Catharine Sweeney1

#10958, (12 May 1830 - 28 February 1902)
Father*James Sweeney1 (c 1799 - 1887)
Mother*Mary Cronin1 (1805 - 1892)

Family

Thomas Butler b. c 1825, d. 1900
Children 1.Charles L Butler14 (1855 - 1928)
 2.Mary S Butler+14 (1857 - 1929)
 3.Joseph M Butler+14 (1858 - 1926)
 4.Richard P Butler14 (c 1860 - 1864)
 5.Margaret Butler15 (c 1863 - 1873)
 6.James R Butler+15 (c 1865 - 1941)
 7.Frederick A Butler15 (c 1867 - 1891)
 8.Thomas W Butler15 (c 1869 - 1914)
Her married name was Butler. 
Birth*12 May 1830She was born on 12 May 1830 at New BrunswickG.2 
1851She appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of James Sweeney and Mary Cronin at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 20; (neis. James (63) and Alice (56) Carroll, sh. 12.)3 
Marriage*3 September 1854She married Thomas Butler, son of Michael Butler and Sarah Fillmore, on 3 September 1854 at St-Henri Church, Barachois, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.4,5,6 
1861She and Daniel O'Connell appeared on the census of 1861 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Jeremiah and Mary Hartnett, fam. 175; John and Hannah Hartnett, fam. 178; many Methodist families.)7 
1861She and Thomas Butler appeared on the census of 1861 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. James and Catherine Sweeney.)8 
1871She and Thomas Butler appeared on the census of 1871 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. James and Mary Sweeney, Denis and Mary Sweeney, James and Catherine Sweeney.9 
1881She and Thomas Butler appeared on the census of 1881 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. James and Catherine Sweeney.)10 
9 April 1891She and Thomas Butler appeared on the census of 9 April 1891 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. John and Mary Jane Barry, John Hennessy, Jeremiah and Julia Sweeney, James and Catherine Sweeney.)11 
1901She appeared on the census of 1901 at Newcastle (now part of Miramichi), Northumberland Co., New BrunswickG.2 
Death*28 February 1902She died on 28 February 1902 at New BrunswickG at age 71.12 
Burial*4 March 1902She was buried on 4 March 1902 at St. Bartholomew Church Cemetery, Melrose, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.12,13 

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. Catherine (70), b. NB 12 May 1830.
  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. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Henri, Barachois, Cte Westmorland, 1812-1899, Vols. 1 and 2 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), Vol. 2, img. 95/504. Thomas Butler and Catherine Sweeney of Botsford, marr. 3 Sep 1854 by J A Mooney; witn. John Henesy [sic] and Johanna Sweeney.
  5. [S1600] New Brunswick Marriage Registers 1789-1889, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland Co., Vol. C, p. 33, no. 3912. Thomas Butler and Catherine Sweeney, both of Botsfoed, marr. 3 Sep 1854 by J A Mooney; witn. John Henesy [sic] and Johanna Sweeney.
  6. [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. Family of James Sweeney, naming dau. Catherine who marr. Thomas Butler.
  7. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Daniel (50), b. Ireland, farmer; Anastasia (46), b. Ireland.
  8. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Thomas (36), b. NB, farmer; Catharine (30), b. NB.
  9. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Thomas (47), b. NB, farmer; Catherine (41), b. NB.
  10. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. Thomas (5), b. NB, farmer; Catharine (50), b. NB.
  11. [S69] 1891 Canada Census. Thomas (65), b. and mother b. NB, father b. Ireland, farmer; Catharine (60), b. NB, parents b. Ireland.
  12. [S105] St. Bartholomew Cemetery (Melrose, NB) Grave Marker Images, online www.acadian-cemeteries.acadian-home.org/frames.html, Image row 21, no. 1. Shared standing grave stone. Thomas Butler / d. 12 Oct 1900 age 76 yrs. / Catherine his Wife / d. 28 Feb 1902 age 70yrs.
  13. [S106] St. Bartholomew's Cemetery Headstones and Parish Register Entries, Mark Edlund (compiler), online rootsweb.ancestry.com, Entry 167. No headstone information. Parish register: Catherine Sweeney (Mrs. Thomas Butler), d. 28 Feb 1902, bur. 4 Mar 1902, age 73.
  14. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census.
  15. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.