[or-roots] Matheny's Everywhere -- (and Simkins)

[Dan M]

Matneny has a list on some server, I used to be on it, I used to be the 
admin for the one on rootsweb, Dianna started some one line group for them. 
I know they are always showing up around Matney also, I think the name is 
French and we found Matney there as DeMatenyee <sp> close to that off hand.
   I see Matheny properties close to Matney properties and some travels in 
same areas, how ever there are more of the pioneer type people in those old 
days the Matheny seemed to be to more famously known over the Matney in most 
places eg Champoeg.
   Matney like any other names has a lot of milestones but I noticed the 
Matheny seem to be more well known over all eg Walt Davis's Aunts book into 
the setting sun. SO far we have not found any one who has recorded any 
Matney/Mattingly pioneer mentions too much. There is a great deal of history 
for folks in the era and each name I read about seems to have its own 
history, very much fun reading about all names of the times, I always wonder 
how it really was all these people on the wagon train 1843 so to speak.
Dan M
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Subject: [or-roots] Matheny's Everywhere -- (and Simkins)


In this Hiram Simkins business, I find two in Oregon before 1900 -- one
in the Wheatland area of Yanhill & Polk Counties, with connections to
numerous of the well-known Champoeg area pioneers, and his uncle, Hiram
Simpkins, found in the 1880 census in "Jump off Joe" in Josephine
County, the census taker writing something that could be transcribed as
"Irian".

Anyway, of the former, less related one, I found the Matheny name
popping up again, which, since it has been a topic on this list, I
thought might be of interest to some: