1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 26; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1830

VT

Brandon Co.

Rutland

Roll 188

p. 193

Ln. 5

Gilbert Cheney

200 020 - 000 001 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
2 males	4 or under	1825-1830	= Edwin (b. 1828) = Cyrus (b. 1826)
2 males	20-29	1800-1810	= Gilbert (b. 1800)
1 female	30-39	1790-1800	= Deborah (b. 1798)
1 female	60-69	1760-1770	= mother? mother-in-law?

3.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 26; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1840

VT

Rutland Co.

Brandon

Roll 545

pp. 203B-204A

Ln. 12

Gilbert Cheeney

001 000 100 - 000 000 100 010

0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	10-14	1825-1830	= Cyrus (b. 1826)
1 male	40-49	1790-1800	= Gilbert (b. 1800)
1 female	40-49	1790-1800	= Deborah (b. 1798)
1 female	80-89	1750-1760	= mother? mother-in-law?
1	person employed in agriculture

4.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #56 of 68):  Brandon, Rutland Co., VT, Roll, p. B, 1396/1578, enumerated 13 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

Gilbert Cheney	50	M		Butcher		Vt
Deborah    "	52	F				Mass

There is an unmarried Cyrus F. CHENEY (æ 23, b. VT), moulder in an iron foundry, living in Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT, who could be our subject's son — note that "F" could easily be a phonetic misspelling of "S" — but without further evidence, there is no way to connect him.  Update:  Cyrus was enumerated a second time (in Burlington) as C. F. CHEENEY (æ 23, b. VT), laborer in iron foundry, so it looks like the middle initial was not a mistakes, so he's not our subject's son.

5.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #38 of 78):  Brandon P.O., Brandon, Rutland Co., VT, Roll M653_1326, p. 35B, PN 72, 547/495, enumerated 27 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

Gilbert Cheeney	59	M		Farmer	100		Vt
Deborah    "	62	F		wife			"
Darwin Kedder	27	M		Wheelright		1000	"
Helen    "	27	F		wife			"
Fraces E Torry	21	F		Milliner			"

Helen (TORREY) KIDDER and Frances TORRY/TORREY are Gilbert's nieces.  There is an unmarried Cyrus CHENEY (æ 33, b. VT), miner, living in Klamath Co., CA, who could be our subject's son, but without futher evidence there's no way to connect him.  Update:  Having not found our subject's son in 1850, it seems likely he did not survive and is not the one in CA.

6.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #52 of 76):  Brandon P.O., Brandon, Rutland Co., VT, Roll M593_1624, p. 320B, PN 52, 402/437, enumerated 15 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

Kidder David W	37	M	W	Carriage maker	5000	1200	Vermont
______ Helen A	38	F	W	Keeping House			Vermont
Cheney Gilbert	70	M	W	Farmer			Vermont
______ Deborah	72	F	W	Keeping House			Vermont

Helen (TORREY) KIDDER is Gilbert's niece.  No Cyrus CHENEY found, at least not one born in VT in the 1820s.

7.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 40):  Brandon, Rutland Co., VT, Roll T9_1347, p. 21B, PN 18, SD 137, ED 169, enumerated 8 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):•

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

10

11

13

15

24

25

26

198

210

Kidder Dorwin

W

M

47

/

Wheelwright

VT

NY

VT

______ Hellan

W

F

48

Wife

/

Keeping House

VT

VT

VT

Cheney Deborah

W

F

82

Mother

/

Boarder

N?? P??

MA

MA

MA

Spooner Fred

W

M

23

Boarder

/

Clerk in Store

VT

VT

MA

Deborah is Helen (TORREY) KIDDER's aunt, not Darwin's mother!  Deborah is also aunt of Fred SPOONER (son of her brother, Paul).  Deborah has some disease/condition, but I can't read it.  Deborah's parents were born in MA, but Deborah was born in VT.

8.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).