[or-roots] 2 questions of unfound data - Matney
Marsha BradleyLuthy
PMML at MERITEL.NET
Thu Apr 28 19:46:54 PDT 2011
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Nancy Lee Adams <
nancydean at columbia-center.org> wrote:
> 4 Matneys buried at Missouri Flat Cemetery (Applegate
> OR.) I have a relative buried there. Nancy
> Missouri Flat Cemetery - Jackson OST OFFICES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARY
> OF WASCO COUNTY
>
>
>
> The names and data pertaining to the post offices of Wasco county was
> supplied by Edwin R. Payne, Salem, Oregon post office clerk, stamp and cover
> collector who said, "my stamp and cover collecting hobby led to old covers
> (envelopes) postmarked from post offices in Oregon that no longer exist. In
> order to know where these places were I started a list of dead post offices.
> Others gave me help and I made research in old postal guides in various
> libraries, but such directories gave no dates of establishment or
> discontinuation of offices. I interested Lewis McArthur in the subject and
> through him and a close friend in Washington, D.C., we hired girls to copy
> the Oregon post office ledgers, about 4000 work sheets, in the National
> Archives! From those sheets I have compiled the Oregon post office list of
> all offices! They could be obtained in no other way and from no other
> source. All of this information will be in the third edition of Lewis A.
> McArthur's OREGON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES which will be off the Binford & Mort
> press in Portland November 1952. It is a must for history lovers and
> collectors."
>
>
>
> From Mr. Payne's list of Oregon post offices we have compiled two lists of
> Wasco county post offices. The first list are the 55 offices within the
> present bounndary of Wasco county. The distances indicated from The Dalles
> are by the original roads, not our longer highways.
>
>
>
> Name of post office. First Postmaster
> Established Discontinued Distance
> Matney (Upper Mill Creek) County, Oregon
>
> May 26, 2007 ... Cemetery records of Missouri Flat Cemetery in Applegate
> Jackson County, Oregon.
> www.interment.net > United States > Oregon > Jackson - Cached - Similar
>
>
> Matney, Edwina, b. 1933, d. 2000, Age 67, mortuary marker
> Matney, Geo(rge) W(ashington), b. 1872, d. 1938
> Matney, Ira, no dates
> Matney, Minnie (E), d. 1899
>
>
> Other Matneys?
> Oregon - Jackson County Obituaries - 13
> 18 posts - Last post: Jul 8, 2010
> She volunteered time at the Jackson County Library, Rogue River and .....
> Ruby Miller of Rogue River; a brother, Harley Matney of Oroville, ...
> www.genealogybuff.com/uco/webbbs_config.pl/.../770 - Cached - Similar
> Irene Velma Layton McAfee
> Irene Velma Layton McAfee, 85 years old, formerly of Rogue River, died
> October 9, 2006 in Central Point at her home. A Celebration of Life was held
> October 18 at the Rogue River Assembly of God Church with Pastor Loren Short
> officiating. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in
> Grants Pass. Chapel of the Valley-LB Hall Funeral Home, Grants Pass, was in
> charge of arrangements. She was born September 7, 1921 in Sturkie, AR to
> Thomas and Eva Matney. She moved to Grants Pass in 1965 from Half Moon Bay,
> CA. She owned the Homestead Cafe in Rogue River from 1966 to 1970. She owned
> the Tip Top Cafe in Rogue River from 1970 to 1979. She was a member of the
> Rogue River Assembly of God Church. Her interests included quilting,
> gardening and cooking. She is survived by two sons, Timothy Layton of
> Central Point and Charles Layton of LaQuinta, CA; a sister, Ruby Miller of
> Rogue River; a brother, Harley Matney of Oroville, CA; five grandchildren
> and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas
> Peden.
>
>
> Matney Gulch - Oregon Gold
> Feb 10, 2010 ... It is a tributary of Rogue River. The district of this
> name was organized .... Rock Gulch, Spencer Gulch, Bishop Creek, China
> Gulch, Matney ...
> www.oregongold.net/tag/matney-gulch/ - Cached
>
> Oregon 1859: a snapshot in time - Google Books Result
> Janice Marschner - 2008 - History - 295 pages
> ... Yandel Cardwell Dota Grubb Rogue River and Gold Hill Abbott Chavner(?
> ... Hailey Linksweiler Neal Rader Stowe Watson Collins Hanley Matney Nye
> Rice ...
> books.google.com/books?isbn=0881928739...
>
> Nancy
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James" <mygenrw2 at gmail.com>
>
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> Subject: Re: [or-roots] 2 questions of unfound data - Matney
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>
> I am interested.
>> Any one can get me more on this ?
>> -------------
>>
>> Still have to find Walter and Julia too ;)
>> Dan
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Lee Adams" <
>> nancydean at columbia-center.org>
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>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] 2 questions of unfound data - Matney
>>
>>
>> Theres a Matney lane in Rogue River, OR. off Wards Creek. Town used to be
>>> called Woodville, Jjackson, Co., OR.. Nancy
>>>
>>
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