Desborough - People
Benjamin Cheney
| Name | Benjamin Cheney
descendant tree, etc |
| Note | Benjamin's first wife was his cousin, daughter of his mother's elder sister Mary |
| Father | Benjamin Cheney |
| Mother | Harriett Letts |
| Married
(1)
| Annie Pelley
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| Married
(2)
| Clara Elizabeth Wills
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1841 Census1851 Census1861 Census1871 Census
: St Sepulchre, Northampton, Northamptonshire| 173 | Princess Street
no. 5 | Census date: 2 April 1871 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| Alfred Shemeld | Head | Mar | 35 | | Carpenter & Joiner | Northampton
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| Sarah Shemeld | Wife | Mar | | 30 | | Northampton
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| Eliza Letts | Lodger | Unm | | 32 | Dressmaker | Northampton
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| Harriett Cheney | Lodger | Widow | | 26 | Dressmaker | Northampton
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| Benjamin Cheney | Son | | 5 | | Scholar | Northampton
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| Mary M Cheney | Daur | | | 1 | | Northampton
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| Charles Smith | Lodger | Unm | | 26 | | Northampton
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Sarah and Eliza were Harriet's elder sisters1881 Census
: St Sepulchre, Northampton, Northamptonshire| 185 | Princess Street
no. 5 | Census date: 3 April 1881 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| Alfred Shemeld | Head | Mar | 44 | | Carpenter | Northampton
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| Sarah Shemeld | Wife | Mar | | 40 | | Haslebeech
Northamptonshire | |
| Helen Louise Shemeld | Daur | Un | | 7 | Scholar | Northampton
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| Benjamin Cheney | Nephew | | 15 | | Errand Boy | Besthorpe
Nottinghamshire | |
| Mary E Cox | Servant | Domestic Servant | | 17 | | Moulton
Northamptonshire | |
1891 Census1901 Census
: Broughton, Northamptonshire| 253 | Sunnyside | Census date: 31 March 1901 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| James Willoughby | Head | M | 37 | | First Cellarman | Woodstock
Oxfordshire | |
| Frances A Willoughby | Wife | M | | 37 | | Maidwell
Northamptonshire | |
| John T L Willoughby | Son | | 10 | | | Kettering
Northamptonshire | |
| Benjamin Cheney | Boarder | M | 35 | | Living on own means | Besthorpe
Nottinghamshire | |
| Benjamin Cheney | Boarder | | 9 | | | Kilburn
London | |
| William Cheney | Boarder | | 7 | | | Kilburn
London | |
Benjamin Cheney (senior) was the brother of Frances Willoughby1911 Census
: Rothwell, Northamptonshire| 218 | Coronation Avenue
no. 24 | Census date: 2 April 1911 |
| Name | Relation | Cond. | M. | F. | Occupation | Birthplace | Info. |
| B Cheney | Head | Mar | 45 | | Poultry Dealer | Nottingham
Nottinghamshire | |
| Clara E McBride | Housekeeper | Mar | | 33 | | Northampton
Northamptonshire | |
| Raymond Cheney | Son | | 6 | | | Rothwell
Northamptonshire | |
| Olive Cheney | Daughter | | | 2 | | Rothwell
Northamptonshire | |
| James Wills | Visitor | Single | 22 | | Carpenter | Northampton
Northamptonshire | |
1939 Censustop of page