Thomas Haines Cheney, Twin & Lillie May Loonie

THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

Husband: Thomas Haines Cheney, Twin

Born: 10 OCT 1841 in Cheney's Grove, McLean County, Illinois
Married: 12 JAN 1876 in San Francisco, California (4)
Died: 03 OCT 1910 in Porterville, Tulare County, California (1)
Buried: in Cypress Cemetery
Father: Thomas R. Cheney
Mother: Susan Maxwell
Spouses:
Occupation: Farmer

Wife: Lillie May Loonie

Born: about FEB 1852 in Wisconsin
Died: 22 JUN 1911 in Porterville, Tulare County, California (2)
Father: Robert Looney
Mother: Sarah
Spouses:

Children
01 (F): Irene Cheney
Born: 28 MAY 1881 in California
Died: 04 OCT 1954 in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California (3)
Spouses: Robert J. Craig

Additional Information

Thomas Haines Cheney, Twin:

Notes:
Listed in the 1890 "Great Register of Sonoma County as a farmer in the Vallejo Township.

In the "Amended Index Sonoma County Homestead Declarations" Thomas H and Lillie M Cheney filed a homestead declaration on Sept. 2, 1895 (located in Vol H, Page 275).

Listed in the 1900 Sonoma County Census as living in the Vallejo Township. Thomas was a farmer who owned his own farm, and could read & write English.

In March of 1910, Thomas made the trip to Coalinga, California to attend the 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration of R.J. and Martha Cheney. He was listed as living in Porterville. (From the Daily Coalinga Times, March 9, 1910)

Marriage Notes
Thomas and Lillie were married at the Russ House by Rev. F.F. Jewell.

Footnotes

Porterville Obituaries 1890 to 1996, A-F, Tulare County, CA (http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ca+index+33458010611+F).
Ibid.
Certificate of Death (State of California - Department of Public Health).
County of Sonoma, Craig, Irene Cheney.
San Francisco Call.
January 14, 1876: p4/4.

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