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Frances Edith McChesney

Frances Edith McChesney

Female 1905 - 2000  (94 years)


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  • Name Frances Edith McChesney  [1] 
    Birth 29 Aug 1905  Avon, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 19 Jan 2000  Pulaski, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I33102  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Frank Earle McChesney,   b. 2 Sep 1881, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1939, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ruth Maltby Austin,   b. 23 Aug 1883, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1960, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1903  Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Family ID F17701  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christopher Nichols   d. 18 Sep 1956 
    Family ID F10532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Class of 1921 PACS
      FRANCES E. NICHOLS TEACHER AND SOCIAL WORKER
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - January 21, 2000Browse Issues
      Frances Edith McChesney Nichols, 94, Springbrook Apartments, Pulaski, former teacher in Sandy Creek, died Wednesday at her home.

      Mrs. Nichols was a teacher in Hudson, Pulaski and Sandy Creek for 16 years. She was also a social worker at several hospitals for 20 years.

      Born Aug. 29, 1905, in Avon, Conn., a daughter of F. Earl and Ruth Austin McChesney, she was a 1921 graduate of Pulaski Academy High School and received a bachelor's degree in 1925 from Syracuse University. She served in the Army censorship department during World War II.

      She married Christopher Nichols on June 19, 1950, in Ithaca. Mr. Nichols died Sept. 18, 1956. Mrs. Nichols returned to Pulaski in 1972.

      Mrs. Nichols was a member of Pulaski Congregational Church, Women's Pilgrims Guild, and the Tuesday Study Club, Civic Club, Historical Society and Daughters of the American Revolution, all in Pulaski.

      Surviving are two brothers, William McChesney, San Jose, Calif., and Dr. Hugh McChesney, Pulaski; a sister, Lillian Kemp, Pulaski; and a stepson, Nicholas Nichols, Valois.

      The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski. Spring burial will be in Pulaski Cemetery.

      There will be no calling hours.

      Contributions may be made to Pulaski Congregational Church, Church Street, Pulaski, N.Y. 13142.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Ruth Maltby Austin
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=12242357118&indiv=try

    2. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Frank Earle McChesney