John MCSWEENEY^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]}

Abt 1857 - 1904  (47 years)

• Name	John MCSWEENEY
  Birth	Abt 1857	Kanturk,,County Cork,Ireland   [4, 10, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Abt 1875	New Zealand
  	Taken from Harwera Newspaper clipping about his death it stated that he immigrated to NZ when he was 18. Immigration record for a J McSwiny Passenger lists, IM-15-11-214, Alumbagh (Ship), May 9-Aug. 18, 1875, Auckland-arrival port is the closest to age
  Death	18 Mar 1904	Hawera,South Taranaki District,Taranaki,New Zealand   [4, 6, 8, 13]
  Burial	19 Mar 1904	Hawera Public Cemetery,Hawera,Taranaki,New Zealand   [6, 8, 13]
  		McSWEENEY_John_1857_9D3T-D4X_Headstone C
  Person ID	I355	A Brief History in Time
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John MCSWEENY,   b. 1827, Ireland,,,
  Mother	Mary Anne BAILEY,   b. Abt 1830, Cork,,County Cork,Ireland d. Abt 1889, Cork,,County Cork,Ireland (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Mary Rachel ROCHE, 9D3T-D4G,   b. 1859, Queenstown,Clonmel,Cork,Ireland d. 25 Mar 1940, Otahuhu,Auckland,New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1884	Patea,New Zealand   [15, 16]
  		McSWEENEY_John_1857_9D3T-D4X_Marriage_ROCHE_Ellen
  Children	1. Mary Hester MCSWEENEY,   b. 1885, Patea,South Taranaki District,Taranaki,New Zealand d. 14 Nov 1957, Otahuhu,Auckland,New Zealand (Age 72 years)   2. Bernard Brian MCSWEENEY,   b. 20 Jul 1887, Mokoia Taranaki,New Zealand d. 22 Apr 1918, Somme,,,,Picardie,France (Age 30 years)   3. James MCSWEENEY,   b. 1888, Patea,South Taranaki District,Taranaki,New Zealand d. 21 Aug 1931 (Age 43 years)   4. Frederick Jack MCSWEENEY,   b. Abt 1890, New Zealand   5. Eleanor Maria MCSWEENEY, LK69-LYX,   b. 11 Aug 1890, Mokoia,South Taranaki District,Taranaki,New Zealand d. 31 Dec 1983, Auckland Hospital,Auckland,New Zealand (Age 93 years)   6. Possibly Nora - Honora MCSWEENEY,   b. 1892, Hawera,New Zealand   7. Nora Veronica MCSWEENEY,   b. 24 Jun 1893, Taranaki,New Zealand d. 23 Jul 1938, Gisborne, (Age 45 years)   8. John Patrick MCSWEENEY,   b. Abt 1894, New Zealand d. 31 Jul 1926, Auckland,Auckland,Auckland,New Zealand (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Emigration - Taken from Harwera Newspaper clipping about his death it stated that he immigrated to NZ when he was 18. Immigration record for a J McSwiny Passenger lists, IM-15-11-214, Alumbagh (Ship), May 9-Aug. 18, 1875, Auckland-arrival port is the closest to age - Abt 1875 - New Zealand Death - 18 Mar 1904 - Hawera,South Taranaki District,Taranaki,New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		ROCHE_Ellen_Mary_Rachel_1959_9D3T-D4G_John_McSweeny
  		John McSweeny

  
  

• Sources

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