Person:Mary Sweeney (34)

Mary Sweeney was baptised on 20th June 1858 at Castleconor in County Sligo, Ireland, daughter of Bridget Sweeney, formerly McLoughlin, and her husband James Sweeney, an agricultural labourer. Some time between 1861 and 1864, when Mary was no more than six years old, the family left Ireland and moved to south-west Scotland, settling at Sorbie in Wigtownshire. Mary was the second of ten children, but appears to have been the oldest to survive infancy.

Mary appears in the 1871 census living with her parents and siblings at Wigtown Road in Sorbie village, where the family lived in a one roomed house. By 1881 Mary had left home and was working as a domestic servant at nearby Sorbie Farm.

In 1888 Mary married William McLellan, a carter from Girvan in Ayrshire. They married at Sorbie, but then moved to Glasgow. The 1891 census finds Mary and William and a baby son James living in the Govan area, along with two of Mary's brothers. Mary's father James died in Glasgow n 1893. By 1901 Mary's family was living on the opposite side of the city in the Camlachie area, and there were four more children. Mary does not appear to have been at home on census night.

Mary's mother died in 1928 in Glasgow. Mary lived to be 78 years old. She died on 22nd November 1936 at 4 Violet Street in Paisley, Renfrewshire. William had predeceased her. Mary's son James was the informant for her death.

1. ↑ Roman Catholic Church. Castleconor Parish Records.
   1858 Baptismal Registry
   

   Date	Names	Parents	Sponsors	Residence
   June 20	Mary	James Sweeny	Thomas Kennedy	Emblemoran
   		Bridget McLaughlin	Mary Sweeney

2. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   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

3. ↑ England. 1881 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.)
   3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Sorbie Farm, Sorbie, Wigtownshire
   [In household of David McMonnies, farmer 420 acres all arable employing 13 hands:]
   Mary Sweeney, servant, unmarried, female, 22 [1858/9], General Servant Domestic, b. Ireland

4. ↑ 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

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

   Mary does not appear to have been at home on census night, but her husband and children were living in the Camlachie area of Glasgow:
   Address: 489 London Road, Camlachie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
   William McLellan, head, married, male, 36 [1864/5], Carter, b. Girvan, Ayrshire
   James McLellan, son, male, 11 [1889/90], Scholar, b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire
   Susan McLellan, daughter, female, 9 [1891/2], Scholar, b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire
   Mary McLellan, daughter, female, 6 [1894/5], Scholar, b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire
   William McLellan, son, male, 5 [1895/6], b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire
   Elizabeth McLellan, daughter, female, 0 [1900/1], b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire

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

   1936 DEATHS in the DISTRICT of PAISLEY in the COUNTY of RENFREW
   No. 1185
   Name and Surname: Mary McLellan
   Rank or Profession, and whether Single, Married, or Widowed: Widow of William McLellan, Lorryman
   When and Where Died: 1936 November Twenty second 11h45m P.M., 4 Violet Street, Paisley
   Sex: F
   Age: 78 years [1858/9]
   Name, Surname, and Rank or Profession of Father: James Sweeney, Farm Labourer (deceased)
   Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Bridget Sweeney M.S. McLaughlan (deceased)
   Cause of Death, Duration of Disease, and Medical Attendant by whom certified: Carcinoma of Oesophagus as Cert by R.R. Barr, M.B.
   Signature and Qualification of Informant and Residence, if out of the House in which the Death occurred: James McLellan, son, 11 Shortroods Avenue, Paisley