Gilbert CHENEY & Deborah SPOONER

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Gilbert CHENEY
Deborah SPOONER

Husband: Gilbert CHENEY
Birth: 6 Aug 1800, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT
Death: 16 Dec 1879, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT
Occupation: farmer, butcher
Father: Edward CHENEY, Jr.
Mother: Elizabeth GILBERT

Marriage: 9 Jun 1823, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT

Wife: Deborah SPOONER,
Birth: 15 Jun 1798, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT
Death: 29 Jun 1880, Brandon, Rutland Co., VT
Occupation: homemaker
Nephew: Fred SPOONER, b. 21 Oct 1856, Rutland Co., VT
Father: Paul SPOONER (1767-1842)
Mother: Deborah WHITE (1771-1844)

Children — born in Brandon, Rutland Co., VT:

1. Edward Dana CHENEY, b. 15 Sep 1824; d. 30 Nov 1827
2. Cyrus Spooner CHENEY, b. 17 Nov 1826; appears to have died unmarried, bef. 1850
3. Edwin W. CHENEY, b. 17 Jun 1828; d. 2 Mar 1838
4. (Child) CHENEY, b. 18 Sep 1831; d. 18 Sep 1831
5. Francis CHENEY, b. 15 Dec 1837; d. 2 Mar 1839

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Sources:

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).

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