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Facts and Events
| Name |
Margaret Sweeney |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1][5] |
8 Nov 1887 |
Paddington, Middlesex, England |
| Census[2] |
5 Apr 1891 |
Paddington, London, England2 Alfred Road |
| Census[3] |
31 Mar 1901 |
Paddington, London, England19 Amberley Road |
| Census[4] |
2 Apr 1911 |
Paddington, London, England87 Sutherland Avenue |
| Census[5] |
29 Sep 1939 |
Lambeth, London, England87 Stockwell Park Road |
| Death[6] |
16 Dec 1960 |
Westminster, London, England |
| Burial[7] |
23 Dec 1960 |
Ealing, Middlesex, EnglandGreenford Park Cemetery |
Margaret Sweeney was born on 8th November 1887 in Paddington in western suburbs of London. Family tradition says she was known as Daisy. She was the daughter of Margaret Sweeney, formerly Rice, and her husband Stephen Sweeney, a carpenter. Daisy was one of six children, but one of only three who lived to adulthood.
In 1895, when Daisy was just seven years old, her father died. Daisy's grandfather, James Rice, moved down from Scotland to be with the family. The 1901 census finds Daisy living with her mother and grandfather at 19 Amberley Road in Paddington. James Rice later returned to Scotland, where he died in 1907.
By 1910 the family was living at 87 Sutherland Avenue, a large town house which they ran as a boarding house, with Daisy and her sister Mary helping their mother. They were there for at least five years, being there until at least 1915. After the First World Ward Daisy's mother and sister moved to Willesden, then on to Wembley. Daisy appears in Wembley with her mother and sister in 1929.
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Daisy was working as a housekeeper for a Catholic priest in south London.
Daisy never married. She died in 1960 in Westminster, aged 73. She was buried at Greenford Park Cemetery.
References
- ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. Margaret SWEENEY, December Quarter 1887, Paddington Registration District, Volume 1a, page 45, mother's maiden name Rice
- ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG12; Piece 1; Folio 48; Page 20, 5 Apr 1891.
Address: 2 Alfred Road, Paddington, London
5 or more rooms occupied
Stephen Sweeney, head, married, male, 36 [1854/5], Joiner, employed, b. Scotland
Margaret Sweeney, wife, married, female, 38 [1852/3], b. Scotland
Mary J. Sweeney, daughter, female, 8 [1882/3], b. Brixton, London
Margaret Sweeney, daughter, female, 3 [1887/8], b. Paddington, London
Stephen Sweeney, son, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Paddington, London
- ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG13; Piece 7; Folio 116; Page 13, 31 Mar 1901.
Address: 19 Amberley Road, Paddington, London
2 rooms occupied
James Rice, head, married, male, 74 [1826/7], Retired Farm Bailiff, b. Ireland
Margaret Sweeney, daughter, widow, female, 44 [1856/7], Waitress, b. Scotland
Margaretta Sweeney, granddaughter, single, female, 13 [1887/8], none, b. Paddington, London
- ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
Class RG14; Piece 36; Schedule 87, 2 Apr 1911.
Address: 87 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington, London
Ten rooms occupied
Margaret Sweeney, head, female, 58 [1852/3], widow, Boarding house keeper, employer, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Mary Sweeney, daughter, female, 28 [1882/3], single, Assistant to above, b. Brixton, London
Margaret Sweeney, daughter, female, 23 [1887/8], single, Assistant to above, b. Paddington, London
Stephen Sweeney, son, male, 21 [1889/90], single, Railway clerk, worker, b. Paddington, London
Bride Connolly, boarder, female, 30 [1880/1], single, Elementary school teacher - L.C.C., worker, b. Moher, Roscommon
Dora Higgins, boarder, female, 22 [1888/9], single, Elementary school teacher - L.C.C., worker, b. Walthamstow, London
Bryan G. O'Donnell, boarder, male, 21 [1889/90], single, Insurance clerk, worker, b. Kilmallock, Limerick
Mary Phippen, visitor, female, 50 [1860/1], widow, Housekeeper (domestic), b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
Lambeth Metropolitan Borough, 29 Sep 1939.
Address: 87 Stockwell Park Road, Lambeth, London
Kehoe, Patrick J. / male / 13 Mar 1901 / single / Parish Priest R.C.
Hadden, Robert Patrick L. / male / 17 Jun 1910, single / Assistant Preist
Sweeney, Margaret / female / 8 Nov 1887 / single / Housekeeper
Smart [later crossed out and replaced "Matthews"], Ellen / female / 26 Jul 1923 / single / House maid
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Margaret SWEENEY, December Quarter 1960, Westminster Registration District, Volume 5c, page 387, aged 70 [1889/90]
Exact date from family recollection.
- ↑ England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 (Ancestry).
bur. 23 Dec 1960, Greenford Park Cemetery, Ealing, Middlesex: Margaret Sweeney, aged 73 [1886/7]
- London, England. Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
1929: 73 Cecil Avenue, Wembley
Read, Mary
Read, Michael
Sweeney, Margaret
Sweeney, Margaret, Jnr.
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