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Gift of the Family of Margaret Cheney Doherty, 2021.47.19, Connecticut Historical Society, Copy ...
Rosalie Amory Cheney
Gift of the Family of Margaret Cheney Doherty, 2021.47.19, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Rosalie Amory Cheney

American, 1906 - 1999
BiographyRosalie Amory Cheney was born in Manchester, Connecticut on 25 December 1906. She was the daughter of of Sara Otis Amory and Frank Dexter Cheney, Sr. She had four siblings: Frank Dexter Cheney Jr. (1905-1991); Amory Cheney Marshall (1909-1999); Hope Amory Cheney Talcott (1913-1940); and Edward Amory Cheney (1918-1971).

She married John Fiske. They had two children: Rosalie Fiske Johnson and John Fiske, Jr.

She attended Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. She and her husband founded the Manomet Bird Observatory. She was a co-author of the book, The Bread Baker's Manual, published in 1978 with co-author Joanne Koch Potee.
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