Desborough - People
Benjamin Cheney


NameBenjamin Cheney     descendant tree, etc
NoteBenjamin's first wife was his cousin, daughter of his mother's elder sister Mary
FatherBenjamin Cheney
MotherHarriett Letts
Married (1) Annie Pelley 
Married (2) Clara Elizabeth Wills 

1841 Census

1851 Census

1861 Census

1871 Census : St Sepulchre, Northampton, Northamptonshire
173Princess Street no. 5Census date: 2 April 1871
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
Alfred ShemeldHead Mar 35 Carpenter & JoinerNorthampton 
Sarah ShemeldWife Mar 30 Northampton 
Eliza LettsLodger Unm 32 DressmakerNorthampton 
Harriett CheneyLodger Widow 26 DressmakerNorthampton 
Benjamin CheneySon 5 ScholarNorthampton 
Mary M CheneyDaur 1 Northampton 
Charles SmithLodger Unm 26 Northampton 
Sarah and Eliza were Harriet's elder sisters

1881 Census : St Sepulchre, Northampton, Northamptonshire
185Princess Street no. 5Census date: 3 April 1881
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
Alfred ShemeldHead Mar 44 CarpenterNorthampton 
Sarah ShemeldWife Mar 40 Haslebeech  Northamptonshire
Helen Louise ShemeldDaur Un 7 ScholarNorthampton 
Benjamin CheneyNephew 15 Errand BoyBesthorpe  Nottinghamshire
Mary E CoxServant Domestic Servant 17 Moulton  Northamptonshire

1891 Census

1901 Census : Broughton, Northamptonshire
253SunnysideCensus date: 31 March 1901
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
James WilloughbyHead M 37 First CellarmanWoodstock  Oxfordshire
Frances A WilloughbyWife M 37 Maidwell  Northamptonshire
John T L WilloughbySon 10 Kettering  Northamptonshire
Benjamin CheneyBoarder M 35 Living on own meansBesthorpe  Nottinghamshire
Benjamin CheneyBoarder 9 Kilburn  London
William CheneyBoarder 7 Kilburn  London
Benjamin Cheney (senior) was the brother of Frances Willoughby

1911 Census : Rothwell, Northamptonshire
218Coronation Avenue no. 24Census date: 2 April 1911
NameRelationCond.M.F.OccupationBirthplaceInfo.
B CheneyHead Mar 45 Poultry DealerNottingham  Nottinghamshire
Clara E McBrideHousekeeper Mar 33 Northampton  Northamptonshire
Raymond CheneySon 6 Rothwell  Northamptonshire
Olive CheneyDaughter 2 Rothwell  Northamptonshire
James WillsVisitor Single 22 CarpenterNorthampton  Northamptonshire

1939 Census

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