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CHEANEY, Alfred
1876 - 1929 (53 years) Has 2 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
Abt 1854 - 1881 (27 years)-
Name CHEANEY, Alfred Birth 1876 Walcot, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1929 Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire Person ID I6530 Edgoose Last Modified 14 May 2026
Family ID F3272 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father CHEANEY, George William, b. 1851, Walcote, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. Yes, date unknown Mother HORNBUCKLE, Fanny, b. Abt 1854, Tilton, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1881, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 27 years) Marriage 1874 Billesdon Registration District, Leicestershire Family ID F335 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 EDGOOSE, Hilda Mary, b. 17 Oct 1878, West Walton, Norfolk d. 31 Jan 1900, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 21 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1899 Leicester Register Office, Leicestershire Family ID F332 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 WEBB, Mary Helen, b. 7 Jun 1876, Long Lawford, Warwickshire, England d. 1949, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 72 years) Marriage 1903 Leicester, Leicestershire - GRO June Q 1903 Leicester 7a 656
Children 1. CHEANEY, Horace James, b. 2 Oct 1905, Leicester, Leceistershire, England d. Sept. Q 1981, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. CHEANEY, Ivy, b. 1907, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1930, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 23 years)3. CHEANEY, Daisy, b. 16 Jun 1908, Leicester, Leicestershire d. Dec 1989, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. CHEANEY, Gladys, b. 16 Aug 1909, Leicester, Leicestershire d. 1979, Leicester, Leicestershire (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. CHEANEY, Dorothy, b. December Q 1911, Leicester [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2971 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - CHEANEY, Alfred (1876-1929)
The birth of Alfred CHEANEY was registered in 1876.
(GRO September Q 1876 Leicester 7a 220)
Alfred, son of George William and Fanny CHEANEY, was baptised at St. Luke's, Leicester, on 12 August 1877.
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The 1881 census of 25 Nichols Street, St. Margaret's, Leicester, Leicestershire:
George W. CHEANEY, head, aged 30, stoker hosiery manufactory, born at Walcote, Leicestershire;
Fanny CHEANEY, wife, aged 27, born at Tilton, Leicestershire;
*Alfred CHEANEY, son, aged 4, born at Leicester. Leicestershire;
George H. CHEANEY, son, aged 1, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Ann CHEANEY, visitor, aged 15, servant general, born at Wilcote, Leicestershire.
(RG11/3161/66/3)
The 1891 census of 24 Laurel Road, St. Margaret's, Leicester, Leicestershire:
George W. CHEANEY, head, widower, aged 40, stoker for stationer's engine,, born at Walcote, Leicestershire;
*Alfred CHEANEY, son, aged 14, errand boy, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
George CHEANEY, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Elizabeth CARVELL, housekeeper, widow, aged 42, born at Great Glenn, Leicestershire;
Tom CARVELL, son, aged 19, single, shoe manufacturer's clerk, born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
(RG12/2525/27/10)
Hilda Mary EDGOOSE married Alfred CHEANEY at Leicester Register Office on 28 January 1899. Alfred CHEANEY was a 22 year old general porter of 9 Haddon Street, Leicester, and son of engine stoker George William CHEANEY. Hilda MARY's address was 35 Hughenden Drive, Leicester. Witnesses were Thomas NEWBY and Lucy NEWBY. According to the Burgess List of 1898-99 No. 9 Haddon Street was the address of George William CHENEY.
(GRO March Q 1899 Leicester 7a 337)
She died at 35 Hughenden Drive, Leicester, on 31 January 1900. She was described as the wife of Alfred CHEANEY a draper's porter. A. CHEANEY, widower of the deceased, of 35 Hughenden Drive, Leicester, was present when she died. Cause of death was tubercular meningitis and exhaustion.
(GRO March Q 1900 Leicester 7a 223)
The 1901 census of 91 Twycross Street, Leicester, Leicestershire:
George W. CHEANEY, head, aged 50, married, stoker for stationery engine,, born at Walcote, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth CHEANEY, wife, aged 53, married, born at Great Glenn, Leicestershire;
*Alfred CHEANEY, son, aged 24, widower, town postman, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
George H. CHEANEY, son, aged 21, single, under shunter points, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Hannah ROWE, mother-in-law, aged 84, widow, born at .......... on the hill, Leicester;
Mary J. ELLINGWORH, sister, aged 55, single, born at Great Glenn, Leicestershire.
(RG13/2997/98/11)
*Alfred CHEANEY married Mary Helen WEBB in 1903.
(GRO June Q 1903 Leicester 7a 656)
The 1911 census of 19 Bonsall Street, Leicester, Leicestershire:
*Alfred CHEANEY, head, aged 34, married, GPO Town Postman, workman, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Mary Helen CHEANEY, wife, aged 34, married 7 years, 4 children (all living), born at Long Lawford, Warwickshire.
Horace CHEANEY, son, aged 5, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Ivy CHEANEY, daughter, aged 4, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Daisy CHEANEY, daughter, aged 2, born at Leicestershire;
Gladys CHEANEY, daughter, aged 1, born at Leicestershire.
(RG14PN19248 RG78PN1151 RD407 SD2 ED31 SN47)
The death of Alfred CHEANEY aged 52 was registered in 1929,
(GRO June Q 1929 Leicester 7a 260)
His widow Mary H. CHEANEY died in 1949 aged 72.
(GRO March Q 1949 Leicester 3a 725)
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- CHEANEY, Alfred (1876-1929)