Andrew Cheyne

M, #16855, b. about 1840, d. 16 May 1891
FatherUnlinked Cheynes in Australia and New Zealand
     Andrew Cheyne was born, about 1840, in Shetland Islands, Scotland.1

Andrew Cheyne (16855) in Avenal, New Zealand was probably either Andrew Cheyne (8011) or (14850).

Andrew Cheyne married an unknown person about 1867, in New Zealand. The indexed marriage records at the time only indexed the bride or the groom, not both.2

A Cheyne was mentioned as arriving in Wellington aboard the S. S. Mataura on the 24th of July 1867. This Andrew was probably he. The attached is an article from the Daily Southern Cross about the arrival.3

An A. Cheyne was a shareholder of the Golden Gate Gold Mining Company and the Glencoe Goldmining Company. This Andrew was probably he. The attached is an advertisement and a article from the Daily Southern Cross dated 18 and 31 January 1870.4

Andrew Cheyne died 16 May 1891 at Avenal Road in Avenal, New Zealand. His death was reported in The Southland Times, Invercargill, New Zealand and The Shetland Times. "At Avenal, N.Z., on the 16th May (suddenly) Andrew Cheyne, Contractor (a native of Shetland), aged 51 years". (Shetland Times 1/8/1891).1,5,6

Citations

  1. [S428] Miscellaneous Websites, http://www.jghalcrow.co.uk/bdm/bdm.html
  2. [S556] Webpage BMD Indexes, Government of New Zealand (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/) "Marriage record 623 for the year of 1867."
  3. [S568] Webpage National Library of New Zealand (http://www.natlib.govt.nz/) "Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3130, 29 July 1867, Page 3."
  4. [S568] Webpage National Library of New Zealand (http://www.natlib.govt.nz/) "Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3871, 18 January 1870, Page 3 and Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3882, 31 January 1870, Page 4."
  5. [S556] Webpage BMD Indexes, Government of New Zealand (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/) "Death record 3163 for the year of 1891."
  6. [S568] Webpage National Library of New Zealand (http://www.natlib.govt.nz/) "Southland Times, Issue 11738, 18 May 1891, Page 2."