Sarah (McNamara) Cheney (1846 - 1926)

Born 1846 in Tarcutta, Wagga Wagga City, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of Robert Cheney — married [date unknown] in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died Mar 1926 at about age 80 in Humula, Wagga Wagga City, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Name : CHENEY, SARAH NSW Death Registration Number : 3864/1926 Father's Given Name(s) : DENIS Mother's Given Name(s) : SARAH District : WAGGA WAGGA

Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954) View title info Mon 8 Mar 1926 / Page 2 / Funeral MRS. SARAH CHENEY The funeral of the late Mrs. Sarah Cheney, of Wagga, widow of the late Mr. Robert Cheney, senior, formerly of Shockaroo station and later of Humula, took place yesterday, leaving the residence of her son, Mr. Daniel Dennis Cheney, in Peter street, Wagga, at 10.30. The cortege, on reaching Humula, was a very large one, and included relatives and friends of the deceased from Henty, Gamnain, Carabost, Murruguldrie, Borambola, Coreinbob, Oberne, Humula, and Wagga. The interment was in the family ground in the Church of England Cemetery, Humula, alongside the grave of her husband. The carriers were Messrs. Benjamin Shoemark and William Carroll (sons-in-law), Christopher Cheney (nephew), Patrick Nugent and William T. Nugent. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Daniel Dennis Cheney, James Cheney, Robert Cheney, and Alfred Thomas Cheney (sons), Herbert Cheney and Dennis Daniel Cheney (grandsons), and Daniel Cheney (nephew), and Thomas Nugent. The Rev. J. Campbell conducted a very impressive burial service, after which he made feeling reference to the long and good life of Mrs. Cheney, and to the relatives and friends who had travelled many miles, from very distant parts, to pay their last sad tribute of respect which showed, he said, the esteem in which she was held. The chief mourners present were the relatives mentioned above, and her four daughters, Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Mrs. William Carroll, Mrs. Benjamin Shoemark, and Mrs. Harry Kendall, also Mr. Dennis McNamara, her only surviving brother, and Mrs. D. D. Cheney, daughter-in-law. There were a number of very old friends present at the house (including Mr. Laurence Cox, who had known the deceased for over 60 years who were unable to be present at Humula. This coffin was very heavily covered with beautiful floral tributes, sent by relatives and friends in various parts of the State. The funeral arrangements were entrusted to Messrs. McIntosh Bros, of Wagga.

Sarah McNamara Cheney BIRTH : 1846, Tarcutta, Wagga Wagga City, New South Wales, Australia DEATH : Mar 1926 (aged 79–80), Humula, Wagga Wagga City, New South Wales, Australia BURIAL : Humula Cemetery, Humula, Wagga Wagga City, New South Wales, Australia MEMORIAL ID : 150105297 Daughter of Dennis McNamara. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150105297/sarah-cheney

Sources

• NSW Death Registration Number : 3864/1926
• Funeral : Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954) View title info Mon 8 Mar 1926 / Page 2 / Funeral / MRS. SARAH CHENEY
• Burial : https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150105297/sarah-cheney