Brief Life History of James Albert
When James Albert Chesney was born on 20 September 1824, in Cooper, Missouri, United States, his father, Robert Chesney, was 22 and his mother, Winifred, was 18. He married Jane Findlay on 29 September 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 8 October 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- James A Chesney in household of Samuel H Marble, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jas Albert Chesney, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Jas A Chesney, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Antrim, Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (an) tSasanaigh, see McChesney .
English (of Norman origin): variant of Chaney , a cognate of 3 below.
French: topographic name for someone who lived by or in an oak wood, from Old French chesnai ‘oak grove’ (from chesne ‘oak’). Compare Cheney 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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