Wilfred Chedzey

Added from WikiTree Chedzey-32 (WikiTree profile). Retrieved 9 Jun 2026. Chedzey spelling; not yet linked into the tree. [2026-06-13 Ancestry] DEATH CONFIRMED + remarkable global life. Born 19 Nov 1880, Detroit, Michigan, USA (to Henry Chedzey + Miriam Bell, English emigrants). Lived most of his life in CALIFORNIA: US Federal Census 1900/1920 (Tehama Co.) & 1930 (Butte Co.); California voter registrations 1900-1944; WWI (1917-18) AND WWII (1942) draft registration cards; California naturalization. Then emigrated again to AUSTRALIA, dying 22 Dec 1948 at Williamstown, Victoria. Married Ada Theodosia Cousins. Sources: Golden tree + member submissions + the US census/voter/draft series + Australia Death Index + Australia Cemetery Index + Australia/NZ Find A Grave (d.22/24 Dec 1948). Confident. >>> NOTE: distinct from "Wilfred G Chedzey" (b.~1882, 1939 Register Glamorgan, d. Jul 1948 Bridgwater, Somerset) -- a different man. SIGNIFICANCE: a USA-born Chedzey (Detroit) who lived in California and died in Australia -- concrete USA + Australia reach for the one-name study.