Person:Luke Sweeney (1)

Luke Sweeney was born on 18th November 1862 at Sorbie in Wigtownshire, Scotland. He was the son of Mary Sweeney, formerly Kilcawley, and her husband Michael Sweeney, an agricultural labourer, who had come over from Ireland in the wake of the Potato Famine. The 1871 census finds Luke living with his parents and siblings at Sorbie.

By 1881 Luke had left home and was working as a farm servant at Whithorn, the parish to the south of Sorbie. When Luke's father Michael died in 1883, Luke acted as the informant for the death.

In 1888 Luke married Annie Murphy from Kirkcudbright. They married in Kirkcudbright, but then moved to Achie Cothouse in the parish of Kells, on the edge of the town of New Galloway. Luke's mother Mary lived with them there for a time before her death in 1889. The 1891 census finds them still there. By 1895 they had moved to Balmaclellan, where the 1901 census finds them living at Cassenvey Cottage. Some time between between 1901 and 1903 they moved to the Corsock area (which straddled the parishes of Parton, Kirkpatrick Durham and Balmaclellan). The 1911 census finds them living at Upper Barr in the Kirkpatrick Durham section of Corsock.

Luke died on 5th December 1935 at Springholm in the parish of Urr. He was 73. Annie survived him by about five years and died in 1940.

1. ↑ Birth certificate, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

   1862 BIRTHS in the parish of Sorbie in the County of Wigtown
   No. 38
   Name and Surname: Luke Sweeny
   When and Where Born: 1862 November Eighteenth / 10h am / Sorbie Village
   Sex: M
   Name, Surname, & Rank or Profession of Father: Michael Sweeny, Agricultural Labourer
   Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Mary Sweeny, M.S. Kilcawly
   Date and Place of Marriage: 1850 April 18th, Castleconnor, Ireland
   Signature and Qualification of Informant and Residence, if out of the House in which the Birth occurred: Michael Sweeny his X mark, Father, present, Jas? Drummond, Registrar, Witness
   When and Where Registered and Signature of Registrar: 1862 November 22nd at Garliestown, Jas? Drummond, Registrar

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

   1862
   Luke / Law[ful]
   Parents: Michael Swiney & Mary McCauley
   When Born: Dec[embe]r 25th
   When Bap[tized]: Decemb[er] 28th
   Sponsors: John Kelly & Mary Rafferty
   Clergyman: P. Tho[ma]s O'Gorman

3. ↑ 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

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

   Address: Bailiewhirr Farm House, Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   Francis Findlay, head, married, male, 60 [1820/1], Farmer of 500 acres of which 324 men 3 women & 1 boy, b. Galston, Ayrshire
   Elizabeth Findlay, wife, married, female, 52 [1828/9], b. Loudoun, Ayrshire
   Ellen Findlay, daughter, unmarried, female, 25 [1855/6], b. Mochrum, Wigtownshire
   Jessie C. Findlay, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1858/9], b. Mochrum, Wigtownshire
   Francis Findlay, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1861/2], b. Mochrum, Wigtownshire
   Hugh W. Findlay, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   Jeannie Topping, servant, unmarried, female, 18 [1862/3], General Serv (Domestic), b. Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Luke Sweeny, servant, unmarried, male, 18 [1862/3], Farm servant, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
   Jane Wood, sister in law, widow, female, 45 [1835/6], Farmer's widow, b. Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
   Francis Findlay, nephew, married, male, 33 [1847/8], Farmer of 450 acres of which 300 arable employing 6 men, 2 women & 1 boy, b. Crossmichael, Kirkcudbrightshire

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

   Address: Achie Cothouse, Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Luke Sweeney, head, married, male, 28 [1862/3], Agricultural labourer, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
   Annie Sweeney, wife, married, female, 27 [1863/4], Agricultural labourers wife, b. Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Maggie Sweeney, daughter, female, 4 [1886/7], b. Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Walter Sweeney, son, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire
   John Sweeney, son, male, 0 [1890/1], b. Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Archibald Kerr, lodger, unmarried, male, 75 [1815/6], Game Keeper (Retired), b. Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

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

   Address: Cassenvey Cottage, Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Luke Sweeney, head, married, male, 38 [1862/3], Ploughman on farm, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
   Annie Sweeney, wife, married, female, 37 [1863/4], b. Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Walter Sweeney, son, male, 11 [1889/90], Scholar, b. Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire
   John Sweeney, son, male, 10 [1890/1], Scholar, b. Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Andrew Sweeney, son, male, 5 [1895/6], Scholar, b. Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Luke Sweeney, son, male, 2 [1898/9], b. Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire

7. ↑ General Register Office for Scotland. 1911 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
   862/00 001/00 004, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Upper Bar, Corsock, Kirkpatrick Durham, Kirkcudbrightshire
   4 rooms with windows, 4 people in house
   Luke Sweeny, head, male, 49 [1861/2], married, Cattleman on farm, worker, b. Sorbie, Wigtownshire
   Annie Sweeny, wife, female, 48 [1862/3], married 22 years, 6 children born alive, 5 children still living, b. Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Luke Sweeny, son, male, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire
   Annie Sweeny, daughter, female, 7 [1903/4], School, b. Kirkpatrick Durham, Kirkcudbrightshire

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

   1935. DEATHS in the District of Urr in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
   No.11
   Name: Luke Sweeney, Agricultural Labourer (Retired), Married to Annie Murphy
   When and Where Died: 1935 December Fifth 5h45m P.M., Springholm
   Sex: M
   Age: 73 years
   Father: Michael Sweeney, Agricultural Labourer (deceased)
   Mother: Mary Sweeney M.S. Kilcawly (deceased)
   Cause of death: (a) Cerebral Haemorrhage (b) Arterio Sclerosis As cert by Donald Warren M.B.Ch.B. Castle Douglas
   Informant: Luke Sweeney (Son)
   Registered: 1935 December 6th at Hardgate, David McNab, Registrar