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/historybiograp
>>>>>> 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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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
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>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
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>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
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