[or-roots] Matney

[James]

I agree 100%.
As in miss interpreted hearing and records, yes I might think the same.
Had not the Julia - Walter and marriage date been clues I would have passed 
on that one too.
   I will run a ( find) in search for certain facts and see how many Matheny 
come up.
Dan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Matney


> Dan;
>
> I got the impression from some of what I read that dismissing Mathen(e)y 
> out
> of hand as not being your folks might be a mistake; it makes it harder of
> course, but in a couple of things I ran across last night looking for 
> Walter
> the implication was that some times the names get confused. I would think 
> if
> they were in the same neighborhood it would make confusion even easier, I
> can just imagine some court clerk who had recorded for Matheney weddings 
> in
> the last two months because the Matheney boys had gone on a marrying jag
> being told by the guy standing in front of him that he is Walter Matney 
> and
> thinking he was hearing Matheney.
>
> The most important place to consider that of course is the Census stuff, I
> wouldn't find half of my ancestors and buttonhole relatives if I didn't 
> use
> a lot of imagination on spelling.
>
> Les C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us]On Behalf Of Marsha
> BradleyLuthy
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 8:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Matney
>
>
> so which lines is connected to the Hewitts
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:04 PM, DanM. <mygen2 at d-matney.com> wrote:
>
> ok
> the Matheny folks are not related to the Matney lines ever.
> The Cooper in these Matheny lines are not related to the Cooper in the
> Matney lines, how ever these Matheny and Coopers are Walt Davis lines ;)
>
> It seems back through time tho the Matney and Matheny lines seemed to live
> near each other tho.
> I will look in the John Matney and some of the other text you wrote 
> further
> for more related info all help even a tiny bit is a big help. I am where I
> cant get to LDS or any research places any more.
> Dan M ;)
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha Bradley-Luthy" 
> <pmml at meritel.net>
>
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> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Matney
>
>
>
> Polk County Oregon Marriages
> 1846-1855
> MATHNEY, Walter and COOPER, Julia 07 Mar 1853
> 1884
>
>
>
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