William Alexander Cheyne

     William Alexander Cheyne was born, 7 April 1883, at 3 AM, in 33 Charlotte Street, Fraserburgh, Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.¹

William A. Cheyne, Douglas Cheyne, James Cheyne and Ann A. Cheyne were listed as children in the household of William Cheyne and his wife, Ann Cheyne on the 1891 Scotland Census, at 33 Charlotte Street, in Fraserburgh, Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland. He was listed as 7 years of age, born in Fraserburgh Parish and a scholar.²

William A. Cheyne, James Cheyne, Ann A. Cheyne, Kenneth Cheyne, George Cheyne, Robert Cheyne and Ada Cheyne were listed as children in the household of William Cheyne and his wife, Ann Cheyne on the 1901 Scotland Census, at 33 Charlotte Street, in Fraserburgh, Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland. He as listed as 17 years of age, born in Fraserburgh Parish, Aberdeen and an apprentice lime plasterer.³

William Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated 10 May 1905, at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a passenger aboard the Lake Champlain, out of Liverpool. He was 22, single, a plasterer, born in Aberdeen and destined for Toronto.⁴

William Cheyne was found on a border crossing list entering the United States, 13 January 1906, at Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA. He was 23, single, a plasterer and of Scotch descent. His last residence was in Fraserburgh, Scotland and was going to meet a friend, Charles Birnie, 223 East 101st Street, New York. He originally landed at Quebec aboard the Lake Champlain on the 10th of May 1905.⁵

William Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated 10 December 1906, at Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He was a third class British passenger aboard the Dakar, out of New York. He was 33, a plasterer of Scotch descent and held a ticket through to Glasgow.⁶

William Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated 25 April 1907, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a steerage passenger aboard the Laurentian, out of Glasgow. He was 24, single, a plasterer, a returning Canadian, and destined for Toronto.⁷

William A. Cheyne married Georgina Sim 30 May 1908, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. He was 25 years old, a bachelor, a plasterer, was born in Scotland and resided in Toronto. They obtained their marriage licence two days earlier. His parents were confirmed to be as recorded herein.^5,8

William A. Cheyne was found on a border crossing list entering the United States, 24 July 1915, at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. He was 32, married, a plasterer and of Scotch descent and born in Fraserburgh. His wife, Georgina Cheyne, 173 Dundee Street, Hamilton, Ontario was his nearest relative. He was joining his brother, Kenneth Cheyne, 921 16th Street, Detroit. He had been in the United States 1905-1906, last leaving the country in December 1906 and had originally landed at Halifax aboard the Valentian in May of 1905. He was traveling with Andrew Cardno, 37, plasterer and born in Fraserburgh.⁵

William A. Cheyne was named the brother of George Cheyne on a passenger list dated 24 June 1916. He resided at 365 Dundon Street, Hamilton, Ontario.⁵

W. A. Cheyne recorded the death of his daughter, an unknown person , who died 22 February 1917 at 173 Dundurn Street South, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada; of measles and pneumonia.⁹