Person:Mary Sweeney (36)

Watchers
m. 8 Feb 1872
  1. Robert Sweeney1873 -
  2. Mary Sweeney1875 - 1890
  3. William Sweeney1877 - 1889
  4. Agnes Sweeney1881 - 1937
  5. James Sweeney1884 -
  6. Janet Sweeney1887 - 1939
  7. Margaret Sweeney1890 - 1891
Facts and Events
Name Mary Sweeney
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1875 Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Christening[2] 30 May 1875 Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Census[3] 3 Apr 1881 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, ScotlandKirkland Cottage
Death[4] 28 Aug 1890 Penninghame, Wigtownshire, ScotlandMains of Penninghame

Mary Sweeney was born in 1875 at Mochrum in Wigtownshire, daughter of Janet Sweeney, formerly Milroy, and her husband Michael Sweeney, an agricultural labourer. She appears in the 1881 census living with her parents and siblings at Kirkinner. By 1890 the family was living in Penninghame. Sadly Mary died when she was only fifteen years old, having been suffering with tuberculosis for two years.

References
  1. Births index, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

    b. Mary SWEENEY, 1875, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, 892/00 0032

  2. Baptism index, in Roman Catholic Church. Newton Stewart Catholic Parish Registers. (Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Catholic Archives).

    ch. 30 May 1875: Mary daughter of Michel Sweney & Janette Melroy

  3. General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
    Registration Number 889; ED 6; Page 11, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: Kirkland Cottage (50 Yards North of Village), Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
    Michael Sweeney, head, male, 32 [1848/9], Ag Lab, b. Ireland
    Janet Sweeney, wife, female, 32 [1848/9], Ag Lab's Wife, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
    Robert Sweeney, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Mochrum
    Mary Sweeney, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Mochrum
    William Sweeney, son, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Kirkinner

  4. Death certificate, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

    1890 DEATHS in the Parish of Penninghame in the County of Wigtown
    No.56
    Name: Mary Sweeney (single)
    When and Where Died: 1890 August twenty eighth 12h Noon, Mains of Penninghame, Parish of Penninghame
    Sex: F
    Age: 15 years
    Father: Michael Sweeney, Farm Labourer
    Mother: Janet Sweeney, M.S. Milroy
    Cause of Death: General Tuberculosis 2 years, as certified by Chas McBride M.A.C.M.F.F.P.S.
    Informant: M. Sweeney, Father (present)
    Registered: 1890 August 28th at Newton Stewart, Roderick McLean, Registrar