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Sidney Swinney Polley
No. 11
I live in Richardson, Texas which is a town near Dallas. I am looking for
information on John Swinney. Memoirs written by William Landon Swinney, a
great grandson, tell the family story about two brothers coming from Ireland
around 1790 and settling in New York. The two brothers, second one unnamed,
both fell in love with the same woman. The unnamed brother won her hand so
John went south and settled in Georgia. According to the great grandson, the
name was spelled Sweeney but John changed it to Swinney upon arriving in
Georgia. John married Rosey Zollicoffer. He died in 1800 in Georgia. John
and Rosey had several children, Ransom Zollicoffer Swinney, being one of
them. Ransom Z. married Mary Clark Greene. One of their sons, Wilson Ransom
Swinney {my great grandfather} married Sarah Ann Skinner. One of their sons,
James Sidney Swinney {my grandfather} married Josie Adaline Smart.
My theory is that John left Ireland closer to the 1760s rather than the
1790s. {I have no idea what part of Ireland he was to have come from}. He had
become very successful in Georgia and it hardly seems that he could have
accomplished all the did in the ten short years from 1790 until he died in
1800. Other Swinney/Sweeney researchers have been able to find him in
Georgia but not any further back. If any of this sounds familiar to anyone I
would greatly appreciate hearing form you.
Evelyn (Evie) Sweeney Naranjo
No. 12
My father, George Sweeney, was born in 1906 in Elmhurst, NY, fifth of 7
children. His father, also named George, died on New Year's Eve 1910. He
had been founder and President of Sweeney & Gray Construction Company, which
still exists in NYC. Since my father had no memory of his own father, we
know very little about him other than he was the eldest child of his family,
born in 1869 in Long Island City, NY and he married Hannah Dempsey of
Pittston, PA. This George's parents were James Sweeney and Ellen Rall.
James was born in Ireland Jan., 1842 and emigrated to NYC where he was a
bricklayer. Ellen Rall was born on the Eastern end of Long Island. Her
parents were born in Ireland. James and Ellen Sweeney had 12 children,
including twin boys, William and James. The names of the children were
George, Jane, Nellie, Mary (Maimie), Edward, James and William, Margaret,
Lillian and Ida. From the 1880 and 1900 census records, Ellen and James
Sweeney lived at 51 Fourth St., Long Island City. George and Hannah lived on
Denman St. in Elmhurst, LI, NY. They had seven children, William, Ella,
James Edgar, Mae, George, Harry, Walter.
Stacey Sells
No. 13
My grandmother was from Donegal Ireland. Her name was Kathleen Sweeney. She
then moved to america and married James Bissett. I know she has 3 brothers
still in ireland.
Jenny McHugh-Sweeney
No. 14
I am looking for my grandfather Joseph
Sweeney born in Pettigo??? 1872??? His mother was Annie
Sweeney-McLennan is on his marriage certificate.
Trudy Enderle
No. 15
My GG Grandfather was Morgan McSweeney and my GG Grandmother was Julia O'Heffernan. Her mother was Alice and James.
Morgan and Julia and Alice came to Cincinnati, Ohio, USA about 1850 .
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