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Facts and Events
Andrew Sweeney was born on 19th December 1864 at Sorbie in Wigtownshire. He was the youngest child of an agricultural labourer named Michael Sweeney and his wife Mary Kilcawley. Michael and Mary were both originally from County Sligo, where they had married and had their first few children, before moving to Scotland some time between 1849 and 1851 following the Potato Famine in Ireland, to settle in Sorbie.
Andrew appears at home with his parents in the 1871 census and as a farm servant at nearby Kirkinner in the 1881 census, but has not been definitively located in any subsequent records.
One possibility is that he may have been the 21 year old Andy Sweeney who sailed from London to Brisbane in Australia on the SS Dacca, arriving on 28th December 1883. However, there is insufficient evidence to be sure of this.
References
- ↑ Birth certificate, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.
1865. BIRTHS in the Parish of Sorbie in the County of Wigtown
No.1
Name: Andrew Sweeney
When and where born: 1864 December Nineteenth, 8h AM, Sorbie Village
Sex: M
Father: Michael Sweeney, Agric Lab
Mother: Mary Sweeney, M.S. Kilcawly
Married: 1852 April 18th, Castleconnor, Ireland
Informant: Michael Sweeney his X mark, father, present
Registered: 1865 Jan 2nd at Garliestown, J.S. Dunsmore, Registrar
- ↑ Roman Catholic Church. Newton Stewart Catholic Parish Registers. (Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Catholic Archives).
1865
Andrew / Law[ful] / Michael Swiney & Mary McAuly
When Born: December 16 64
When Bap: January 1st
Names of Sponsors: William Kelly & Mary Lyons
Clergyman: P.J. O'Gorman
- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
897/00 006/00 010, 2 Apr 1871.
Address: Garlieston Road, Sorbie, Wigtownshire
Rooms with windows: 1
Michael Sweeney, head, married, male, 46 [1824/5], Ag Lab, b. Ireland
Mary Sweeney, wife, married, female, 48 [1822/3], Labourer's wife, b. Ireland
Stephen Sweeney, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Carpenter, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
Peter Sweeney, son, male, 13 [1857/8], Ag Lab, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
Luke Sweeney, son, male, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
Andrew Sweeney, son, male, 5 [1865/6], b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
3 Apr 1881.
Address: Slochabbert Cottage, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
William McLelland, head, male, 30 [1850/1], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
Mary McLelland, wife, female, 32 [1848/9], b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
John McLelland, son, male, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Agnes McLelland, daughter, female, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Marrian McLelland, daughter, female, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Elizabeth McLelland, daughter, female, 4 [1876/7], b. Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
Samuel McLelland, son, male, 1 [1879/80], b. Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
Andrew Swinney, lodger, male, 17 [1863/4], Farm Serv[ant], b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
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