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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.373, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Marion Cheney
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.373, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Marion Cheney

American, 1897 - 1976
BiographyMarion 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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