SWEENEY / SWEENY – John 67th and 19th Regiment

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Name	SWEENEY / SWEENY – John
Regiment (s)	67th and 19th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2716 – 67th Regiment 3088 – 19th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	22nd April 1846 / 17 years 9 months / Mallow Cork Ireland Shoemaker
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6 in Dark / Grey / Brown / Loss of left index finger
Overseas Service/Duration	Gibraltar -3 years 34 days
Length of Service	8 years 221 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 27th February 1855 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimea War Medal with Alma clasp Turkish Crimea Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Kanturk Cork Ireland
Pension Districts	1855 Fermoy 1858 1st Cork 1860 2nd Woolwich 1861-1889 Western Australia
Pension Paid	9d per diem 12th May 1874 Increased to 1/2d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PALMERSTON 11th February 1861
Date/Place of Birth	c1828 Coolclough Kanturk Cork Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	NEWMAN Ellen B 1836 (deduced) Mallow Cork Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	6th May 1855 Dromtarriff Cork Ireland (John Sweeny)
Children by 1^st Wife	William bap 13th December 1857 Annakissy Cork Ireland D 18th May 1895 Greenough Western Australia bur Greenough Cemetery Western Australia Hannah B 1860. She joined the order of St. Joseph of the Apparition on Monday 5th January 1891 and was given the name Sister Mary of Carmel D 19th January 1900 Fremantle Western Australia bur Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Ellen / Helen B 12th March 1862 Rottnest Island Western Australia bap 22nd March 1862 M PASS Henry (Harry) 1885 Greenough Western Australia D 15th August 1927 Geraldton Western Australia bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Catherine B 1864 Geraldton Western Australia M BOLTON John Edward 1900 Fremantle Western Australia D 9th February 1941 North Fremantle Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Lucy B 1867 Greenough Western Australia There is no further mention of this child. Elizabeth B 1867 Western Australia M1 RECKNER Julius Henry Musans 1898 Greenough Western Australia M2 LUNT William 1916 Geraldton Western Australia D 23rd July1957 Victoria Park Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia John B 1869 Greenough Western Australia D 21st December 1862 Geraldton Western Australia bur Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia (Patrick) Thomas B 1872 Greenough Western Australia D 2nd June 1945 Geraldton Western Australia bur Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Honora B 4th May 1874 Greenough Western Australia M OSBOURNE John 1873 Geraldton Western Australia D 14th January 1934 North Perth Western Australia bur as Norah Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	NEWMAN William Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	Granted Greenough Lot G7 15 acres 3 perches 8 roods and Lot G8 16 acres 2 perches 2 roods
Occupation after Arrival	Farmer
Newspaper Articles	Geraldton Guardian (WA: 1906-1928) Saturday 20th June 1908 – page 2 Geraldton Express Wednesday 24th June 1908 – page 3
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	21st August 1889 Western Australia Greenough Cemetery Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	19th June 1908 Greenough Western Australia Greenough Cemetery Western Australia
Will or Probate	SROWA Cons 3458/1914/147 Ellen Sweeney Son John Sweeney applied for letters of Administration for the estate of his mother Ellen Sweeney on behalf of his siblings Nora Osborne of Perth Ellen Pass of Geraldton Catherine Bolton of Fremantle Elizabeth Reckoner of Geraldton Patrick Thomas Sweeney of Isseka near Northampton And himself John Sweeney also of Isseka, The estate which was consisted of the 2 blocks at Greenough and sundry articles was valued at two hundred and fifty five pounds
Further Information	1851 British Army Worldwide Index John Sweeney, Private 2716, Location Gibraltar, WO12/7589 John Sweeney, Private , 19th Regt, Wounded at the battle at the River Alma 20 September 1854. (Asplin) Discharge: Loss of left Index finger from gunshot wound at the battle of Alma. 1851 Census HO 1107/1663/354/25 Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire John Sweeney, Private, Unmarried, age 25, Soldier Army, born Cork, Coolclough. Daughter Hannah may have been one of the three children who were born on the voyage of the Palmerston as reported in the religious instructor’s journal.