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James Auchinleck Cheyne

Male, #4267, b. 11 August 1859, d. 13 December 1884
James Auchinleck Cheyne|b. 11 Aug 1859\nd. 13 Dec 1884|p3769.htm|James Auchinleck Cheyne|b. 31 Jan 1829\nd. 8 Jan 1882|p3592.htm|Elizabeth Leslie Findlater|b. 5 Feb 1839\nd. 21 Nov 1909|p3766.htm|James A. Cheyne Writer to the Signet|b. 16 Apr 1795\nd. 21 Jun 1853|p2400.htm|Margaret B. McKean|b. 11 Feb 1796\nd. 31 May 1832|p2422.htm|Alexander Findlater|b. 1811\nd. 18 Nov 1876|p4568.htm|Elizabeth Turnbull|b. 1814\nd. 6 Oct 1866|p4569.htm|
     

James Auchinleck Cheyne was born, 11 August 1859, in Lavenham, Halfway Bush, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.1,2,3 He was the son of James Auchinleck Cheyne and Elizabeth Leslie Findlater.

James Auchinleck Cheyne died 13 December 1884 at Maori Hill in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. His obituary from the Otago Witness, 20 December 1884, reads "CHEYNE.—On the 13th December, at his mother's residence, Maori Hill, Dunedin, James Auchinleck Cheyne, eldest son of the late James Auchinleck Cheyne; in his 26th year". He was a surveyor.4,5,6,7

James Auchinleck Cheyne was buried 16 December 1884, at Northern Cemetery, in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. He was buried in Block 122, Plot 31 with his parents and sister, Bessie Thomson..8,9

Citations

  1. [S201] Records of Gerard Auchinleck Cheyne, Date of birth provided.
  2. [S556] Webpage BMD Indexes, Government of New Zealand (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/) "Records 548 and 549 for the year of 1859."
  3. [S428] Miscellaneous Websites, Date and place of birth from image of birth announcement from PapersPast, New Zealand, Otago Witness, Issue 402, Page 2.
  4. [S219] Records of Peter Wood, New Zealand, Date of death (12 December) in 1884 provided.
  5. [S460] Information provided by a Web Page Contributor, Date (12 December 1884) and city of death provided by Eleanor Watt, in New Zealand, 6 June 2009.
  6. [S428] Miscellaneous Websites, PapersPast, New Zealand, Otago Witness, Issue 1726, Page 7.
  7. [S428] Miscellaneous Websites, Date of death and occupation found at WebSite for City of Dunedin http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/.
  8. [S460] Information provided by a Web Page Contributor, Place of burial provided by Eleanor Watt, in New Zealand, 6 June 2009.
  9. [S428] Miscellaneous Websites, Date and place of bural found at WebSite for City of Dunedin http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/.