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/historybiographi02guin_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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