Person:William Sweeney (10)

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William Sweeney
b.15 Sep 1877 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
d.1889 Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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m. 8 Feb 1872
  1. Robert Sweeney1873 -
  2. Mary Sweeney1875 - 1890
  3. William Sweeney1877 - 1889
  4. Agnes Sweeney1881 - 1937
  5. James Sweeney1884 -
  6. Janet Sweeney1887 - 1939
  7. Margaret Sweeney1890 - 1891
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Name William Sweeney
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 15 Sep 1877 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Christening[2] 30 Sep 1877 Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Census[3] 3 Apr 1881 Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, ScotlandKirkland Cottage
Death[4] 1889 Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland

William Sweeney was born on 15th September 1877 at Kirkinner in Wigtownshire, son of Janet Sweeney, formerly Milroy, and her husband Michael Sweeney, an agricultural labourer. William appears in the 1881 census living with his parents and siblings at Kirkland Cottage in Kirkinner.

Sadly William died when he was only twelve years old, in 1889 at Penninghame.

References
  1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

    b. William SWEENEY, 1877, Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, 889/00 0033

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baptisms index, in Roman Catholic Church. Newton Stewart Catholic Parish Registers. (Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Catholic Archives).

    ch. 30 Sep 1877: William son of Michael Sweeney & Janet Milroy, born 15 Sep 1877

  3. ↑ 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

  4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

    d. William SWEENEY, 1889, Penninghame, aged 12 [1876/7], 895/00 0066

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