Catherine Welsh

     Catherine Welsh was born, 26 September 1841, in Fowery, Cornwall, England.^1,2

Catherine Welsh married William Cheyne 11 August 1857, in Falmouth, Cornwall, England.^3,4

Catherine Cheyne was listed on the 1861 England Census at Crown Hill, Norwood, in London, Lambeth, Saint Mary Parish, Surrey, England. She was in the household of John Penpler, guardian. She was listed as a visitor, employed as a house maid, 20, married and born in Wiltshire.⁵

Catherine Cheyne and her husband, William Cheyne, were listed on the 1871 Scotland Census, at 1 Windmill Street, in Peterhead, Peterhead Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland. They were listed as the head of household and wife. Also present listed as their child was, Charlotte Cheyne.⁶

Charlotte (701) and her mother, Catherine (584) probably immigrated together in 1880 to the USA. Both were listed on the 1910 US Census as having immigrated that year.⁷

Catherine Cheyne and her husband, William Cheyne, were listed on the 1881 Scotland Census, at 9 Love Lane, in Peterhead, Peterhead Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland. They were listed as the head of household and wife. Also present listed as their children were, Comrie Cheyne, Andrew Cheyne, William Alexander Cheyne, James Henry Cheyne and John H. Cheyne.⁸

Catherine Cheyne, her husband, William Cheyne, and children James Henry Cheyne, John H. Cheyne, Comrie Cheyne, Andrew Cheyne, William Alexander Cheyne and Charlotte Cheyne immigrated to the United State in 1882. First, living in New Hampshire and later in Massachusetts.^1,9

Catherine Welsh was listed on the 1920 US Census as having become a naturalized US citizen in 1890.¹⁰

Catherine Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated August 1895, at Liverpool, Lancashire, England. She was a passenger aboard the Cephalonia, out of Boston. She was entered as 54, married and of English descent.¹¹

Catherine Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated 6 October 1895, at Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was a passenger aboard the Cephalonia out of Liverpool on the 26th of September. She was 56 years of age, married, a housewife an English citizen and returning to her husband, W. Cheyne, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She had previously been in the United States 1891 in Cambridge. Her last Residence was Plymouth.¹²

Catherine Cheyne was listed on the 1900 United States Census, at 215 Pearl, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was head of household. Also present were her children, Comrie Cheyne, Andrew Cheyne and William Alexander Cheyne. She was listed as Katherine Cheney, a widow, born September 1841, in England. She had ten children with six alive. She rented her house.¹³

Catherine Cheyne was in the household of Alexander Renwick and his wife, Lottie Renwick, and listed as mother-in-law on the 1910 United States Census, at 150 Franklin Street, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was listed as a widow and as having had six children, all living. Her parents were born in England.⁷

An unknown person was named the mother and next of kin of John H. Cheyne, on his enlistment papers into the Canadian military, dated 21 January 1918. She resided at 57 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.¹⁴

Mrs. Catherine Cheyne was listed as his next of kin of her son, Andrew on his draft card, dated 12 September 1918. Both resided at 57 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.¹⁵

Catherine Cheyne was named the mother and closest relative of John H. Cheyne on a passenger list dated March 1919. She resided at 57 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.¹⁶

Catherine Cheyne was in the household of Charlotte Renwick and listed as mother on the 1920 United States Census, at 57 Pleasant Street, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was listed as age 78 and a widow. She and her parents were said to have been born in England.¹⁰

Catherine Welsh died 1 April 1923.¹