BOY, BOY, BOY This is what I like. Stuff from the horse's mouth. Thanks a million, Fr. Blaine. Were there any witnesses to these weddings listed?? Girls liked to have their favorite sister stand up with them sometimes and so did men like their brothers if they were available. Can you photocopy the smudged record? Maybe we can computer enhance it and make out what is written. You have probably found the keys to the kingdom, here, if we can just put them in the right lock. : ) Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blaine Burkey" <blaineb@slu.edu> To: <MATTINGLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [MATTINGLY] Missouri > I had no idea that so many people would be stirred into action by my > questions. > > The "Mrs. Alvi" I inquired about suffered from my misspelling after > hearing the name. I'm satisfied at this point that her name was Alvey, > though I still don't know who she is. > > At this point, however, I am not at all concerned with finding her. > > It has been pointed out that the part of the pages in which I was most > interested (the first two paragraphs) came substantially from Timothy > O'Rourke's opus magnus, Maryland Catholics on the Frontier, The Missouri > and Texas Settlements,p. 171. > > I've also been shown a web site devoted to O'Rourke at > http://www.marylandcatholics.com/orourke.htm > > Wishing to see for myself the connection of a Luke Mattingly with > Barton, I tracked down the records of St. Mary of the Barrons on > microfilm at the archdiocesan archives in suburban St. Louis and made a > brief initial study of the marriage records. > > The first record is date 1822, and very quickly it becomes clear that > the Mattinglys were in Perryville in force by that time. > > The 8th couple married on 10 Feb. 1823 were William Robertson and Sarah > Mattingly (daughter of Barton Mattingly and Mary Camron). > > The 14th (on 8 July 1823) were Thomas Mattingly (son of Jeremiah > Mattingly and Sarah Ann Shanks) and Teresa Tucker. The priest was > J[oseph] Rosati, C.M., who later became the first bishop of St. Louis. > > The 18th (on 9 Dec. 1823) were Joseph Mattingly, son of Joseph Mattingly > and Ann Taylor, and Ann Star. > > I found that quite interesting since earlier in the day, someone had > told me they thought that Jeremiah and Joseph were brothers of Barton. > > Next was the 22th couple to be "married" -- Barton Mattingley (sic), son > of Luke Mattingley and ______ Camberin , and Elizabeth Camberin, > daughter of Soe [Zoe] Camberin in 1824 . The priest was [John Mary] > Odin, C.M. This was all in Latin, incidentally, and Luke's name thus > appears as Lucae. That is no reason to suspect his name was Lucas, as I > seen somewhere. > > I read the the name of Luke's wife as saying Betsy, O'Rourke has Nellie. > He may be right. I will need to check the emtry again. > > O'Rourke says "the record was quite garbled." It would have been more > accurate to say it is so smudged that it is very difficult to read, > especially the part referring to a prior ceremony. > > Rourke says explicitly "The spelling Cambren was used." I looked at it > for a long time and in all four instances where it appears IN THIS ENTRY > it seems to be "Camberin." > > Camron and Cambron and Cambern appeared in nearby entries. > > Well, that's enough for now. > > Peace and All Good! > > Fr. Blaine Burkey > > > > > > ==== MATTINGLY Mailing List ==== > <Z>WELCOME TO THE MATTINGLY GENEALOGY GROUP<Z> > We also have the MattinglyForum-subscribe@egroups.com > Your Host Website http://www.wvi.com/~wb > Rootsweb Host http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/a/MATTINGLY/ > To Unsubscribe or contact the List Owner MATTINGLY-admin@rootsweb.com > mailto:MATTINGLY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > mailto:MATTINGLY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >