This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LOONEY Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ECx.2ACEB/540 Message Board Post: LOONEY_Joe_Doyle_and_Dicie.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Companion Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use the picture for your personal records. This is one of the 124,910 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

Jil, the phone number for Keith Looney of Sweet Home is 541-367-8628. Hope this helps. Linda-

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ECx.2ACEB/539 Message Board Post: I am looking for any family member of this couple. They live in Sweet Home Oregon, have a trucking company might be logging truck company. Since her brothers are into logging in Oregon. Betty was born 1947 to Vernice L. Day Northern and Raymond Northern Appreciate any help. Jil

Hello Steve, This is my line: Robert Absalom Michael William (the M. probably stands for Michael) Looney married Rhoda Stubblefield Epps Looney (who married a Elizabeth Stubblefield) Tipton Tillman Looney Sarah (Sallie) A. Looney b. 1870 AR married 1 Oct 1891 in Ripley Co. MO + William Jasper Nipps b. 1869 Ripley Co. Mo. (daughter) Sadie Faye Nipps b. 8 Apr 1904 d. 13 Apr 1992 Pocahontas, Randolph Co. AR married 1925 Sam Jones b. 1895 d. 20 Jul 1970 Pocahontas, Randolph Co. AR (both are buried in Ravenden Springs Randolph Co. AR (They were my grandparents), Sorry, William and Rhoda were my 3xs Great-Grandparents. It's nice to talk to a cousin, which one of William's descendents are you from? Brenda

Brenda - This is my line of Looneys, also. Robert(1), Absalom(2), Michael(3), William(4) Quite a bit of info and photos posted at: www.mindspring.com/~mozark/LnyGen.html I should mention there is not much evidence to support the middle initial in this William Looney's name. All I have found indicates he is likely just "William Looney" not "William M Looney". There actually is a WIlliam M Looney out there who descends from a different line who is often confused with this one. In fact, there are many "Michael" and "William" Looney's scattered around, some in the same regions during the same time period. It is often difficult to determine exactly which William and/or Michael is being referenced. Regards, ///Steve Looney/// LOONEY-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Subject: > Re: William M. LOONEY md. Rhoda STUBBLEFIELD abt 1800, TN > From: > Mdre007@aol.com > Date: > Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:10:05 EDT > To: > LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com > > To: > LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com > > >There is a Stubblefield Cemetery in Randolph County, Arkansas. There is a >tombstone listed as follows: > Michael Looney >Son of William and Rhoda (Stubblefield) >12 Dec 1823- 7 Nov 1887 > > Also just type in William Looney/ Rhoda Stubblefield you will see a lot of >websites and get the Looney family history. > I have William Looney b. 1785 Stanley Valley, Hawkins Co. TN > d. 10 Mar 1846 Lawrence Co. AR > Rhoda Stubblefield b. 1782 Wilkes Co. NC > d. 18 Aug 1847 Lawrence Co. AR > > They are my 4x's great-grandparents. > Brenda > > >

There is a Stubblefield Cemetery in Randolph County, Arkansas. There is a tombstone listed as follows: Michael Looney Son of William and Rhoda (Stubblefield) 12 Dec 1823- 7 Nov 1887 Also just type in William Looney/ Rhoda Stubblefield you will see a lot of websites and get the Looney family history. I have William Looney b. 1785 Stanley Valley, Hawkins Co. TN d. 10 Mar 1846 Lawrence Co. AR Rhoda Stubblefield b. 1782 Wilkes Co. NC d. 18 Aug 1847 Lawrence Co. AR They are my 4x's great-grandparents. Brenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FINE, MERCHANT, YOUNG, FERRILL, WARNER, STUBBLEFIELD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ECx.2ACEB/538 Message Board Post: Anyone else researching this family? Proof of this marriage? thx, Gary

Would someone please refresh my memory regarding who was the James Looney/Loony, found in the Lincoln Co., TN, 1820 census? Who were his parents and anything on children of this gentleman? Thanks. Nita Fry

The land where Elisha (son of James Luna) and Eliza Gray Luna are buried near Zanoni, Mo., in Ozark Co., has recently sold to non-family members. Some Ozark County cousins are proposing to put a monument at the Smith Chapel Cemetery (not too far away and where several other Lunas are buried). The names/dates being proposed for the monument are listed below. As you can see, we don't have death dates for all the "children." If you can make corrections to this, please do so -- if it's going to be "carved in stone," we want it to be correct. Family history says that Elisha and Eliza wanted to be buried on their land. They share one stone, and it's in good condition. The former Luna-related owners had fenced it away from the rest of the hill/pasture. BUT other Luna "children" made similar decisions, to be buried on their own land. Family history says the wife of Elisha Jones Luna, Mary Patrick, wanted to be buried under a certain apple tree near their home. That's where both E. J. and Mary Luna were buried, and I'm told that cattle now roam over their graves and have knocked down the headstones. Peter Pitman Luna is buried at the Patrick Cemetery in Ozark County, but there is no date for his death on his stone. Please help us to get accurate information! In memory of Elisha and Eliza Gray Luna, both born 1819, died 1900. Buried one mile east of Zanoni on land they homesteaded when they came to Ozark County from Bedford County, Tennessee, in 1855. Their children: Harriet Luna Shepherd, 1837-1917 Nancy Luna Upton, 1839- Linnie (Malinda) Luna Upton, 1840-1934 John T. Luna, 1842-1926 James Luna, 1844-1889 Eliza Luna Cochran, 1848-1922 Richard T. Luna, 1848-1907 Peter P. Luna, 1849- Elisha Jones Luna, 1851-1933 Wm. Washington (Uncle Bill) Luna, 1852-1933 Samuel P. Luna, 1855-1928 Alexander H. Luna, 1855-1939 Austin C. Luna, 1858-1940 Marion Jackson Luna, 1860-1937 Lycurgus C. Luna, 1862- Amelia Luna Grisham Moody, 1864 -

Right On! joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: <r1961s@juno.com> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 6:39 AM Subject: Re: Lawsuit between Hogan heirs and Peter Luna > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Luna > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ECx.2ACEB/502.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I don't have any papers, but according to the book "Peter Luna and his Descendents" it states that Peter (aged 89, if memory serves me correctly) that he didn't like something that the (opposing) lawyer said and hit him with his cane. The judge fined Peter $50, which was a lot back then. Peter then replied, "If I give you another $50, can I hit him again?" > > Sounds like my bunch to me!! > > Rhonda > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > Was "John" Robert's father? or brother? Was Robert's wife Elizabeth? Was > she a Stover or Llewellen? Was John's wife also a Llewellen (did sisters > marry brothers?)? How many of Robert's siblings and neices/nephews came > to America, too? Help us solve these mysteries today on the LOONEY list. > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ECx.2ACEB/399.1 Message Board Post: where are they from would be helpful to know if i know them aor not

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Luna Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ECx.2ACEB/502.2 Message Board Post: I don't have any papers, but according to the book "Peter Luna and his Descendents" it states that Peter (aged 89, if memory serves me correctly) that he didn't like something that the (opposing) lawyer said and hit him with his cane. The judge fined Peter $50, which was a lot back then. Peter then replied, "If I give you another $50, can I hit him again?" Sounds like my bunch to me!! Rhonda

Thanks Jim, I left something out of the link. My own name!!! The link is: http://pages.prodigy.net/tomstreet/page11.html Tom Street in Tacoma JimmyDCain@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 7/30/2005 3:49:46 PM Central Daylight Time, tomstreet@prodigy.net writes to the LOONEY-L list on rootsweb.com: Some of my web stuff on the Luna family is a link from the on-line Street Family Newsletter at http://pages.prodigy.net/page11.html Tom, the above link does not work, although access to http://pages.prodigy.net works fine. Is something misspelled or is it a secure (https//) site? Thanks, Jim Jim Cain Cain & Barnes, l.p. 12418 Stafford Springs Drive Houston, TX 77077-3910 Tel: +1 (281)-558-6153, Mob: +1 (832)-215-5551, Fax: +1 (281)-556-1084 Preferred personal incoming email address: JimCain@pobox.com Preferred work-related email address: Jim.Cain@cain-barnes.com

Hi List Members, I was reviewing the Looney Genealogical Web Page today and tried to contact some people listed as web owners and all my e-mails have been returned. I was trying to up-date my own e-mail address since I was listed as a Researcher. Would people with Looney / Luna Web Pages please check to see if contact e-mail addresses are up to date so people can contact you. Tom Street in Tacoma, WA Researching Peter Luna's line via my great grandfather William Mitchell Luna son of John Sanford Luna of Marshall Co., TN. Some of my web stuff on the Luna family is a link from the on-line Street Family Newsletter at http://pages.prodigy.net/page11.html Anyone is welcome to link this page to their Looney / Luna web pages.

I found Decaturville (note spelling) on Travel Map USA at 37 54 30 N 92 41 45 W near the county lines of Camden and LaClede Counties, on Highway P near Highway 5. Suggest you check both counties. Bill Landers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ECx.2ACEB/502.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Glad to hear from you. Are you related through the Hogan or the Luna end? I am related through the Hogans. I have pretty much stumbled on the information I have found. I didn't know much about the Hogan side, other than my Grandmother didn't like them for some unknown reason. I would be glad to share whatever information I have. Look forward to hearing from you. You can reach me at 247free2dream@sbcglobal.net Kim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Looney-Hogan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ECx.2ACEB/502.1 Message Board Post: Hi, This is my family and I know precious little on them. I have family group sheets recorded by my cousin, who did the research before I was into this. I can tell you what I know. And give you my info. I did not know that there was a lawsuit though, and it doesn't surprise me. Mickey in Illinois

Where is Decauterville, MO? What county? Thx.

To confuse things even more, you will sometimes find Looney spelled more than one way within the same historical document. Robert Looney's will is one such document. The name is spelled both Looney and Luney. Since Robert signed his will with only his initials, R and L superimposed (similar to a brand) he may not have been able to read or write. If this were the case, then it was entirely up to the writer of the document to spell the name any way they felt it should be spelt. As Phillip Crane and his mother pointed out in their book, the Luna spelling was used on an earlier land claim up in northern VA. Robert's son's and grandson's seemed to use the Luney spelling as that is the way they signed their names on early documents. Capt. John Looney, my ancestor, apparently used both spellings (Looney and Luney) during his life time. Larry Johnson Grapevine, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Modlin" <jwmodlin@comcast.net> To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:41 PM Subject: Re: Luna name derivation [was Peter Luna] > The simplest explanation of the spelling "Luna" for the Manx name most > commonly rendered as "Looney", is that people in the southern states, > especially those in the southern highlands, where most of the early 18th > and 19th century Looneys lived, pronounced the letter "a" on the end of a > word, especially a name, the same way they pronounced "y" or "i" or "ey" > or "ie" on the end of a name. If you look at the spelling of names in > contemporary records of the time, you will see this over and over again. > In another of my family lines, the Swiss surname "Hagi" was rendered by > most Americans over time as Hagy or Hagey. But one line in southwestern > Virginia spelled the name Haga. The name, though ending with an "a" > instead of the other spelllings, was pronounced the same initially. Like > Luna, though, over time it came to be pronounced as most people today > pronounce words that end in "a". One of my great grandmothers, whose > first name was Didema (born in 1860), had her name pronounced as if it > were "Didemey." Even today in southwestern Virginia, two of my mother's > sisters, whose names are Geneva, and Ada, are called "Genevey", and > "Adey", never as their names would seem by most to be pronounced. > > If Peter Luna were able to hear how his descendants pronounce his last > name today, he would be shocked. > > Wayne Modlin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Soheyr Azar" <SoheyrAzar@cox.net> > To: <LOONEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:44 PM > Subject: RE: Luna name derivation [was Peter Luna] > > >> NSayed6626 wrote: >> I'm often confused about the origins of the Looney/Luna name myself. Some >> people swear that it's old Irish, and now some people say that it's >> originally Spanish, from the time of the inquisition. >> >> In reply to Joyce Luna's: >> According to Mrs. Jane Luna, on page 4 of "The Descendants of Peter Luna >> (1759 - 1851). >> Quote:" Our Peter Luna adopted the spelling Luna for his surname, said >> to >> be the old original spelling of the name." >> >> I have written to this list before on this subject, and it is somewhere >> in >> the archives in greater detail. If we assume that Peter is the son of the >> immigrant Robert Looney from the Isle of Man (this is not my husband's >> line >> so I don't know the proofs), the old Manx pronunciation of Looney (and >> current colloquial pronunciation) is close to lu-na (the "u" is as in >> "rule" >> and the "a" as the "e" in "misery"). Peter just decided to spell the name >> the way they pronounced it. >> >> Looney is an old Manx name derived from the Gallic Mac Giolla Dhomhnaigh, >> the Lord's servant, and O'Luinigh, descendant of Luinigh (which means >> armed). Mac Guilley Manx names once consisted of three parts, Mac=son, >> guilley=boy, and a saint's name. It is assumed that these people once >> were >> dedicated in some fashion to a certain saint. The names eroded down to a >> few >> syllables over time. And also spelling rules evolved over the centuries. >> >> MacGuillowny is found in 1498, Gilownie and MacLawney in 1540, Lownie and >> Lewney in 1623, Looney in 1644. >> >> Looney is still a very common Manx name, especially in Maughold >> (pronounced >> Mac-uld) Parish. >> >> This is taken from Surnames of the Manx, which is in turn derived largely >> from the definitive work, Manx Personal Names (1937). >> >> Or maybe Peter just didn't want to get the funny looks that one gets when >> you tell them your name is Looney. >> >> Teresa McVeigh >> New Orleans, LA >> >> >> >> >> ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== >> This list is dedicated to the search for ancestors of LOONEY, LUNNEY, >> LUNA (Scotch-Irish), LEENEY and variations, all of which originated in >> County Cork, Ireland. Please refer other researchers to our list. >> >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your >> ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. >> Learn more: >> http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> > > > ==== LOONEY Mailing List ==== > If you find a web page somewhere listing Manx, Irish or Scotch surnames > and they don't include LOONEY/LUNA/etc., send them a note to let them > know we're around. The more advertising we have, the more help we get. > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

My great-grandfather is Lewis Looney. He is buried in Decaturville, Missouri along with many other Looneys. Rhonda Hamin