Dennis Sweeney Jr.1

#22176, (circa 1837 - 23 July 1892)
Father*Dennis Sweeney1 (c 1791 - )
Mother*Mary McCarthy1 (c 1795 - 1876)
Birth*circa 1837He was born circa 1837 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.1 
1851He appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of Dennis Sweeney and Mary McCarthy at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 14, b. NB; (neis. Michael Butler, Bartholomew Hennessy.)2 
Marriage18 November 1857He witnessed the marriage of James Sweeney and Catherine Mahoney on 18 November 1857 at St-Henri Church (poss.), Barachois, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.3,4 
1861He appeared on the census of 1861 in the household of Dennis Sweeney and Mary McCarthy at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 24, b. NB, farmer; (neis. James (62) and Mary Sweeny, fam. 456; James and Catherine Sweeny, fam. 453.)5 
Baptism18 May 1862He sponsored the baptism of Catherine Elizabeth Hurley on 18 May 1862 at Ste-Thérèse d'Avila Church, Cap-Pelé, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.6 
1871He appeared on the census of 1871 in the household of Dennis Sweeney and Mary McCarthy at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 33, b. NB, farmer; (neis. James (70) and Mary Sweeny, fam. 95; James and Catherine Sweeny, fam. 98.)7 
1881He appeared on the census of 1881 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. James and Catherine Sweeney; Thomas and Catherine Butler.)8 
Death*23 July 1892He died on 23 July 1892 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.9 

Citations

  1. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia).
  2. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Dennis (60), farmer; Mary (56); both b. Ireland, both entered Colony Jun 1831. [sic, but 21 and 19 year old children also b. Ireland; prob. 1834]
  3. [S1599] New Brunswick Provincial Returns of Marriages and Late Registrations, 1887-1919, online FamilySearch.com, Westmorland 1857-1875, img. 61/322. Film 846410, Westmorland Marriage Register Libro C, p. 44, No. 3970. James Sweeny and Catherine Mahoney, both of Botsford, marr. 18 Nov 1857 by John A Mooney; witn. Dennis Sweeney and Mary Mahoney.
  4. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Henri, Barachois, Cte Westmorland, 1812-1899, Vols. 1 and 2 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), no page no., img. 110/504. James Sweeny and Catherine Mahoney, marr. 18 Nov 1857; witn. Denis Sweeny and Mary Mahoney.
  5. [S1752] 1861 Canada East Census. Denis (70), b. Ireland, farmer; Mary (72), b. Ireland.
  6. [S1199] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Ste-Thérèse, Cap-Pelé/Cape Bald, Cte Westmorland, 1859-1899 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 39, B-206, img. 22/426. Catherine Elizabeth Hurley, dau. of James Hurley and Mary Sweeney, b. 9 Apr 1862, bapt. 18 May 1862 by F X Babinault; sponsors Denis Sweeney and Ellen Noonan.
  7. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Denis (80), b. Ireland, farmer; Mary (82), b. Ireland.
  8. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. Denis (47), b. NB, farmer.
  9. [S108] Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Registration Division, Deaths (Sch. C.), Return of Clergymen, Occupier or Other Person, No. 003408. Denis Sweeny, b. and res. Botsford, farmer, d. 23 Jul 1892, age 57, inflamation of bowels; inf. Rev. P Bradley, Cape Bald, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick.