[or-roots] chat

[DanM.]

here are a few links to check for some interesting reading
http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=384

http://www.irishsheepherders.com/irishobituries.html

naming Paisley
http://paisley.presys.com/history.html

http://www.ohwy.com/or/p/paisley.htm

centennial history
http://books.google.com/books?id=emQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA494&lpg=PA494&dq=settlers+1873,+Paisly+Oregon&source=bl&ots=6xENWPf-fK&sig=JZo9EhSWdM3OpWXq7-hVmiD1X3o&hl=en&ei=-7JnS8zeNMOUtgeKvPnqBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false

these are a few of my book marks I had of several more.
Paisley is the famous place of all NA in America as told by researchers.
Dan M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harguess, Dale" <dharguess at coastline.edu>
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Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:43 PM
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> It would be interesting to look at the census from 1850 to see if there
> were any Scottish people living there.  I have recently been doing
> research on Paisley Scotland and that is why I asked the question.  It
> turns out to be the largest city in Scotland.  Even bigger than Glasgow.
> The cloth Paisley was named after the city, not vise-versa.  It turns
> out that they were a weaving community many hundreds of years ago.
> Just a little trivia fyi.
> Dale
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:or-roots-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Chris &
> Bill Strickland
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> Harguess, Dale wrote:
>
>>I wonder if it was named after Paisley, Scotland?
>>
>
> That is one 1873 theory, but McArthur easily debunks it, so it makes one
>
> wonder ...  another theory is named by another Scotsman, Steele, reason
> unknown -- of course, those earlier Paisly settlers called it something
> else 10,000 years before it was ever seen by the white guy's eyes, and
> probably many, many other native names in between ...
>
> Bill Strickland
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