oops, you are RIGHT! I had just read the one on Wallace MURRAY and got my wires crossed. Thanks so much for catching my error. sigh... guess its that old CRS syndrome kicking in... <G> Thanks You wrote: > >Hi Sandra- It does make a good story! > >I am confused again. The EMAIL you forwarded to GOLDRUSH about the whale >appears to be from someone looking for Wallace MURRAY! > From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Wallace MURRAY in CA >Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 00:15:03 EDT >Sandra, > I'm sorry, I didn't give you much to work with, did I? > I don't have an exact date because I can't find the @#$%%$#@ >MURRAYs!! >My grgrandfather was born in Ohio in 1840. Wallace was his brother, so >I >assume he would have been born right around then. R.B. (grgrndf) was in >the >Civil War and when it ended, he left OH and came to Iowa. So, assuming >again, >there must not have been family there anymore, so I imagine Wallace went >to CA >1850-1865? Maybe to look for gold?? > The family lore said "Uncle Wall went to California and got eaten >by a >whale." > Now you know as much as I about him and much, much more about CA >and >genealogy, so I'll leave the where to look to you. Is that O.k.? > Hope you have a very nice weekend! >Janis > > > > >Sandra Harris wrote: >> >> Carolyn, >> Thanks for the suggestions. It turns out it was Redwood City - and now we >> have the additional information he was eaten by a whale. Should be something >> somewhere on that, don't you think? >> Sandra >> >> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 07:45:22 -0700 >> From: Carolyn Feroben <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [CA-GOLDRUSH-L] Milton IRISH in Redwood CA 1860 and later? >> >> Hi Sandra, >> Here are some possibilities taken from the old Post Office locator: >> Redwood , San Francisco >> Redwood City , San Mateo >> Redwood Estates , Santa Clara >> Redwood Park , Santa Cruz >> Redwood Valley , Mendocino >> The one that survives as a major city is Redwood City-San Mateo. >> >> I didn't find anything in the way of mining camps with the name Redwood >> in Gudde_California Gold Camps_. Guide_ California Place Names_ lists >> Redwood City, in San Mateo. >> >> This is a a vague one. >> Good luck, Carolyn >> ===================================== >> >> > From: "Royce Jackson" <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Milton Irish - Redwood, Ca- 1860 >> > Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 21:32:26 -0600 >> > >> > The Irish Family from the Center, Texas area is looking for decendants >> > of a >> > Milton Irish. >> > >> > Milton Irish served in the Battle for Texas Independance and was one of >> > the >> > few who escaped from the Battle of Goliad in 1836. He had a wife named >> > Emily in Center, Texas. He has 2 land grants (later sold) given to him >> > for service in the Texas Revolution. >> > >> > He moved to California to make his fortune in the gold rush. He is >> > listed on the 1860 census from Redwood, CA. >> > >> > The family is searching for his gravestone and any decendants from a >> > life in >> > California. >> > >> > Royce Jackson >