[or-roots] I'm Stuck

[Leslie Chapman]

Bob;

You pose a question I may not be able to do any good on Heritage quest with,
but google came up with one interesting possibility right off the bat; you
talk about the Pensylvania McLanes and operating on the tendency for
children to be named for their parents, Samuel McLane who was in the
Revolutionary army and can be found at this Web site;

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/military/1783phil02.txt

Might be an ancestor, of course he would probably be grandfather to your
guy. I was a little startled when I first searched the page thinking I had
hit a plethora of Samuel McLanes, but it is just the roster for successive
years. Interestingly he is listed as Captain, and second in command of his
company until 1787 when he is just a soldier? If this guy is your ancestor
tracking down the why of the bust in rank might be powerful interesting.

Google doesn't seem to have any other clues, so lets try Ancestry.com;

Have you seen this?
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Submitter: Herb McLane
 Subject: Berry-McLane

Message: Am looking for anyone with info on Samuel Marcus McLane (b 3/3/1832
Fredericksburg, KY) and Josephine Amanda Berry (b 5/15/1846 Gentry Co, MO).
Married on 12/10/1865 near Lyons OR.
I am the great grandson of Samuel and Josephine.

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 Submitter: Herb McLane
 Subject: McLane

Message: Samuel Marcus McLane and Josephine Amanda Berry McLane were married
near Fox Valley OR. I'll have to get you the info I have but the Berry
family came west on the Oregon Trail and we don't know how S.M. McLane
traveled to Oregon.

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 Submitter: Herb McLane
 Subject: Samuel Marcus McLane

Message: I am the great-grandson of Samuel Marcus McLane who married
Josephine Amanda Berry Dec 10, 1865 in Oregon, on the donation land claim of
Francis and Pamela Berry near Lyons, Oregon. S.A.Berry was born 5/15 1846
Gentry County Missouri and S.M.McLane born 3/4/1832 near Fredericksburg,
Kentucky.
Any one know them?

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Unfortunately the most recent posting was in 2000 so chances are his email
has changed if you haven't been in contact;

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.mclane/67

It is possible that the problem is you are looking for the wrong name,
according to the index of the 1870 Census, he was calling himself McClure at
that time. I searched all of the likely McLanes in the 1860 Kentucky Census,
but there are 106 McClures and that is a bit much for me to tackle on my
dial up. I will try and remember to take a shot at it when and if DSL comes
through (been delayed by a phone co SNAFU) but for now I wonder if a name
change might have something to do with it?

1870  >  OREGON  >  LINN  >  SCIO PCT Series: M593  Roll: 1286  Page: 623

McClure Samuel	38	Farmer		Kentucky
	Josephine	22	Keeping house	Missouri
	Frances 	 4				Oregon
	George W.	 1				Oregon

There are a couple of Berry Households just down the page, but may or may
not be kin.

Frances is working as a servant on W Park St. in Portland in 1900, but I was
unable to locate the rest of them, specifically no sign of Samuel that I
could see. Do you know for sure when he passed away?

I can hunt the rest of them down in 1900 if you want, but I doubt if it
would help resolve his parentage. One thought I had was his first born son
might be named for the father.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but I have a suspicion the name spelling
in the 1870 Census 'might' be a clue.

Les C

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Leslie
I've tried all the resources I can find. Can you help me?
My Grandmother was Corabelle Mclane.  Her father was Samuel Mark Mclane.
He was born in KY (abt 1832) but lived in Oregon for a period and I believe
he married Josephine Berry abt 1850 inOregon.
My Problem is in finding his Father.  I believe he is of the Pennsylvania
Mclanes but can't find any good info.  HELP???

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Bob Goodman
USAF Retired
University Place, Washington
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