Brief Life History of Arthur Erroll
When Arthur Erroll Cheney was born on 15 November 1912, in Carbon, Montana, United States, his father, Arthur Amos Cheney, was 40 and his mother, Edith Viola Lochridge, was 34. He married Virginia Helen Davis on 15 June 1941, in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 26 August 1965, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Rose Hill, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Erell A Cheney in household of Arthur Cheney, "United States Census, 1920"
- Arthur Erroll Cheney, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Arthur Erroll Cheney, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1912–1965 Male
1923–2007 Female
Children (2)
1946–1996 Male
1956–2010 Male
Parents and Siblings
1872–1950 Male
1878–1918 Female
Siblings (4)
1901–1974 Female
1903–1992 Male
1906–1985 Male
1912–1965 Male
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1919 · Oil is Discovered at Cat Creek
Age 7
1927
Age 15
Name Meaning
English: variant of Chaney with the same etymology as in 2 below.
French: topographic name for someone who lived by or in an oak wood, from Old French chesnai ‘oak grove’ (from chesne ‘oak’), or a habitational name from any of several places called (Le) Cheney, e.g. in Haute-Savoie, named with this word. Compare Chesney .
French Canadian: altered form of French Chesnay or Chenay, topographic names with the same meaning and etymology as in 2 above, or habitational names from (Le) Chesnay or (Le) Chenay, names of several places in the northwestern part of France, based on Old French chesnai ‘oak grove’. Compare Chenette and Chenier 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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