THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Rawson Augustus Harvey
           Born: 1826 in Concord, New Hampshire
Married:
Died: 28 APR 1902 in Fulton, Sonoma County, California (1)
Buried: in Sonoma Mountain Cemetery, Sonoma, California (2)
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:
Occupation: between 1884-1885 Farmer and Dairyman (3)
Residence: between 1884-1885 Fulton, Sonoma County, California (4)
           Wife: Keturah Jane Cheney
           Born: 10 JAN 1835 in Cheney's Grove, McLean County, Illinois
Died: 01 JUN 1912 in Rincon Valley, Sonoma County, California
Father: Thomas R. Cheney
Mother: Susan Maxwell
Spouses:
Children
01          (F): Marion Thomas Harvey
Born: NOV 1857
Died: 09 JAN 1907
Spouses:
Occupation: between 1884-1885 Farmer and Dairyman (5)
Residence: between 1884-1885 Fulton, Sonoma County, California (6)
02          (F): Sarah Cheney Harvey
Born: FEB 1858
Died: 18 SEP 1865
Spouses:
03          (F): Delia Harvey
Born: 31 JAN 1860
Died: 23 APR 1897
Buried: in Sonoma, Sonoma County, California (7)
Spouses:
04          (F): Dora S. Harvey
Born: 1862
Died: 07 JUL 1879
Spouses:
05          (?): Lewellyn Maxwell Harvey
Born: 1864 in California
Died: 03 JUL 1935
Spouses:
Occupation: 1890 Farmer (8)
Residence: 1928 Santa Rosa, California (9)
Residence: 1890 Russian River Township, Sonoma County, California (10)
06          (M): David Cheney Harvey
Born: NOV 1866 in California
Died:
Spouses:
Occupation: 1890 Farmer (11)
Residence: 1890 Russian River Township, Sonoma County, California (12)
07          (F): Mary Jane Harvey
Born: 23 NOV 1867 in California
Died: 25 FEB 1952 in Sonoma County, California (13)
Spouses: Mr Burris
08          (F): Ada E. Harvey
Born: 1869
Died: 03 OCT 1871 in Vallejo Township, Sonoma County, California (14)
Spouses:
09          (F): Matilda H. Harvey
Born: MAR 1871
Died: 26 SEP 1871 in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California (15)
Spouses:
10          (F): Mary J. Harvey
Born: 1873
Died:
Spouses:
11          (F): Elnora A. Harvey
Born: OCT 1873
Died: about 17 JAN 1907
Spouses: William John Trudgett

Additional Information

Rawson Augustus Harvey:

Notes:
"R. A. HARVEY, brother-in-law of Postmaster CHENEY of Sonoma, had the Harvey District School at El Verano named after him.

Born in Concord, NH in 1826, descended from sturdy New England stock. Came to CA in 1852.

Leaves a wife, Keturah Jane, and five grown children."

From the San Francisco Examiner
1902

(05) Lewellyn Maxwell Harvey:

Notes:
Lewellyn Harvey attended the 89th Birthday party of his Uncle, John Maxwell Cheney in 1928. He also attended his Uncle's funeral in 1929.

Footnotes

  1. Sonoma County Genealogical Society, Sonoma County, California Death Records 1873-1905 (2nd Edition, 2000 by Heritage Books Inc), 138.
  2. Ibid., 138.
  3. Sonoma County Genealogical Society, The Sonoma Searcher, 32.
    Winter 2000/2001, Vol 28, No 2.
  4. Ibid., 32.
    Winter 2000/2001, Vol 28, No 2.
  5. Ibid., 32.
    Winter 2000/2001, Vol 28, No 2.
  6. Ibid., 32.
    Winter 2000/2001, Vol 28, No 2.
  7. Sonoma County Genealogical Society, Sonoma County, California Death Records 1873-1905 (2nd Edition, 2000 by Heritage Books Inc), 137.
  8. Sonoma County Genealogical Society, Sonoma County California Reconstructed 1890 Census (1999, Heritage Books, Inc), 115.
  9. Sonoma Index-Tribune.
    1928.
  10. Sonoma County Genealogical Society, Sonoma County California Reconstructed 1890 Census (1999, Heritage Books, Inc), 115.
  11. Ibid., 115.
  12. Ibid., 115.
  13. California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section, RootsWeb.com (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi).
    Burris, Mary Jane.
  14. Russian River Flag, 3.
    October 12, 1871: In Vallejo Twp October 3, 1871 infant daughter of R.A. Harvey, aged 2 years.
  15. Ibid., 3.
    5 OCT 1871: In Sonoma Valley, September 26, 1871, infant daughter of R.A. Harvey, aged 6 months.

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