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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

George Wells CHENEY

A traditional family group sheet showing the couple, their parents, vital events, and children in one research-friendly record.

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What is a Family Group Record?

A Family Group Record, sometimes called a Family Group Sheet, documents a single family unit in detail. While a pedigree chart looks backward at direct ancestors, a family group record looks sideways and downward, focusing on parents and their children.

It records the names, birth, marriage, and death information for both parents, along with details about their children. Looking at siblings and parents together can reveal naming patterns, gaps between births, migrations, remarriages, and other clues that are easy to miss when people are viewed one at a time.

Family group records also work as evidence containers. They give researchers a place to compare conflicting dates, document sources, and keep notes about why one conclusion seems stronger than another. Used together with pedigree charts, they help turn a collection of names into a connected family story.

Family 1

Husband / Partner

flag male ancestor George Wells CHENEY
Born: 20 December 1771
Place: Oxford, Connecticut, USA
Married / Joined: 18 October 1798
Place: East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died: 19 July 1829
Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Wife / Partner flag photo of Electa WOODBRIDGE  Electa WOODBRIDGE
Born: 2 January 1781
Place: East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died: 12 October 1853
Place: Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
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Children

Listed in birth order when known. Select a child for the full genealogy record.

1. flag male ancestor  George Wells CHENEY
Born 22 October 1799
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Married
2 November 1824

Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
Died 20 December 1841
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
2. flag photo of John CHENEY   John CHENEY
Born 20 October 1801
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died 20 August 1885
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
3. flag male ancestor  Charles CHENEY
Born 26 December 1803
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
Married
1832

Died 12 January 1870
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
4. flag male ancestor  Ralph CHENEY
Born 13 January 1806
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
Married
14 October 1833

Died 26 March 1897
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
5. flag photo of Seth Wells CHENEY   Seth Wells CHENEY
Born 28 November 1810
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
Married
19 May 1853

Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)
Died 10 September 1856
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
6. flag male ancestor  Ward CHENEY
Born 22 February 1813
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
Married
30 July 1834

, Rhode Island, USA
Died 22 March 1876
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
7. flag male ancestor  Rush CHENEY
Born 25 April 1815
Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester)
Died 7 June 1882
, Connecticut, USA
8. flag male ancestor  Frank Woodbridge CHENEY
Born 5 July 1817
, Connecticut, USA
Married
8 June 1853

, Rhode Island, USA
Died 4 February 1904
, Connecticut, USA
9. flag female ancestor  Electa Woodbridge CHENEY
Born 9 May 1821
East Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Married
11 June 1845

Died 27 January 1903
Lenox, Massachusetts, USA