Helen Samantha Cheney

Femaleabout 1866–

Brief Life History of Helen Samantha

When Helen Samantha Cheney was born about 1866, in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Henry Payson Cheney, was 36 and her mother, Helen Samantha Sanborn, was 32.

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Henry Payson Cheney
1831–1908
Helen Samantha Sanborn
1835–
Henrietta Eliza Cheney
1858–
Helen Samantha Cheney
1866–
Frank Wilson Cheney
1860–
Adelia Belle Cheney
1861–
Lilliam Gertrude Cheney
1864–1911
Cheney
1866–1866
Cheney
1870–1870

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    World Events (3)

    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

    Age 0

    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

    1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

    Age 1

    This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

    1868 · Impeach the President!

    Age 2

    Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

    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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