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I’ve been trying to sort out some of the Swenys, who can cause confusion because of the occurrence of the same names over several generations.

Family of Dr. Mark Sweny and Sarah Ann (?Yeates), married abt 1845:

Augusta Elvira Lucinda 1846, mar. Wm Fredk Wilkinson
Mark Halpin 1848-1900
Lydia Lovely 1850-1900, mar. John Jos. Egar
Ada Matilda 1852, (fl.1916) mar. Henry Cockburn
Lincoln Albert 1854-1880
Victoria Eugenia 1855 (fl.1890)
Frederick William 8.12.1856-1924
Herbert Sidney 1859-1933
Eugene 1860-1861
George Arthur Wellington 1863-1868

Frederick William, 1856, was the famous chemist, of 1 Lincoln Place. He married twice and had at least fourteen children.
 
1. mar. 1884 Sophia Mary Johnson 1857-1895:
Ethel Sophia 22.1.1885-1893
Violet Beatrice 6.2.1886-1909
Edith 16.9.1887, (fl.1916) mar. ? Ring
Fredk William jnr 1888 (fl.1916)
Albert Edward 1889 (to USA 1911)
Walter Theodore 7.3.1892-1893 
Eveleen Ruby, born & died 1891
Lilian Caroline 30.6.1893, mar.1918

2. mar. 26.4.1897 Sarah Jane Owens:
George Arthur 13.2.1898, mar. (fl.1916)
Charles Herbert 25.5.1899-1965
Alfred Victor 23.8.1900 (fl.1916)
William Lionel 1902 (fl.1911)
Victoria Eugenia ?
Arthur Wellington 1909 ?
Cecil Desmond 1910 (fl.1916) mar.1932
Reginald Fredk 1915-1993
There may have been more. Some of the above have not been heard of again, so we can assume that they died young.
Ken

 

Hi Ken,

My name is Noel Sweeney. My father's name is Frederick William Sweeney. His father's name was Cecil Desmond. From conversations with my father, it appears his father is the Cecil Desmond mentioned in one of your previous postings (as per quote). I plan to confirm this update by obtaining the appropriate documentation.

Noel