Mary Ann Cheney

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Cheney was born on 24 April 1853, in Illinois, United States, her father, James Moses Cheney, was 40 and her mother, Ella Leah Nobles, was 16. She married Harrison William White on 17 September 1865, in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Table Bluff, Humboldt, California, United States in 1900 and Lemoore, Kings, California, United States in 1920. She died on 30 April 1922, in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Hanford, Kings, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harrison William White
1840–1913
Mary Ann Cheney
1853–1922
Marriage: 17 September 1865
Clara White
1866–1866
Mary Ann White
1880–1952
William Darmer White
1867–1878
Anna Augusta White
1869–1961
Wilfred White
1871–1872
Ida May White
1873–1932
Walter Harrison White
1875–1962
White
1877–1877
Carrie Belle White
1878–1964
Lily Eva White
1882–1971
Leland S White
1885–1954
Abby Grace White
1889–1966
Elizabeth White
1892–1963
Wilbur Benjamin White
1894–1942

Sources (18)

  • Mary White in household of Harrison White, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Cheney, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • California Death Index, 1905 - 1939 for Mary White.

World Events (8)

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

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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