Find Ancestors

Magnus
Father's first name(s) Sinclair
Last name Cheyne
Father's last name Cheyne
Sex Male
Mother's first name(s) Catherine
Birth year 1859
Mother's last name Gaudie
Birth place Dunrossness,Shetland,Scotland
Record set Scotland, Modern And Civil Births 1855-2019
Place Dunrossness
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
County Shetland
Subcategory Civil Births
Country Scotland

1861
1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
So Exnoboe, Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
Household members (4 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Sinclair Cheyne Head
Married Male 29 1832 Fisherman & crofter Shetland Islands, Scotland
Catherine Cheyne Wife
Married Female 29 1832 Fishermans wife Shetland Islands, Scotland
Isabella Cheyne Daughter
Unmarried Female 3 1858 - Shetland Islands, Scotland
Magnus Cheyne Son
- Male 1 1860 Fishermans son Shetland Islands, Scotland
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Exnaboe, Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
Household members (10 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Sinclair Cheyne Head
Married Male 50 1831 Crofter & fisherman Shetland Islands, Scotland
Catherine Cheyne Wife
Married Female 50 1831 Fisherman's wife Shetland Islands, Scotland
Isabella Cheyne Daughter
Unmarried Female 23 1858 Worsted shall dresser Shetland Islands, Scotland
Magnus Cheyne Son
Unmarried Male 21 1860 Fisherman Shetland Islands, Scotland
Robert Cheyne Son
Unmarried Male 19 1862 Fisherman Shetland Islands, Scotland
Janet Cheyne Daughter
Unmarried Female 16 1865 Worsted shall knitter Shetland Islands, Scotland
Sinclair Cheyne Son
- Male 11 1870 Scholar Shetland Islands, Scotland
James Cheyne Son
- Male 9 1872 Scholar Shetland Islands, Scotland
Alexander Cheyne Son
- Male 6 1875 Scholar Shetland Islands, Scotland
William Cheyne Son
- Male 3 1878 - Shetland Islands, Scotland

Sinclair
Country Scotland
Last name Cheyne
Spouse's first name(s) Catherine
Marriage year 1856
Spouse's last name Goudie
Marriage date 31 Jan 1856
Record set Scotland, Modern And Civil Marriages 1855-2019
Marriage place Dunrossness,Shetland,Scotland
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Place Dunrossness
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
County Shetland
Collections from Great Britain, Scotland

According to the Bayonne website Magnus is also on the 1881 in Northumberland - he was a merchant seaman..

The two site listed have lots of details about the Cheyne families in Shetland. It will take Roy a while to plough through all the info.

Oops…..missed that………holiday mindset!

In that case, he’s on 1861 on FMP with parents Sinclair and Catherine and older sister Isabella

Dates? Magnus was born in 1859 as per the heading.

He is on a members tree on here and is listed on the two sites shown.

added for interest. A few years ago a huge y-dna project was started for Shetlanders - this is probably still on going.

Dates would help…………..

Where have you looked?

FindMyPast has a baptism in 1854 in Walls, Shetland, parents Arthur and Willminna
BUT ,as stated above, look at SP.

FMP has Scottish censuses up to 1901 in addition to many BMD records

Scottish records are on Scotlands People. I understand you can search for free but must pay for downloads.
You could also take a look at the Shetland Family History Society.

There are a number of the Cheyne family in other members trees - go to Search/ search all embers trees to find them.

If you google Cheyne family history + Shetland you should find a roots web page with a family tree. The citations on this page are very interesting and well worth looking at.

added:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
https://www.shetland-fhs.org.uk/

Then by 'googling'
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cheyne/master_index.htm
https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/

Hi the Cheyne's are my wife's family, and I have not been researching them for several years now. I am looking for Magnus Cheyne of any of his parents or siblings. They were all born in Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland. Any help would be appreciated however small it may be. I live in New Zealand, so it is not just a case of hopping over to Dunrossness to try to do any research, although we are hoping to go over there next year.
Roy Horwell