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Marion Cheney

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Marion CheneyAmerican, 1897 - 1976

Marion Cheney was born on 18 September 1897. She was the daughter of Charles Cheney (1866-1942) and Mary Lydia Brainard (1867-1900). She had one brother, Ward Cheney (1899-1963). She had three half-siblings: Barbara Cheney Watkins (1904-1985), Maribel Cheney Humpstone (1905-1997), and Sylvia Cheney (1912-1916).

Marion married Dr. Edmund G. Rhodebeck (1894-1952) of Flushing, New York on 16 June 1920. (South Manchester "Brief State News" published in the "Norwich Bulletin" on June 1, 1920.) They had two children together: Pieter Cheney Rhodebeck (1921-1973) and Charles Cheney Rhodebeck (1922-2007), both later Dennis. They were divorced in 1926.

She was then married to Rodney Gove Dennis (1896-1966) in September of 1927. Marion and Rodney had a daughter, Faith Cheney Dennis (1928-2003), and a son, Rodney Gove Dennis, Jr. (1930-2006).

Marion died on 5 October 1976.

Source: Information gathered from FindAGrave.com, primary sources on Ancestry.com, and the June 1, 1920 issue of the "Norwich Bulletin".

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Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1964.73.59, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Un…
Marion Cheney Dennis
about 1897
Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1964.73.57, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Un…
Marion Cheney
1901 - 1905
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.93, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
Marion Cheney
1898 - 1899
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.95, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright U…
Marion Cheney
1901
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.370, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1899
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.371, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1899
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.373, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1899
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.372, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1899