Walter Grant Cheyne

     Walter Grant Cheyne was born, 24 August 1896, in Lower Canard, Kings District, Nova Scotia, Canada.^1,2,3,4,5

Walter Grant Cheyne immigrated in 1897, to the USA. The 1900 and 1910 US Census had the immigration date as 1897; the 1930 had it as 1896.^2,6

Adelaide Cheyne, Rob't Cheyne, George Cheyne, Walter Cheyne and Annie Cheyne were found on a passenger list with their mother Mrs. Robert Cheyne on 9 September 1899 at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, They were passengers aboard the Prince George, out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Margaret was marked as an adult, Adelaide, 8, Robert, 6, George, 6, Walter, 3 and Annie, 8 months. All were tourists and Americans.⁷

Adelaide R. Cheyne, George A. Cheyne, Walter Grant Cheyne and Robert A. Cheyne were listed as children in the household of Robert Cheyne and his wife, Margaret L. Cheyne on the 1900 United States Census, at 43 Bristol Street, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.²

Adelaide Cheyne, George Cheyne, Walter Cheyne and Fred Cheyne were found on a passenger list with their mother Mrs. Robert Cheyne on 31 August 1902 at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, They were passengers aboard the Prince Arthur, out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Margaret was listed as 36 and married, Adelaide, 10, George, 6, Walter, 4 and Fred, 1. Annie Cheyne was 60 and married. All were tourists and Americans.⁸

Adelaide Cheyne, George Cheyne, Walter Cheyne and Fred Cheyne were found on a passenger list with their mother Margaret Cheyne on 9 September 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts, USA, They were passengers aboard the Prince Arthur, out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Margaret was listed as 35 and married, Adelaide, 11, George, 8, Walter, 4 and Fred, 2. All were tourists and Americans.⁹

Adelaide Cheyne, George Cheyne, Walter Cheyne, Frederick Cheyne and Harold Cheyne were listed as children in the household of Robert Cheyne on the 1910 United States Census, at 62 Spring Street, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He was employed as a newsboy and he had attended school.¹⁰

Walter Grant Cheyne was listed on his draft card, dated 5 June 1918 as being a naturalized US citizen; and also on the 1930 US Census.^6,3

Walter Grant Cheyne, born 24 August 1896, registered for the draft on 5 June 1918, in Mansfield County, Massachusetts, USA. His place of birth was Lower Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia and he was a naturalized US citizen. He was employed by Thomas Strohar Decorating Company, in Copley Square, Boston. His next of kin was his sister, Mrs. Omer Jones, Cambridge.³

He applied for a United States Passport, at Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 30 November 1923. He was intending to travel to Italy, France and England aboard the Martha Washington out of Boston on the 29th of December 1923. His father was Robert Cheyne, born in Scotland, who immigrated to the United States, 1 May 1888, and had lived from that date in Massachusetts. Walter was five years old when his father was naturalized, 12 January 1899. Walter was born in Lower Canard, Nova Scotia, 24 August 1896 and a salesman residing in Mansfield, Massachusetts.¹¹

Walter Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated 12 April 1924, at New York, New York, USA. He was on a Manifest of US Citizen Passengers aboard the Providence, out of Marseille, France. He was 27 years, 7 months of age, single, born 24 August 1896, in Lower Canard, Kings County, Nova Scotia and resided in Mansfield, Massachusetts.¹²

Walter Cheyne was found on a passenger list, dated 12 August 1927, at New York, New York, USA. He was on a Manifest of US Citizen Passengers aboard the Rochambeau, out of Le Havre, France. He was 31, single, born 24 August 1896, in Nova Scotia and resided in Mansfield, Massachusetts.¹³

Walter Grant Cheyne was listed on the 1930 United States Census, at 396 South Main Street, in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He was head of household and a house interior decorator. Also present were his brother Harold Arthur Cheyne, a servant and her son. He owned his home.⁶

Walter Grant Cheyne married Virginia Knight Read 26 June 1931.¹

Walter G. Cheyne and Virginia K. Cheyne were found on a passenger list, dated 15 September 1931, at New York, New York, USA. They was on two Manifests of First Cabin, US Citizen Passengers aboard the President Polk, out of Naples, Italy. He was 35, married, born 24 August 1896, in Lower Canard, Nova Scotia and was a US citizen by virtue of "parents US citizens residing in Nov Scotia at time of birth". She was 23, married, born 6 October 1907, in Taunton, Massachusetts. They resided in Mansfield, Massachusetts.¹⁴

Walter G. Cheyne and his wife Virginia K. Cheyne were listed on the 1940 United States Census, at 396 Willow Street, in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He was head of household. Her mother, Ella Read, was also present. The family owned their home valued at $5,400. All were in the same house in 1935.. He was listed as 43 years old and born in Canada, a US citizen born abroad.⁵

Walter Grant Cheyne died 21 June 1983.¹