Michael Sweeney1

#22730, (10 September 1843 - 21 April 1908)
Father*Patrick Sweeney1 (c 1805 - 1883)
Mother*Abigail McCarthy1 (c 1808 - 1876)

Family

Ellen Noonan b. 1845
He was a blacksmith.2 
Birth*10 September 1843He was born on 10 September 1843 at Botsford Par., Westmoreland Co., New BrunswickG.3 
Baptism30 September 1843He was baptized on 30 September 1843 at Chapelle de la baie du Chimougoui, Shemogue, Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.3 
September 1851He appeared on the census of September 1851 in the household of Patrick Sweeney and Abigail McCarthy at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 7; (nei. William Lean.)4 
1861He appeared on the census of 1861 in the household of Patrick Sweeney and Abigail McCarthy at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 17, b. NB; (neis. Patrick Savage, Patrick Hayes, Michael Shea and James Carroll.)5 
7 April 1871He appeared on the census of 7 April 1871 in the household of Patrick Sweeney and Abigail McCarthy at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 25, b. NB, blacksmith.6 
Baptism30 September 1873He was baptized on 30 September 1873 at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.3 
Marriage*4 May 1879He married Ellen Noonan, daughter of Jeremiah Noonan and Catherine Hurley, on 4 May 1879 at Boston, Massachusetts.7 
1881He appeared on the census of 1881 in the household of James Noonan, age 30, b. NB, blacksmith; (neis. Jeremiah and Catherine Noonan.)8 
Death*21 April 1908He died on 21 April 1908 at State Hospital, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, at age 64.9 

Citations

  1. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census.
  2. [S84] 1871 Canada Census.
  3. [S100] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: Shemogue [Chimogoui, St-Barthélemi], Cte Westmorland, 1813-1855 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 63, B-36, img. 57/150. Michael Sweeney, son of Patrick Sweeney and Abigail McCarty, b. the 10th of this mo., bapt. 30 Sep 1843 by Ant. Gagnon; sponsors Dennis Sweeney and Mary Donovan. Online Ancestry.com.
  4. [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]
  5. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Patrick (57), b. Ireland, farmer; Abigail (50), b. Ireland.
  6. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Patrick (66), b. Ireland, farmer; Abgail (62), b. Ireland.
  7. [S767] Massachusetts Marriage Records 1840-1915 (images of registers), online Ancestry.com, Marriages Registered in Boston 1879, p. 44, no. 777. Michael Sweeney, age 32, blacksmith, res. Portland ME, b. St. John NB, son of Patrick and Abigail, 1st marr.; and Ellen Cahill, age 28, res. Boston, b. St. John NB, dau. of Jeremiah and Catherine Noonan, 2nd marr.; marr. 4 May 1897 by Thomas Power, Boston.
  8. [S42] 1881 Canada Census. James (26), b. NB, farmer.
  9. [S842] Massachusetts Deaths 1841-1915, online FamilySearch.org, index and images, No. 472. Michael P Sweeeny, wid., blacksmith, b. St. John NB, son of Patrick Sweeney and Mary A McCarthy, both b. Ireland, d. State Hospital, Tewksbury MA, 21 Apr 1908, age 57, phthisis.