Person:Peter Sweeney (3)

Peter Sweeney was born on Christmas Eve 1866 at Sorbie in Wigtownshire, son of Bridget Sweeney, formerly McLoughlin, and her husband James Sweeney, an agricultural labourer. The 1871 and 1881 censuses both find Peter living at Sorbie with his parents and siblings. By 1881 he was working as an agricultural labourer. The 1891 census finds Peter and his brother Patrick Thomas boarding with their older sister Mary and her family in Glasgow.

The 1901 census finds Peter working at a farm in Kirkcudbright. In 1908 Peter was married at New Abbey in Kirkcudbrightshire to a Harriett Millar. She died about four years later, aged 34.

In 1918, Peter married again to a Catherine Crosbie at Dumfries. In 1928 Peter was living at 7 Camphill in Paisley, when he was the informant for his mother's death.

Peter and Catherine were married for about fourteen years. She died in 1932, aged 38.

Peter outlived Catherine by fifteen years, and died in 1947 at Morton in Dumfriesshire. He was eighty years old.

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

   b. 24 Dec 1866, Sorbie, Wigtownshire: Peter son of James Sweeny & Bridget Glachlan

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

   ch. 20 Jan 1867, Our Lady and St Ninian, Newton Stewart: Peter son of James Swiney & Bridget McLoughlin, born 24 Dec 1866

3. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   897/00 006/00 003, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Wigtown Road, Sorbie Village, Sorbie, Wigtownshire
   Rooms with one or more windows: 1
   Children attending school: 1
   James Sweeney, head, married, male, 40 [1830/1], Agri[cultural] lab[oure]r, b. Ireland
   Bridget Sweeney, wife, married, female, 30 [1840/1], Wife of Agri[cultural] lab[oure]r, b. Ireland
   Mary Sweeney, daughter, female, 13 [1857/8], b. Ireland
   Bridget Sweeney, daughter, female, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Ireland
   Patrick Sweeney, son, male, 6 [1864/5], b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
   Peter Sweeney, son, male, 4 [1866/7], b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
   Catharine Sweeney, daughter, female, 2 [1868/8], b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire

4. ↑ 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

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

   Address: Naburn Street, Govan, Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire
   William McLillan, head, married, male, 26 [1884/5], Carters, b. Girvan, Ayrshire
   Mary McLillan, wife, married, female, 28 [1882/3], b. Ireland
   James McLillan, son, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Govan, Lanarkshire
   Thomas Sweeney, boarder, unmarried, male, 25 [1865/6], Carters, b. Sorby, Wigtownshire
   Peter Sweeney, boarder, unmarried, male, 23 [1867/8], Carters, b. Sorby, Wigtownshire

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

   Address: Galtway, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
   [in household of William Moffat, farmer:]
   Peter Sweeney, servant, single, male, 32 [1868/9], Ordinary Ag Lab, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire

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

   1947. DEATHS in the District of Morton in the County of Dumfries
   No.	Name and Surname Rank or Profession, and whether Single, Married, or Widowed	When and Where Died	Sex	Age	Name, Surname, and Rank or Profession of Father Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother	Cause of Death, Duration of Disease, and Medical Attendant by whom certified	Signature and Qualification of Informant, and Residence, if out of the House in which the Death occured	When and where Registered, and Signature of Registrar
   14	Peter Sweeney Labourer (retd.) Widower of 1st Harriet Millar 2nd Catherine Crosbie	1947 March Twenty Third 11h0m A.M. Rowantree House, Thornhill Usual Residence: Clonkhill? Hostel, Dumfries	M	80 years	James Sweeney, Labourer (deceased) Bridget Sweeney M.S. McLaughlin (deceased)	? Cardis Vacular Degeneration As Certified by James Watson P.D. M.B.Ch.B.	F.L. Bell Occupier present	1947 March 24th at Thornhill John Jackson Registrar