Abigail McCarthy1

#22727, (circa 1808 - 7 October 1876)
Father*____ McCarthy2 (c 1765 - )

Family

Patrick Sweeney b. c 1805, d. 1883
Children 1.Terrence Sweeney+10 (1836 - 1920)
 2.Honorah Sweeney10 (1839 - 1928)
 3.Michael Sweeney10 (1843 - 1908)
 4.John Patrick Sweeney+10 (1847 - 1925)
Her married name was Sweeney.1 
Birth*circa 1808She was born circa 1808 at IrelandG.3 
Marriage*1 March 1835She married Patrick Sweeney on 1 March 1835 at Newcestown, Murragh Catholic Parish, Co. Cork, IrelandG.4 
June 1842She and Patrick Sweeney migrated to New BrunswickG in June 1842.5 
September 1851She and Patrick Sweeney appeared on the census of September 1851 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (nei. William Lean.)6 
1861She and Patrick Sweeney appeared on the census of 1861 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (neis. Patrick Savage, Patrick Hayes, Michael Shea and James Carroll.)7 
7 April 1871She and Patrick Sweeney appeared on the census of 7 April 1871 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.3 
Death*7 October 1876She died on 7 October 1876 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.8 
Burial*8 October 1876She was buried on 8 October 1876 at St. Bartholomew Church Cemetery, Melrose, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.9 

Citations

  1. [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, p. 107. Michael Sweeney, b. 10 Sep 1843, son of Patrick Sweeney and Abigail McCarty; bapt. 30 Sep 1843 by Ant. Gagnon, sponsors Dennis Sweeney and Mary Sullivan.
  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. 24. "Patrick Sweeney married a sister of Mrs. Denis Sweeney [Mary McCarthy] and Mrs. Bartholomew Hennessey [Margaret McCarthy], came too late to settle near his kinsfolk; but, determined not to be too far from them, took up a back farm."
  3. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Patrick (66), b. Ireland, farmer; Abgail (62), b. Ireland.
  4. [S2807] Parish Registers Murragh 1834-1881, Cork & Ross Diocese, Murragh Parish, Co. Cork, Ireland (National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland), img. 10/47. Patrick Sweeney and Abigail McCarthy, marr. 1 Mar 1835 by Wm Murphy; witn. [poss., vary faint] Barth. Hencey and Margaret McCarthy, online http://registers.nli.ie
  5. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Patrick (40), b. Ireland, farmer, entered Colony Jun 1822 [sic]; Abigail (38), b. Ireland, entered Colony Jun 1842. [Last but one family enumerated]
  6. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Patrick (40), b. Ireland, farmer, entered Colony Jun 1822 [sic]; Abigail (38), b. Ireland, entered Colony Jun 1842. [Last but one family enumerated]
  7. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Patrick (57), b. Ireland, farmer; Abigail (50), b. Ireland.
  8. [S1746] Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Westmorland County (Moncton, New Brunswick, 2007-2009), Botsford volume, p. 134. Abigail, wife of Patrick Sweeny, d. 7 Oct 1876, age 68 [not found in Acadien Cemeteries].
  9. [S106] St. Bartholomew's Cemetery Headstones and Parish Register Entries, Mark Edlund (compiler), online rootsweb.ancestry.com, Parish register. Abigail McCarty, consort of Patrick Sweeny, age 68, bur. 8 Oct 1876.
  10. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census.