Chesney Family History
Chesney Name Meaning
English, northern Irish, and French: topographic name for someone
who lived by or in an oak wood, from Old French chesnai ‘oak
grove’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chesney
Name Distribution of Chesney Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chesney families
 28 - 53  10 - 27 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Chesney families
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28 - 53 10 - 27 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chesney families
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30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chesney census records
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Chesney Family Origin
Chesney Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Chesney families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Chesney
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Chesney Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Chesney census records
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Chesney Civil War Service Records
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