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Facts and Events
| Name |
Janet Milroy |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1] |
Abt 1848 |
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Census[1] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, ScotlandCot House |
| Census[2] |
2 Apr 1871 |
Glasserton, Wigtownshire, ScotlandHigh Balcraig House |
| Marriage |
8 Feb 1872 |
Liverpool, Lancashire, EnglandOur Lady of Immaculate Conception, Everton
to Michael Sweeney |
| Census[3] |
3 Apr 1881 |
Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, ScotlandKirkland Cottage |
| Census[4] |
5 Apr 1891 |
Penninghame, Wigtownshire, ScotlandCothouse |
| Census[5] |
31 Mar 1901 |
Penninghame, Wigtownshire, ScotlandBank |
| Census[6] |
2 Apr 1911 |
Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, ScotlandInstitute Place |
| Death[7] |
1 Feb 1916 |
Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, ScotlandInstitute Place |
Janet Milroy claimed to have been born in about 1848 at Whithorn in Wigtownshire, and her death certificate says she was the daughter of John Milroy and Agnes Sinclair. She appears in the 1851 census living in Whithorn with her mother Agnes and grandfather John Sinclair.
By 1871, Janet was working as a dairy maid for a farmer in the nearby parish of Glasserton.
The following year, Janet was married to a police constable named Michael Sweeney at Everton in Liverpool. He had been born in Ireland but had moved to Scotland with his parents as a small boy, and had grown up at Sorbie, just north of Whithorn. Shortly after their marriage they left England and returned to Scotland, living initially at Mochrum, a little way west of Whithorn. They had two children at Mochrum, where they lived at Barsalloch Farm, before moving to Kirkinner where their next two children were born and where they appear in the 1881 census living at Kirkland Cottage just north of the village. By 1884 they had settled in Penninghame, the parish which included the town of Newton Stewart. They had three children born at Penninghame. Altogether they had seven children, but shortly before their youngest child was born their son William died aged twelve. Shortly after their youngest was born their daughter Mary died aged fifteen, and the following year their youngest, Margaret, died aged nearly two. In the space of three years therefore they lost three of their seven children. The other four lived to adulthood.
By 1911 Janet and Michael were living at Institute Place in Newton Stewart. Janet died there on 1st February 1916. Michael survived her by just a few months and died later that year.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Register Office for Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
900/6/4, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: Cot House, Whithorn, Wigtownshire
John Sinclar, head, widower, male, 64 [1786/7], Ag Labourer, b. Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire
Agnes Sinclar, daughter, unmarried, female, 26 [1824/5], Servant, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
Margaret Sinclar, granddaughter, female, 10 [1840/1], b. Ayrshire
Janet Melroy, granddaughter, female, 2 [1848/9], b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
2 Apr 1871.
Address: High Balcraig House, Glasserton, Wigtownshire
John Young, head, married, male, 59 [1811/12], Farmer of 360 acres 300 ar[a]b[le] Empl[o]y 4 Men & 1 Boy, b. St Quivox, Ayrshire
Mary S. Young, wife, married, female, 57 [1813/14], b. Irvine, Ayrshire
William Young, son, unmarried, male, 23 [1847/8], Farmer's Son, b. Maybole, Ayrshire
David Young, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], Farmer's Son, b. Maybole, Ayrshire
Jane Young, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1853/4], Farmer's Dau[ghte]r, b. Ayr, Ayrshire
Elizabeth Young, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1855/6], Farmer's Dau[ghte]r, b. Ayr, Ayrshire
Janet Milroy, servant, unmarried, female, 22 [1848/9], Dairy Maid, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Grace McClelland, servant, unmarried, female, 20 [1850/1], Domestic Servant, b. Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
Margaret McAdam, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Domestic Servant, b. Wigtownshire
Mary Young, servant, unmarried, female, 18 [1852/3], Domestic Servant, b. Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
Elizabeth Murray, servant, unmarried, female, 14 [1856/7], General Servant, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
John King, servant, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], General Servant, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
- ↑ 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
- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
Registration Number 895; ED8; Page 7, 5 Apr 1891.
Address: Cothouse, Peninghame, Wigtownshire
6 rooms with windows
Michael Sweeney, head, male, 42 [1848/9], Farm Labourer, b. Ireland
Janet Sweeney, wife, female, 42 [1848/9], b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Agnes Sweeney, daughter, female, 9 [1881/2], Scholar, b. Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
James Sweeney, son, male, 6 [1884/5], Scholar, b. Penninghame, Wigtownshire
Janet Sweeney, daughter, female, 4 [1886/7], b. Penninghame, Wigtownshire
Maggie Sweeney, daughter, female, 1 [1889/90], b. Penninghame, Wigtownshire
- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
Registration Number 895; ED 8; Page 6, 31 Mar 1901.
Address: Bank, Penninghame, Wigtownshire
3 rooms with windows
Michael Sweeney, head, male, 52 [1848/9], General Ag Lab, b. Ireland
Janet Sweeney, wife, female, 52 [1848/9], b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Agnes Sweeney, daughter, female, 19 [1881/2], b Kirkinner, Wigtownshire
James Sweeney, son, male, 16 [1884/5], Carter on Farm, b. Penninghame, Wigtownshire
Janet Sweeney, daughter, female, 14 [1886/7], Scholar, b. Penninghame, Wigtownshire
- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1911 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
895/00 002/00 015, 2 Apr 1911.
Address: Institute Place, Newton Stewart, Penninghame, Wigtownshire
3 rooms with windows
Michael Sweeny, head, male, 63 [1847/8], married, Farm labourer, worker, b. Ireland
Janet Sweeny, wife, female, 63 [1847/8], married 39 years, 7 children born alive, 4 children still living, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Janet Sweeny, daughter, female, 24 [1886/7], single, General Servant - domestic, b. Penninghame, Wigtownshire
- ↑ Death register, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.
1916 DEATHS in the Parish of Penninghame in the County of Wigtown
No.3
Name: Janet Sweeney (married to Michael Sweeney, Farm Labourer)
When and where died: 1916 February first 11h15m P.M. at Institute Place, Newton Stewart
Sex: F
Age: 67 years
Father: John Milroy, Ploughman (Deceased)
Mother: Agnes Milroy M.S. Sinclair (Deceased)
Cause of death: Fatty Degeneration of the Heart 3mos, Sub-acute Bronchitis 2mos, As Certified by N.J. McKie M.D.
Informant: Agnes M'Inally, Daughter, 69 Queen Street, Newton Stewart
Registered: 1916 February 2nd at Newton Stewart, Roderick McLean, Registrar
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