Alva C McChesney

Alva C McChesney

Male 1878 - 1954  (76 years)


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  • Name Alva C McChesney  [1, 2
    Birth 4 Sep 1878  Lycoming, Scriba, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Nov 1954  Ricard, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I47282  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Frank Calkins McChesney,   b. 19 Dec 1856, Belleville, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1937, Pulaski, RIchland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Julia Etta Lawton,   b. 12 May 1857, Scriba, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1919, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA - buried So. Richland Ave Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 19 Dec 1877  Lycoming, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F6118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Norah Gay,   b. 23 Feb 1883, (Pine Meadows) Orwell, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1960, Williamstown, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. Donald H. McChesney  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Leonard McChesney  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F15360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Pulaski Democrat, 11 Nov 1954: A.C. McCHESNEY DIES IN RICARD Services for Alva C. McChesney, 76, who died at his home in Ricard late Friday afternoon following an illness of two years, were conducted Monday at the home... by the Rev. Adelbert Edwards of Boylston. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery at Orwell. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Gay McChesney; two sons, Donald of Orwell and Leonard McChesney, at home; a brother, Newton McChesney of Lakeland FL, and a sister, Mrs. William (Lillian) Thompson of Ilion; and two grandchildren. Mr. McChesney was born in the Town of Scriba Sept. 4, 1878, the son of Frank and Etta Clauson McChesney. He came to Pulaski when a young lad and attended the Pulaski Academy. In 1904 he organized the Salmon River Table Co., which he later sold to E.J. Seiter. He continued to work at the Table company for a while, moving to Ricard in 1927. He also worked for the Lattimer chair factory after moving to Ricard. He was a member of the Pulaski Baptist Church.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Frank Calkins McChesney
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=2038129140&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 Julia Etta Lawton
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=38349669661&indiv=try