William Cheyne

M, #15709, b. about 1885
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     William Cheyne was born, about 1885, in Walls Parish, Orkney Islands, Scotland.1

William Cheyne was listed on the 1891 Scotland Census at Crowting, in Walls Parish, Orkney Islands, Scotland. He was 6 years old and a boarder in the household of James Omen. He was born in Walls Parish, Orkney.1

William Cheyne was listed on the 1901 Scotland Census at Crowting, in Walls Parish, Orkney Islands, Scotland. He was as a cousin of John Omand, tailor. He was 16 years old, born in Walls Parish, Orkney and a fisherman.2

William Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated 7 June 1919, at Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He was a third class passenger aboard the Grampian, out of Monreal. He was 35, a seaman and was destined for Melsetter, Longhope, Orkney. He planned to remain in Scotland permanently.3

Citations

  1. [S409] 1891 Scotland Census Index, Registration Number: 32/1, Registration district: Walls, Civil parish: Walls and Flotta, County: Orkney, ED: 4, Page: 8, Household schedule number: 33, Roll: CSSCT1891_7.
  2. [S423] 1901 Scotland Census Index, Registration Number: 32/1, Registration district: Walls, Civil parish: Walls, County: Orkney, ED: 4, Page: 6, Household schedule number: 25, Roll: CSSCT1901_8.
  3. [S389] Website Ancestry.com Website (www.ancestry.com) "UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces."