William Walter Cheyne

     William Walter Cheyne was born, 4 April 1890, in near Oakland, Iowa, USA.^1,2,3

William Walter Cheyne, Sue Bates Cheyne, Phoebe C. Cheyne and Joseph Duncan Cheyne were listed as children in the household of William C. Cheyne and his wife, Clara Cheyne on the 1900 United States Census, at 117 Iowa Avenue, in Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. He was listed as having attended school for nine months.⁴

William Walter Cheyne, Sue Bates Cheyne, Phoebe C. Cheyne, Joseph Duncan Cheyne, Charles Theodore Cheyne and Allison Boyd Cheyne were listed as children in the household of William C. Cheyne and his wife, Clara Belle Cheyne on the 1910 United States Census, in Belknap Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. He was listed as a salesman.⁵

William Walter Cheyne was listed on the 1910 United States Census at 606 Bluff Street, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. He was a boarder in the household of William McClenahan, restaurant proprietor. He was listed as age 20, single, born in the Iowa. He was employed as a repairman. His father was born in Illinois; his mother, in Iowa.⁶

William Walter Cheyne, born 4 April 1890, registered for the draft on 5 June 1917, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. His place of birth was Oakland, Iowa. He was a student in the ROTC at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He resided in the household of his father, W. C. Cheyne, at 301 Grace, Council Bluffs. His previous military experience was as an infantry private, about seven months, in the Iowa National Guard.⁷

He was a First Lieutenant 1st Iowa during World War I.⁸

William Walter Cheyne, Phoebe C. Cheyne, Charles Theodore Cheyne and Allison Boyd Cheyne were listed as children in the household of William C. Cheyne and his wife, Clara Cheyne on the 1920 United States Census, at 301 Grace Street, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA. He was employed as a clerk at a harvester company.⁹

William Walter Cheyne married Claire Agnes Hartwell 8 May 1926. The couple was listed on the 1930 US Census as having been married for approximately four years.¹

William Walter Cheyne and his wife Claire Agnes Cheyne were listed on the 1930 United States Census, at 1508 23rd Avenue, in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was head of household and a manager of a factory. She and her father were said to have been born in Iowa; her mother, in Illinois.. The family rented their home.¹⁰

William W. Cheyne and his wife Clair Cheyne were listed on the 1940 United States Census, at 21st Avenue, in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was head of household. Also present were a roomer and a servant. All had resided in Rock Island County in 1935.. He was listed as 49 years of age, born in Iowa. No occupation was listed.²

There was a second entry on the 1940 United States Census for William at the Paxton Hotel, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was listed as William Cheyne, 49, married, born in Iowa and employed as a wholesale farm implement salesman. He had resided in Moline, Illinois in 1935.¹¹

William Walter Cheyne died 1 August 1946.^1,12

William Walter Cheyne was buried, at Riverside Cemetery, in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA..¹³