When Vernie Marvin Cheney was born on 2 July 1908, in Lincoln Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, his father, Emery Addison Cheney, was 38 and his mother, Clara Alice Tinkle, was 34. He married Doris Maxine McMahan on 21 February 1934, in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Deep River, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died in March 1981, in Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Jackson Township Cemetery, Jackson Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States.
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Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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