This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hope Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/969 Message Board Post: Samuel's obituary in the August 3, 1907 Merced Express states: "Mr. S.D. Hope died at his home in the Deane Colony on the 29th ultimo." The reference desk at the Merced Library was unable to locate the Deane Colony, but did find that it was founded by B.H. Deane in 1892. I have located a Deane Drain and a Deane Canal at N 37, 14.657' W120, 33.629' about 3 miles south east of the Merced Airport. I do not know if these relate to the colony. Any ideas?