Person:Michael Sweeney (15)

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Michael Sweeney
b.20 Aug 1874 Sorbie, Wigtownshire, Scotland
 
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m. 30 Jan 1857
  1. Catherine Sweeney1857 -
  2. Mary Sweeney1858 - 1936
  3. Catherine Sweeney1860 -
  4. Bridget Sweeney1861 -
  5. Patrick Thomas Sweeney1864 -
  6. Peter Sweeney1866 - 1947
  7. Catherine Sweeney1869 -
  8. James Sweeney1871 -
  9. Michael Sweeney1874 -
  10. John Sweeney1876 -
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Name Michael Sweeney
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Aug 1874 Sorbie, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Christening[2] 22 Aug 1874 Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, ScotlandOur Lady & St Ninian Catholic Church
Census[3] 3 Apr 1881 Sorbie, Wigtownshire, Scotland14 High Street
Census[4] 5 Apr 1891 Sorbie, Wigtownshire, ScotlandCulnoag
Census[5] 31 Mar 1901 Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire, ScotlandDryburgh

Michael Sweeney was born on 20th August 1874 at Sorbie in Wigtownshire, son of Bridget Sweeney, formerly McLoughlin, and her husband James Sweeney, an agricultural labourer. He appears in the 1881 census living with his parents and siblings at 14 High Street in Sorbie. By 1891 he was working as a farm servant at Culnoag, just west of Sorbie village.

By 1901 Michael was working as a cattleman for a dairy farmer at Dryburgh in Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire. He has yet to be traced after 1901.

References
  1. ↑ Scotland. Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. (FamilySearch Record Search).

    b. 20 Aug 1874, Sorbie, Wigtownshire: Michael son of James Sweeny & Bridget McGlachlan

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

    1874
    Name: Michael / Law[ful]
    Parents: James Sweeney & Bridget McLoughlin
    Age: 3 days
    When Baptized: 22 Aug
    Sponsors: Stephen Sweeney & Mary Kelly
    Clergyman: P.H. Dunne

  3. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
    3 Apr 1881.

    Address: 14 High Street, Sorbie, Wigtownshire
    James Sweeney, head, married, male, 50 [1830/1], Agr Labourer, b. Ireland
    Bridget Sweeney, wife, married, female, 45 [1835/6], b. Ireland
    Peter Sweeney, son, male, 14 [1866/7], Ag Lab, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
    Catherine Sweeney, daughter, female, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
    James Sweeney, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
    Michael Sweeney, son, male, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
    John Sweeney, male, 5 [1875/6], b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire

  4. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
    5 Apr 1891.

    Address: Culnoag, Sorbie, Wigtownshire
    [in the household of William Young, farmer, including four servants, including:]
    Michael Sweeney, servant, unmarried, male, 15 [1875/6], Farm Servant, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire

  5. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
    31 Mar 1901.

    Address: Dryburgh Cottage, Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire
    [household of James McHarg, dairyman, with two servants, including:]
    Michael Sweaney, servant, single, male, 23 [1877/8], Cattleman on farm, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire

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