Posts Tagged ‘Chesney’

On This Day … 4 July

1876 – Ella Hoeninghausen was born in Detroit, Michigan 136 years ago to August Hoeninghausen & Ida Kinsel.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

1885 – Stewart Sinyard was born in Joliet, Illinois 127 years ago to Frank Sinyard & Mary Ann Bittles.  (great-grandfather)

1895 – Mathias Chesney died 117 years ago in Bay County, Michigan at 2 years old.  His grieving parents are Frank Chesney & Maria Bruier.

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On This Day … 14 June

1844 -  Maria Lennemann was born in Germany 168 years ago to Franz Lennemann & Elisabeth Schulte.  (1st cousin 5x removed)

1855 – Veronica Degenfelder was born in Germany 157 years ago to Joseph Michael Degenfelder and Josepha Schrein.

1869 -  Paul Chesney was born in Germany 143 years ago to Frank Chesney & Louisa Schroeder.

1893 – Thomas Waid (34) married Louisa Hartmann (19) in Montgomery County, Ohio 119 years ago.

1914 – Joseph Klepaczyk died of nephritis 98 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was 48 years old.

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On This Day … 25 May

1921 – Evelyn Lebrick was born 91 years ago.  (wife of Joseph Chesney)

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On This Day … 22 May

1906 – Daniel Grimes (24) married Rosa Chesney (26) in Saginaw, Michigan 106 years ago.

1912 – Anton Kwart died of pneumonia 100 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was 44 years old.  (2nd great-granduncle)

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Sympathy Saturday – Sister Julia Chesney


Sister Mary Julia Chesney was born a twin in Bay County, Michigan in 1886 to Frank Chesney & Mary Bruier.  She joined convent before 1910 and worked as a teacher.  She died of diphtheria in her 33rd year and rests in St. Patrick’s Cemetery (Bay County, Michigan) in the Nun’s Circle.

Wedding Wednesday – Joseph Chesney & Elizabeth Uttech

Joseph Chesney (25) & Elizabeth Uttech (21) married on May 12, 1903 in Detroit, Michigan.  They were married by a priest A.V. Mernes, and witnesses were James Mushroom and Clara Blesnack.  (clicking on the photo makes it larger.)

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Tombstone Tuesday – Louise (Schroeder) Chesney


Louise (Schroeder) Chesney died 2 days after Christmas in 1882.  She died at the young age of 44 years leaving behind her 5 children and her husband, Frank Chesney.  She rests in Old St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Bay City, Bay, Michigan.

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