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/historyb
> >>>>>>>>> io 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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