James Sweeney1

#10956, (circa 1799 - 1887)
Father*Jeremiah Sweeney2 (c 1765 - )

Family

Mary Cronin b. 1805, d. 1892
Children 1.Catharine Sweeney+11 (1830 - 1902)
 2.Jeremiah Sweeney+11 (c 1833 - 1913)
 3.Johanna Sweeney12 (c 1834 - 1918)
 4.Patrick Sweeney1 (1837 - 1921)
 5.John Sweeney13 (1839 - )
 6.Mary Abigail Sweeney+11 (1844 - 1927)
 7.Terence Sweeney11 (c 1846 - )
 8.James Sweeney11 (c 1847 - )
Birth*circa 1799He was born circa 1799 at IrelandG.3,4 
Marriage*say 1829He married Mary Cronin say 1829 at IrelandG.5,3 
September 1830He and Mary Cronin migrated to New BrunswickG from Ireland in September 1830.3 
Baptism14 January 1835He sponsored the baptism of Mary Mahoney on 14 January 1835 at St-Henri Church, Barachois, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.6 
1851He and Mary Cronin appeared on the census of 1851 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. James (63) and Alice (56) Carroll, sh. 12.)3 
1861He and Mary Cronin appeared on the census of 1861 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Denis and Mary Sweeny, fam. 454.)7 
1871He and Mary Cronin appeared on the census of 1871 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (nei. Denis and Mary Sweeny, fam. 97.8 
1881He and Mary Cronin appeared on the census of 1881 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.9 
Death*1887He died in 1887 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.10,4 
Burial*1887He was buried in 1887 at St. Bartholomew Church Cemetery, Melrose, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.10,4 

Citations

  1. [S560] New Brunswick Department of Health Certificate of Registration of Death (Form C.-3), no. 049337; Patrick J. Sweeney, b. Westmorland Co., NB, 6 Jan 1837; d. Shediac Town, NB, 2 Jun 1921,age 84y 4m 26d, heart failure; last occ. magistrate, former occ. deputy sheriff; marr., same res. 30 yrs.; father James Sweeney, b. Ireland; mother unnamed, b. Ireland; inf. E.R. McDonald, Shediac, nephew; bur. Shediac, 4 Jun 1921, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, online http://archives.gnb.ca
  2. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, Westmorland County (copy from Université Saint Joseph Archives, Moncton), transcription online http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbwestmo/history.htm, p. 13. "1834. Michael Butler, James Sweeney, [older brother] Denis Sweeney and his brother-in-law, Bartholomew Hennessy brought their wives and children from Ireland. Denis Sweeney and Bartholomew Hennessey married sisters – McCarthy....James had married a Miss Cronin before leaving Ireland."
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). James (51), farmer; Mary (46); both Irish, entered colony Sep 1830; all children b. NB.
  4. [S106] St. Bartholomew's Cemetery Headstones and Parish Register Entries, Mark Edlund (compiler), online rootsweb.ancestry.com, Entry 81. Monument: James Sweeney 1799 - 1887 / His wife Mary 1801 - 1894 / Jermiah 1830 - 1913 / His wife Julia 1854 - 1900; church records: 5 April 1913 [sic]: [buried] Jeremiah Sweeney aged 83 years died 3rd inst. 31 Jan 1900: [buried] J... (née Julia Bennett) Bennett (Mrs. Jerry Sweeny) who died Jan. 27th last aged about 45 years.
  5. [S79] Rev. Edward Savage, The Story of Melrose, p. 13, "[James Sweeney] had married a Miss Cronin before leaving Ireland." The baptism records of their children have Mary Carty.
  6. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Henri, Barachois, Cte Westmorland, 1812-1899, Vols. 1 and 2 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), 1835, B-4, img. 37/155. Mary Mahoney, b. 10 Jan 1834, dau. of Jeremiah Mahoney, farmer of St. Bartholomew in Botsford, and July [sic] London; bapt. 14 Jan 1835 by Ant. Gagnon, sponsors James Sweeney and Eleanor Murphy, witn. John Roach.
  7. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. James (62), farmer; Mary (60); both b. Ireland, R.C.; all children b. NB.
  8. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. James (70), farmer; Mary (70); both b. Ireland, R.C.
  9. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. James (80); Mary (80), b. Ireland.
  10. [S1746] Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Westmorland County (Moncton, New Brunswick, 2007-2009), Botsford:132, St. Bartholomew Cemetery. Sweeney / James 1799-1887 / His wife Mary 1801-1894 / Jeremiah 1830-1913 / His wife Julia 1854-1900.
  11. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). James (51), farmer; Mary (46; both Irish, entered colony Sep 1831; all children b. NB.
  12. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, Drouin: St-Henri, Barachois, 1812-1899 1 & 2, 1835, B-3, img. 37/155. Johanna Sweeney, dau. of James Sweeney, farmer of St. Bartholomew in Botsford, and Mary Carty, bapt. 14 Jan 1835, age 4 months, by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors James Sweeney and July [sic] London.
  13. [S1980] Auguste Daigle (transcriber), Registre de la paroisse St-Timothée [i.e. Ste-Thérèse-d'Avila] de Shemogue, FHL Film 928969, Item 10, filmed 1967, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, online FamilySearch.org, Baptisms in Chimogouy Village, p. 88 (transcript). John Sweeney, b. 24 Jun 1839, son of James Sweeney, farmer, and Mary Carty of Emigrant Road, bapt. 23 Oct 1839 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors John Mahoney and Margaret Leary.