David Pierce Cheney

10 July 1879–29 April 1974 (Age 94)
Springville, Utah, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of David Pierce

When David Pierce Cheney was born on 10 July 1879, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, David Cheney, was 22 and his mother, Lodema Hutchings, was 17. He married Annie Laura Pratt on 5 October 1904, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Montebello Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, California, United States in 1944. He died on 29 April 1974, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Pierce Cheney
1879–1974
Annie Laura Pratt
1884–1966
Marriage: 5 October 1904
Weston Pierce Cheney
1905–1967
Cleah Cheney
1907–1907
Wilma Pratt Cheney
1908–1988
David Lehi Cheney
1911–1977
Rex Alton Cheney
1912–1995
Nita Laura Cheney
1914–2007
Don Lamoin Cheney
1917–2000
Charles Cheney
1919–1988

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 October 1904Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 2
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
    1885
    Age 6
    Historical Boundaries 1885: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Fremont, Idaho, United States
    1904
    Age 25
    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Chenette
    Chaney

    Story Highlight

    Alice Ovanda Cheney Ricks, short version of childhood, digested by LaRee Ricks

    When my father, David Cheney, and my mother, Lodema Hutchings, were married, they accepted a call from President Brigham Young to help settle Huntington, Emery County, Utah. They arrived with others i …

    Sources (54)

    • David P Cheney, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • David Pierce Cheney, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • David Pierce Cheney, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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