James Henry Washington Cheyne

     James H. W. Cheyne was born, 4 July 1890, in Kings, New York, USA. The 1900 census had his birth as July 1889.^1,2,3

James Cheyne was found on a passenger list with his parents Henry Cheyne and Jane Cheyne, 5 August 1891, at Liverpool, Lancashire, England, They were passengers aboard the Teutonic out of New York. He was 30 and a labourer, Jane A. was 30 and a wife and James 1. They were marked as of English descent.⁴

James Cheyne was found on a passenger list with his mother Jane Cheyne on 29 December 1891 at New York, New York, USA, They were on a Manifest of Passengers aboard the Furnessia, out of Glasgow, Scotland and Londonderry, Ireland. She was listed as 26 years of age, a citizen of the United States destined for New York and a Cabin Class passenger. James was 1-1/2 years of age and a US citizen. They boarded in Glasgow.⁵

James Cheyne, Charlotte Cheyne and Henrietta Cheyne were listed as children in the household of Henry Cheyne and his wife, Jane Cheyne on the 1900 United States Census, at 127 Jay Street, in New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was listed as James H. Cheyne, 10, born in New York and at school.²

James Cheyne married Anna Keegan 11 October 1909, in New York, USA.⁶

Photo of James Henry Washington Cheyne (seated) taken about 1910. The other person may have been a brother.⁷

James Henry Washington Cheyne and his wife Anna Cheyne were listed on the 1910 United States Census, at 2056 Pacific Street, in New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was head of household and a carpenter at a jobbing shop. They were indexed with a surname of Skeyne. They had been married less than a year and they rented their home.. He was 19 and born in New York.⁸

James Henry Washington Cheyne died 13 February 1911 in New York, USA.⁹