James Johnstone Cheyne

M, #13517, b. 25 October 1919, d. 14 September 1998
FatherThomas B. Cheyne b. a 1889
MotherIsabel Delgetty b. 18 Jun 1880, d. 20 Jun 1931
     James Johnstone Cheyne was born, 25 October 1919, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.1,2,3,4

James Johnstone Cheyne was listed on the 1930 US Census as having had immigrated to the USA in 1920.1

James Johnstone Cheyne was found on a passenger list with his mother Isabel Cheyne on 12 May 1920 at New York, New York, USA, They were on a Manifest of Alien Passengers aboard the Toloa, out of Glasgow. She was 39, married, a housewife and born in Ayton, Scotland. He was 4 and born in Edinburgh. Both were British Subjects of Scotch race. Her closest relative in Scotland was her father, Alexander Dalgetty, 73 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh. They were going to join their husband and father, Thomas Cheyne, 2226 East North Street, Decatur, Illinois. She had been in the United States in 1919, in Decatur. This was his first entry.5

James Johnstone Cheyne was listed on the 1930 US Census as being a naturalized US citizen.1

James Cheyne were listed as children in the household of Thomas B. Cheyne on the 1930 United States Census, at 730 South Jasper, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA. He was listed as 10 years of age and as having attended school.1

James Cheyne was found in the household of Thomas Cheyne and his wife, Anna Cheyne, and listed as a son on the 1940 United States Census at 2501 Main Street, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA. He was listed as 20 years old, born in Scotland and a naturalized citizen. He was employed as an attendant at a filling station. He was incorrectly marked as a foster-son.3

James Johnstone Cheyne married Verla Elaine Bell 5 February 1941.6

James Johnstone Cheyne died 14 September 1998. He was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army during World War II.7

James J. Cheyne was buried, at Graceland Cemetery, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA..8

Family

Verla Elaine Bell b. 12 Dec 1921, d. 16 Sep 2010

Citations

  1. [S332] 1930 US Census, Decatur, Macon, Illinois; Roll: 538; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 695.0. Image courtesy of The National Archives, Washington, DC, and obtained from ancestry.com.
  2. [S431] 1820-1957 New York Passenger Lists, Microfilm serial T715, Microfilm roll T715_2763, Page 50, Line 19.
  3. [S588] 1940 US Census, DECATUR TOWNSHIP, DECATUR CITY (AREA B - PART), Household 308.
  4. [S599] Website FindAGrave.com Website (www.findagrave.com) "Date of birth from memorial 109135262 created by kpet."
  5. [S431] 1820-1957 New York Passenger Lists, Microfilm serial T715, Microfilm roll T715_2763, Page 50, Lines 18 & 19.
  6. [S599] Website FindAGrave.com Website (www.findagrave.com) "Names of marriage partners and date of marriage from memorial 59155148 created by kpet."
  7. [S599] Website FindAGrave.com Website (www.findagrave.com) "Date of death and miliary biographical note from memorial 109135262 created by kpet."
  8. [S599] Website FindAGrave.com Website (www.findagrave.com) "Cemetery of burial from memorial 109135262 created by kpet."