Elam Cheney

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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Family Time Line

Elam Cheney
1825–1912
Harriet Edgehill
1847–1926
Marriage: 7 July 1866
John Robert "Jack" Edgehill
1866–1922
Isaac Cheney
1867–1867
Jacob Cheney
1867–1867
Abraham Cheney
1868–1868
Melinda Cheney
1869–1876
George H Cheney
1871–1906
Melvina Cheney
1873–1903
Mary B Cheney
1874–
Melvin Cheney
1875–1875
Margaret Ellen Cheney
1876–1968
Julian Cheney
1879–1880
Juliaett Cheney
1879–1893
Ezra Cheney
1880–1880
Rosalia Cheney
1881–1883
Hyrum Elam Cheney
1883–1961
Charles Cheney
1887–1918

Sources (96)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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