Brief Life History of Elam
When Elam Cheney was born on 16 May 1825, in Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Aaron Cheney, was 37 and his mother, Mehitable Wells, was 38. He married Hannah Compton on 6 November 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 22 March 1912, in Pinedale, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Pinedale Cemetery, Pinedale, Navajo, Arizona, United States.
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- Elam Chenery, "United States Census, 1860"
- Peter W. Cheney (son) and Ezelphia Lemmon (daughter in law), "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Ezekiel Thomas Cheney (son), "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
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.
1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
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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