The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Lon Chaney
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
| Ancestry of Lon Chaney | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Leonidas Frank ("Lon") Chaney,
b. Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Col., 1 Apr. 1883,
d. Los Angeles, Cal., 26 Aug. 1930
m1. 1904 Frances Cleveland Creighton (1889-1967). Issue: a. Creighton Tull Chaney ("Lon Chaney Jr."), b. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Terr., 10 Feb. 1906, d. San Clemente, Cal., 12 July 1973 |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 |
Frank H ... Chaney,
b. Fairfield Co., Ohio, 1 Apr. 1852,
d. Los Angeles, Cal., 11 Apr. 1927
m. Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Col., 5 Dec. 1877 |
| 3 | Emma Alice Kennedy, b. Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas Terr., 13 Oct. 1856, d. Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Col., 8 Apr. 1914 |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 |
James L ... Chaney,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. Fairfield Co., Onio, 21 July 1839 |
| 5 | Caroline Uffner, b. ... , d. ... |
| 6 |
Jonathan Ralstin Kennedy,
b. ... , Ohio, 19 Sept. 1824,
d. ...
m. |
| 7 | Mary E ... Jones, b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 8 |
John Chaney, US Congress 1833-1839,
b. Washington Co., Md., 12 Jan. 1790,
d. Franklin Co., Ohio, 10 Apr. 1881
m. ... 1816 |
| 9 | Mary Ann Lafere, b. ... , d. ... |
| 12 |
Hugh Kennedy,
b. ... , Pa., ... 1796,
d. Brown Co., Ohio, 8 Jan. 1845
m. Adams Co., Ohio, 22 June 1820 |
| 13 | Margaret Ralston, b. Adams Co., Ohio, 27 Oct. 1800, d. Lawrence, Kan., 11 July 1887 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 16 |
Nathan Cheney,
b. ... , Md., ... 1750,
d. Bedford Co., Pa., ... [ca. 1804]
m. |
| 17 | Susanna ... , b. ... 1750, d. Bedford Co., Pa., ... 1823 |
| 24 |
Hugh Kennedy,
b. Butler Co., Pa., ... 1750,
d. Hammersville, Brown Co., Ohio, ... 1837
m. |
| 25 | Sarah Canada, b. ... 1751, d. ... |
| 26 |
George Ralston,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 27 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 32 |
Ezekiel Cheney,
b. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 29 Aug. 727,
d. Frederick Co., Md., ... Aug. 1769
m. |
| 33 | Elizabeth ... , b. ... , d. ... |
| 48 |
Hugh Kennedy,
b. ... , Ireland, ... 1725,
d. ...
m. |
| 49 | Elizabeth Scullion, b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 64 |
Charles Cheney,
b. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 20 Aug. 1703,
d. Washington Co., Md., 7 March 1781
m. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 13 Apr. 1721 |
| 65 | Mary Powell, b. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 25 Sept. 1706, d. ... |
| 96 |
William Kennedy,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 97 | Jane Grey, b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 128 |
Charles Cheney,
b. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 6 June 1673,
d. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 6 May 1745
m. Anne Arundel Co., Md., 15 July 1701 |
| 129 | Anne Jones, b. Anne Arundel Co., Md., ... 1676, d. ... , Md., 14 Sept. 1713 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 256 |
Richard Cheyney,
b. ... ,
d. Anne Arundel Co., Md., ... [before Aug. 1688]
m. |
| 257 | Eleanor ... , b. ... , d. Anne Arundel Co., Md., ... March 1709 |
| 7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
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Richard Cheyney m. Charity ----
.Elizabeth Cheney m. William Ijams
.Elizabeth Ijams m. Samuel Duvall
|.Elizabeth Duvall m. Edward Tyler
| .Edward Tyler m. Nancy Langley
| .Robert Tyler m. Margaret ----
| .Robert Tyler m. Sarah Pritchard
| .Willett Tyler m. Rachel A. Montgomery
| .James Alexander Tyler m. Sarah Elizabeth Swift
| .Margaret Ellen Tyler m. Thomas Herbert Cheney
| .Richard Herbert Cheney m. Marjorie Lorraine Dickey
| .RICHARD BRUCE CHENEY (b. 1941), US Vice President
.William Ijams m. Elizabeth Plummer
.William Ijams m. Elizabeth Jones
.Cassandra Ijams m. Henry Leeke
.Mary Leeke m. Capel Holland
.Cassandra Holland m. John Adam Gordon
.Delilah Gordon m. Adam Shriver
.Jane Shriver m. Thomas White
.Mary White m. John Glenn
.John Herschel Glenn m. Clara Sproat
.JOHN HERSCHEL GLENN Jr (b. 1921), astronaut