Patrick Sweeney1

#10955, (6 January 1837 - 2 June 1921)
Father*James Sweeney1 (c 1799 - 1887)
Mother*Mary Cronin2 (1805 - 1892)

Family

Elizabeth McDonald b. 1845, d. 1922
Birth*6 January 1837He was born on 6 January 1837 at Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.1 
1851He appeared on the census of 1851 in the household of James Sweeney and Mary Cronin at Botsford Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, age 14; (neis. James (63) and Alice (56) Carroll, sh. 12.)3 
1861He appeared on the census of 1861 at Sackville Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; hh of Ronald Campbell, carriage maker.4 
Marriage*25 November 1867He married Elizabeth McDonald, daughter of Edmund McDonald and Mary O'Neal, on 25 November 1867 at St-Henri Church, Barachois, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.5 
1871He and Elizabeth McDonald appeared on the census of 1871 at Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.6 
20 April 1891He and Elizabeth McDonald appeared on the census of 20 April 1891.7 
27 April 1901He and Elizabeth McDonald appeared on the census of 27 April 1901 at Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; also Permelay Arsenau, age 18, servant, b. NB 1882.8 
Death*2 June 1921He died on 2 June 1921 at Shediac, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG, at age 84.1 
Burial*4 June 1921He was buried on 4 June 1921 at St. Joseph's Church Cemetery, Shediac, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG.1,9 
1921He and Elizabeth McDonald appeared on the census of 1921 at Main Street, Shediac Par., Westmorland Co., New BrunswickG; (gives Patrick's death as Jun 1921.)10 

Citations

  1. [S560] New Brunswick Department of Health Certificate of Registration of Death (Form C.-3), no. 049337; Patrick J. Sweeney, b. Westmorland Co., NB, 6 Jan 1837; d. Shediac Town, NB, 2 Jun 1921,age 84y 4m 26d, heart failure; last occ. magistrate, former occ. deputy sheriff; marr., same res. 30 yrs.; father James Sweeney, b. Ireland; mother unnamed, b. Ireland; inf. E.R. McDonald, Shediac, nephew; bur. Shediac, 4 Jun 1921, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, online http://archives.gnb.ca
  2. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). James (51), farmer; Mary (46; both Irish, entered colony Sep 1831; all children b. NB.
  3. [S83] 1851 Canada Census (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). James (51), farmer; Mary (46); both Irish, entered colony Sep 1830; all children b. NB.
  4. [S80] 1861 New Brunswick Province Census. Patrick Sweeney (23), apprentice carriage maker, b. NB, R.C.
  5. [S146] Gabriel Drouin, compiler, Drouin Collection: St-Henri, Barachois, Cte Westmorland, 1812-1899, Vols. 1 and 2 (Montreal, Quebec: Institut Généalogique Drouin), p. 24, no. M-8, img. 224/504. Patrick Sweeny, son of James Sweeny and Mary Cronean [sic] of this parish, and Elisabeth McDonald, dau. of Edward McDonald and Mary O'Neil, both deceased; marr. 25 Nov 1867 by Bazoge, witn. William McDonald and Mary Sweeny.
  6. [S84] 1871 Canada Census. Patrick Sweeny (33), carriage maker, b. NB, R.C.; Eliza (23), b. PEI, R.C.
  7. [S69] 1891 Canada Census. Patrick J (51), b. NB, parents b. Ireland, farmer; Eliza (41), b. NB, parents b. Ireland.
  8. [S68] 1901 Canada Census. Patrick (62), b. NB Jan 1839, speculator; Lizza (52), b. NB Jun 1848.
  9. [S1746] Southeastern Branch of the New Brunswick Genealogical Society, compiler, Cemeteries of Westmorland County (Moncton, New Brunswick, 2007-2009), Shediac volume, p. 80. No image, shared memorial. William McDonald 1840-1923 / his wife Catherine Costello 1848-1873; (side) Patrick Sweeney 1837-1921 / his wife Eliza McDonald 1845-1922; (back) Edward Richard McDonald KC 1872-1952 / his wife Gertrude Ryan 1890-1973; (side) Elizabeth Clune 1872-1955 / Le professeur E Ronald McDonald 1920-1989.
  10. [S857] 1921 Canada Census. Aliza (77), b. PEI, parents b. Ireland; Patrick (85), d. Jun 2, b. NB, parents b. Ireland.