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675
George Wells Cheney 7 [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born December 15th, 1833 No Image On File
Birthplace Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Baptized No Entry
Baptized at... No Entry
Baptized by... No Entry
Baptized in... No Entry
Occupation(s) Carriage factory worker, machine shop foreman, paper mill owner, logwood mill foreman
Died July 10th, 1899, aged about 66 years
Died at... Point Comfort, Peekskill, New York, USA
Cause of Death effect of a fall
Burial Place No Entry
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [374_sa]Halsey Cheney 6 No Image On File
Mother [374]Adaline Pamelia (Blish) Cheney 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[675sa] - Amelia Porter (Haines) Cheney 7

Married by: No Entry
Married at: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [1060] Halsey Haines Cheney 8 b. June 2nd, 1864 c. September No Image On File
II [1061] Winthrop Cheney 8 b. July 17th, 1866 c. October No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
Gen. 7 Gen. 6 Gen. 5 Gen. 4 Gen. 3
George Wells CheneyHalsey CheneyTimothy Cheney? CheneyNo Entry
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? (?) CheneyNo Entry
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Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney? SkinnerNo Entry
No Entry
? (?) SkinnerNo Entry
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Adaline Pamelia (Blish) CheneyDeacon Thomas Blish, (***)David Blish, (***)Tristham Blish, (***)
Anne (Fuller) Blish
Zeruiah (Skinner) BlishDeacon Nathaniel Skinner
Mary (Gillett) Skinner
Prudence (Hubbard) BlishElizur Hubbard? Hubbard
? (?) Hubbard
Abigail (Hollister) Hubbard? Hollister
? (?) Hollister

Personalized History Timeline, 1833 to 1899
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 1
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from before birth until age 3
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 18
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from before birth until age 4
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from before birth until age 27
1833:
Telegraph at age 0
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 0
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 1
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 2
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 2
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 2 to age 9
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 3
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 3
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 3
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 4
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 4
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 4 until after line end
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 4 to age 7
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 5 to age 6
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 6 to age 9
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 8 to age 11
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 9
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 11
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 12 to age 15
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 12 to age 16
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 12
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 12
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 13
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 13 to age 15
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 15
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 15
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 15 to age 23
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 15
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 16 to age 19
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 16
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 17
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 17
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 17
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 17
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 17
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 18
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 19 to age 26
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 20 to age 23
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 20
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 21
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 21 to age 23
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 21
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 24 to age 33
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 24
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 24 to age 27
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 25
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 25
1859:
Oil Well at age 26
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 26
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 26
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 27
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 27
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 28
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 28
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 28
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 28
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 28 to age 32
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 28
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 28 to age 32
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 28
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 28
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 28
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 28 to age 32
1862:
US Homestead act at age 29
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 30 to age 46
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 30
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 30
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 30
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 30
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 30
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 31
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 31
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 32
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 32
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 32
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 33
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 33 to age 35
1867:
Dynamite at age 34
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 34
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 34
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 34
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 34
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 35 to age 45
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 36
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 36
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 36
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 36 to age 43
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 36
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 37 to age 38
1870:
US black men can vote at age 37
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 37
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 38
1873:
Color Photographs at age 40
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 40 to age 45
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 43
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 43
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 43
1876:
American Centennial at age 43
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 44 to age 47
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 44
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 45
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 46
1879:
Zulu war at age 46
1881:
President Garfield assassinated (dies of med. care) at age 48
1881:
James A Garfield president of US at age 48
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from age 48 to age 63
1881-1885:
Chester Arthur president of US from age 48 to age 52
1884:
Motorcycle at age 51
1884:
1st subway at age 51
1885-1888:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 52 to age 55
1885:
Automobile at age 52
1886:
Induction Telegraph (Grandville T. Woods) at age 53
1887:
X-Rays (Tesla, not Rontgen!) at age 54
1888:
70...77 rpm musical records at age 55
1888:
Great Blizzard of 1888 - 400+ deaths at age 55
1889:
North Dakota enters the union - 39th at age 56
1889:
Washington enters the union - 42nd at age 56
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from age 56 to age 59
1889:
South Dakota enters the union - 40th at age 56
1889:
Montana enters the union - 41st at age 56
1889:
Holerith invents the punch card at age 56
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 57
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 57
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 57
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 57
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 58
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 60 to age 64
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 60 to age 63
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 60
1893:
Movies at age 60
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 60
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 61
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 61 to age 62
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 63
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 63
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 64 until after line end
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 65
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 66 until after line end
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 66 until after line end

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