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William Frank McChesney

William Frank McChesney

Male 1910 - 2000  (90 years)


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  • Name William Frank McChesney  [1, 2] 
    Birth 8 Jan 1910  Avon, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Oct 2000  San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I47351  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

  • Notes 
    • WILLIAM MCCHESNEY TEACHER, IBM RETIREE
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - October 27, 2000
      William F. McChesney, 90, San Jose, Calif., died Sunday at his home.

      Mr. McChesney became employed at IBM, Endicott, upon his graduation from college. He returned to Pulaski in 1939 to become assume his father's position as editor of the Pulaski Democrat upon his father's death. He remained at the newspaper until returning in 1946 to the Binghamton area and his employment at IBM.

      He retired from IBM in 1968 and moved to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where he taught industrial electricity at Charlotte Amalie High School from 1968 to 1976. He moved to Los Gatos, Calif., in 1976 and later to San Jose, where he lived with his son until his death.

      Born Jan. 8, 1910, in Avon, Conn., son of F. Earl and Ruth Austin McChesney, he was a 1927 graduate of Pulaski Academy and earned a degree in electrical engineering in 1932 from Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam.

      He married Eleanor Dewey of Binghamton on July 20, 1935, in Binghamton Episcopal Church. She died in 1996.

      Mr. McChesney was past master of the Blue Masonic Lodge when he lived in Pulaski and was treasurer of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Chenango Bridge, for many years. He was also a member of the SUS Club, Binghamton.

      Surviving are a son, William G., San Jose; a daughter, Janet McChesney Messner, Chestertown, Md.; a sister, Lillian Kemp, Pulaski; a brother, Dr. Hugh McChesney, Pulaski; four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

      A sister, Frances E. Nichols, died Jan. 19.

      Arrangements are with the Neptune Society, San Jose.

      Donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 2065 W. El Camino Real, Suite C, Mountain View, Calif. 94040.
      Class of 1927 PACS

  • 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 Earle McChesney

    2. [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