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John Park Cheyne

Male, #26, b. 28 March 1872, d. 12 February 1917
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John Park Cheyne was born, 28 March 1872, at 06:00 AM, in Fish Cross Street, Fraserburgh, Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland. His father registered the birth on 16 April 1872.1 He was the son of James Cheyne and Margaret Cheyne.

William Cheyne, Betsy Cheyne, Jessie Cheyne, Alexander Cheyne, John Park Cheyne, George Cheyne and Robert Cheyne were listed as children in the household of James Cheyne and his wife, Margaret Cheyne on the 1881 British Census, at 42 Cross Street, in Fraserburgh, Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland. He was listed as 10 years of age, born in Fraserburgh Parish and a scholar.2

The attached is a studio photo of John Park Cheyne, when he was fourteen, taken in Fraserburgh, about 1890.

Alexander Cheyne and John Park Cheyne were listed on the 1891 British Census at 41 Arlington Street, in Glasgow, Barony Parish, Lanark, Scotland. They were boarders in the household of James Glennie, mason. Alexander was listed as 22 years of age, born in Fraserburgh and a draper's assistant; John P. was 19, born Fraserburgh and a grocer's assistant.3

John Park Cheyne married Sarah Sophia Armitage 1896, in Ashton-Under-Lyne Parish, Lancashire, England. A marriage of Sarah Sophia Armitage was listed on the England Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983 as having taken place in the last quarter of 1896 in Ashton-Under-Lyne Parish, Lancashire, England. A similar listing for John Park Cheyne appeared same quarter, same volume, same page, but the location was Aston, Warwick. Did the transcriber mistake Aston and Ashton?4

The John Park Cheyne family, studio photo taken at Oldham Parish, Lancashire, England, about 1898.

John Park Cheyne and his wife Sarah Sophia Cheyne were listed on the 1901 British Census, at 60 Quail Street, in Clarksfield, Oldham Parish, Lancashire, England. He was head of household and a grocer's manager. Also present were his children, Ernest Cheyne and Margaret Cheyne.5

The attached is a studio photo of the John Park Cheyne family, taken in Fraserburgh, about 1908. From the left Sarah, Margaret, Alexander, Ernest and John Park Cheyne; the older boy was Laurence Armitage.

The John Park Cheyne family, studio photo taken at Fraserburgh, Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland, about 1910. The oldest boy was Laurence Armitage, an adopted son (and Sarah's nephew).

John Park Cheyne died 12 February 1917 at 12 midnight, of pulmonary tuberculous, at 18 Windeer Cottages in Scotstoun, Scotstoun & Yoker Parish, Lanark, Scotland. His death record listed him as 44 years of age, a milling machineman and married to Sarah Sophia Armitage. His son, Ernest Cheyne, recorded his death. His parents were confirmed to have been as herein recorded.6

Children of John Park Cheyne and Sarah Sophia Armitage

Citations

  1. [S127] Scotland, Civil Birth Registration, New Register House, Edinburgh, transcribed by the author from LDS microfilm or from microfiche at the New Register House, unless otherwise noted. Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen, 1872, Page 20, Number 58, and image.
  2. [S241] 1881 British Census, Parish of Methlick, Aberdeen, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, LDS Film 0203461, transcribed by the author, unless otherwise noted Enumeration District 2, Page 3, Number 18.
  3. [S409] 1891 British Census Index, Information courtesy of the Scottish Records Office, Edinburgh, and obtained from Ancestry.com Registration Number: 644/9, Registration district: Kelvin, Civil parish: Glasgow Barony, County: Lanarkshire, ED: 56, Page: 22, Household schedule number: 159, Roll: CSSCT1891_277.
  4. [S332] 1930 US Census, transcribed by the author from LDS microfilm, unless otherwise noted. Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Enumeration District 82-753, Sheet 19B, Lines 54=60.
  5. [S331] 1901 British Census, transcribed by the author from LDS microfilm, unless otherwise noted. Oldham Parish, Lancashire, Enumeration District unknown, Page 10, Number 58. Image obtained from Ancestry.Com.
  6. [S126] Scotland, Civil Death Registration, New Register House, Edinburgh, transcribed by the author from LDS microfilm or from microfiche at the New Register House, unless otherwise noted. Parish of Scotstoun & Yoker, Lanark, 1917, Page 10, Number 29.