Researching John Cheney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 920 people with the Cheney surname? In that year Cheney was ranked number 2666 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Cheney on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Cheney and the Cheney Genealogy
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Cheney Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called John Cheney
John Vance Cheney
John Vance Cheney (December 29, 1848 in Groveland, New York – May 1, 1922) was an American poet, essayist and librarian. Educated in Geneseo, New York, Cheney practiced law briefly in Woodstock, Vermont and New York City before moving to California with his first wife Abigail Perkins Vance Cheney, teaching music, lecturing, and working as a postal clerk. In 1887 he assumed the position of librarian of the Free Public Library of San Francisco, where he oversaw the openings of the system's first branch libraries and hosted the first west coast conference of the American Library Association in 1891. In 1894 he moved to Chicago, where he served as librarian of the Newberry Library. In 1909 he retired and moved to San Diego with his second wife, Sara Barker Chamberlain.
Cheney was a regular contributor to major literary magazines, including The Century, Atlantic Monthly, New England Magazine, and Harper's Monthly. His collected works, written between 1887 and his death in 1922, fill eight volumes.
He married Abbey Perkins Cheney (b. November 18, 1851) in 1876 and had two daughters, Janet Vance Cheney (b. Dec. 30, 1876) and Evelyn Hope Cheney (b. Sept. 19, 1881).
Source: John Vance Cheney, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Moses Cheney
John Moses Cheney (January 6, 1859 – June 2, 1922) was a Florida attorney and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. A Republican, Cheney represented African American clients during the segregation era and supported voter registration drives during his U.S. Senate campaign in the era of white supremacy supported by the Democratic Party in Florida and across the south. Efforts to register African Americans resulted in the Ocoee massacre.
Source: John Moses Cheney, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cheney
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