Born in Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Dickson Jr.
and Eleanor (Driscoll) Dickson
Sister of
Mary Jane Dixon, Esther Ann Dixon, Eleanor Pearlina (Dixon) Bennett, Herbert F. Dixon [half], Willie E. Dixon [half], Melissa C. Dixon [half], Dallas F. Dixon [half], Charles D. Dixon [half], Benjamin Herman Dixon [half] and Hattie C. Dixon [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 58
in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jun 2018
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Biography
Nancy was born in 1847 in Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of David Dickson and Eleanor Driscoll.
In 1860 she was living with her parents and siblings in Maine. [1]
She married Charles Cheney in 1872. [2]
She passed away in 1905 in Somerville, Massachusetts. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSS-CDM?cc=1473181&wc=73BR-H54%3A1589428278%2C1589425260%2C1589428821 : 24 March 2017), Maine > Lincoln > Town of Southport > image 1 of 18; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N437-G59 : 10 March 2021), Charles D. Cheney and Nancy M. Dixon, 3 Nov 1872; citing Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,030.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWJ7-KXZ : 2 March 2021), Annie W. Cheney, 25 Jul 1905; citing Somerville, Massachusetts, v 83 cn 220, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,071,120.
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