Sweny of Dublin

[kenneth cooke]

My great great grandfather John Paget Sweny of Dublin 1810-1883 was a proprietor of coaches & undertaker. The family were C of I (Anglican).  John and his wife Matilda Yeates had 14 children:
Eugene 1836-1906,  Thomasina Bourne 1838-1873,   Margaret Faulkner 1839-1882, Paget Halpin 1841-42, Lydia 1842-1931,  Georgina Matilda 1844-76,  Abraham 1845,  Mark Halpin 1847, Louisa Mary 1848,  William Halpin 1850,  Emily (Amelia) 1852-1928,  Jemima Paget 1854, Ralph William Champion 1856-1923,  John Paget 1860-1901
I am looking for information about Lydia, Georgina, Abraham, and Mark,
also for confirmation that Louisa married Wm Hodges in 1870, and that Jemima married Ebenezer Boggs in New York in 1872 (they may have returned to Ireland.)
An Emily Sweeney, who married Edward N. Harding in about 1872 seems to be ours.
John’s nephew was Frederick William Sweny, chemist of 1 Lincoln Place. This was the chemist shop made famous by James Joyce in “Ulysses”. It was closed down only last year.
Ken

[HugoBeauchamp]

Hi Ken

Have you looked on the Irish GRO BMD Indexes at

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=home

You will find that Louisa and William did marry in 1870 - you only need to order a photocopy of the marriage entry from the GRO in Roscommon..........
http://www.groireland.ie/

Best of luck

HB

[kenneth cooke]

 I've just found that Matilda Sweny nee Yeates, died in the 3rd quarter of 1900, aged 84, reg. in Sth Dublin.
She was baptised at St. Mary's Dublin on 9 April 1815. Her parents were
Kendrick & Margaret Yeates, of Mary St. Dublin.
Also that Thomasina Bourne Cooke, nee Sweny, died in Nth Dublin in 1873.
She was the wife of Wm Bromley Cooke, brother of my Gr grandfather Thomas.
Ken

[kenneth cooke]

I should explain that two Cooke brothers, William Bromley and Thomas Smith
Cooke, married two Sweny sisters, Thomasina & Margaret. John Paget Sweny and his brother Dr. Mark were the witnesses at the double wedding in Dublin in 1859.
Thomas & Margaret brought their family to Australia in 1871. Thomasina died in 1873 and William returned to England and remarried.
Mark had his practice at 1 Lincoln Place, which later became the site of the chemist shop, run by his son Frederick.
Mark & John were the sons of Eugene Sweny, coachmaker of Lower Camden St.
Ken

[ambyrne1]

Here is the list of Sweny in Dublin in 1939

Name Year Unit Polling Elec No. House no. Street
Sweny, Charles 1939-40 CABRAGH BB 358 11 ST. ATTRACTA ROAD
Sweny, Edith 1939-40 ARRAN QUAY AM 717 4 ROYSE ROAD
Sweny, Margaret 1939-40 CABRAGH BB 359 11 ST. ATTRACTA ROAD
Sweny, Ralph S. 1939-40 ARRAN QUAY AM 716 4 ROYSE ROAD
Sweny, Reginald 1939-40 TRINITY VA 219 1 LINCOLN PLACE
Sweny, Sarah 1939-40 TRINITY VA 218 1 LINCOLN PLACE

According to the voting register in 1832
John Paget Sweny was living in 6 Camden Street and he was a coachmaker.

We also had in 1837
A Henry Cope Sweny esq: Gardiner's Place: Freeholder
John Sweny: Mountjoy Sq, Barrister.

We had in 1832
A Welbore Ellis Sweny esq, Mountjoy Sq

Also in 1813 there was a will left by a Thomas Sweny of Dame Street Dublin. NA Ref Prerogative Will Book/F/286b

[kenneth cooke]

In reply to ambyrne:
Reginald Sweny was the youngest son of Fredk Wm, the chemist, and the last Sweny to live at 1 Lincoln Place. He was 24. Not sure if Sarah was his wife or his mother.
Charles must be Regd's brother, and Margt was his wife. His son Charles later brought his family to Australia.
Ralph was Ralph Schomberg Sweny,42, a grandson of John Paget, and Edith is
either his wife or daughter.
John Paget Sweny in 1832 was 21 yrs and still at home. He may have been listed as a coachmaker with his father. Later Eugene was listed as an undertaker, but that line was continued by John at another address.
Henry Cope Sweeny was Eugene's 2nd cousin. Welbore Ellis, an army officer
was Henry's brother. I can't say who Thomas was.
Thanks for finding these entries,
Regards,
Ken

[kenneth cooke]

A contributor on another forum wrote:
"Another site named Eugene Sweeney in 1842 as a Churchwarden at Crumlin Parish Church. I presume it was Eugene of 1785."
Yes, he was JP Sweny's father, whose coachmaking business was in Camden St. He was also listed in the directories as Eugene Sweny Esq. of Cromwell's Fort, Crumlin, where he had a farm. I guess he resided there and would have attended the local church.
Ken

[bray]

 
Eugene Sweeney Churchwarden
Information can be found on:
failteromhat.com/dublin/wardens/ward2pdf

[Quaxer]

K.C.

If you would like the entries for Sweny at No.1 Lincoln Place and Lower Camden Street from the Irish Times from 1859-1901 just let me know.   


Regards     Quaxer