Helen Cheyne

F, #14848, b. about 1785
FatherUnlinked Cheynes in the Shetland Islands
     Helen Cheyne was born, about 1785, in Dunrossness Parish, Shetland Islands, Scotland. No IGI birth record was found. It is not known if Cheyne was her maiden or married name. If she married a Cheyne, he probably would have been Robert (4177), John (4178) or James (4180). If Cheyne was her maiden name she was the daughter of Robert Cheyne of Scatness (4175).1

Helen Cheyne was in the household of Robert Cheyne and his wife, Margaret Cheyne, and listed as aunt on the 1851 Scotland Census, at 14 Church Lane, in Lerwick, Lerwick Parish, Shetland Islands, Scotland. She was 66 years of age, born in Dunrossness Parish, Shetland Islands and employed as a wool spinner.1

Citations

  1. [S399] 1851 British Census Index, Parish Number: 5, Civil parish: Lerwick, County: Shetland, ED: 1, Page: 9, Household schedule number: 39, Roll: CSSCT1851_2.