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• Name: Joseph Sweeny
• _HASHTAG: Mt. Elliott Cemetery
• _UID: C365818AD8FA4E7FA80E01C8B3AF16E2AB03
• Alt. Birth: 1832
• City Directory: 1869-1870, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 150 Guoin rear
• Census: 5 Jun 1870, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• City Directory: 1871-1872, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 150 Guoin
• City Directory: 1872-1873, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 250 Dequindre
• City Directory: 1874-1875, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 150 Guoin
• City Directory: 1879, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 150 Guoin
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 150 Guoin
• City Directory: 1887, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 150 Guoin
• City Directory: 1881-1889, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 150 Guoin - saloon
• City Directory: 1890, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 290 Franklin - Sweeney House
• Newspaper Article: 28 Dec 1890, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Sweeney House ad - Detroit Free Press
• Newspaper Article: 26 Jul 1891, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Sweeney House ad - Detroit Free Press
• City Directory: 1893, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; 290 Franklin - Sweeney House
• Occupation: 1890-1893, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; salon keeper
• Cemetery: 1894, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Mt. Elliott Cemetery
• Alt. Death: 28 Feb 1894, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Obituary: 2 Mar 1894, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Detroit Free Press
• Burial: 3 Mar 1894, Detroit (Mt. Elliott), Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Legal Matter: 28 Jun 1894, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Commissioners' Notice - Detroit Free Press
• Newspaper Article: 16 Jul 1894, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Sweeney House ad - Detroit Free Press
• Inventory of property: 1895, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Sweeney House
• Legal Matter: 12 Mar 1895, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Probate hearing
• Legal Matter: 12 Jun 1895, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Auction Sale - Detroit Free Press
• Probate: 12 Jun 1895, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Legal Matter: 29 Jun 1895, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Legal Notice - Detroit Free Press
• Legal Matter: 1 Jul 1895, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Maggie Sweeney
• Probate: 7 Nov 1896, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Cemetery: 4 Apr 1975, Detroit (Mt. Elliott), Wayne, Michigan, United States; Sweeney Plot

Notes:

(Research):possible-
1862 City Directory for Detroit (Charles F. Clark's - ancestry.com)
Sweeney, Joseph, sailor, bds 319 Franklin



Birth:
1870 census said he was born in New York

_HASHTAG:
buried at Mt. Elliott Cemetery

Alt. Birth:
Age on 1880 census is 48 years.

City Directory:
Sweeney, Joseph, drayman, h. rear 150 Guoin

Census:

Sweeney, Joseph, 30 years; teamster; value real estate $1500; personal estate $500; born New York, mother foreign born, father born USA
Sweeney, Claria, 33 years, keeping house, born Michigan; mother & father born USA
Sweeney, Marcie, 15 years, at home, born Michigan
Bellmore, Alfred, 30 years, teamster, born Canada
Belle, Mortiz, 31 years, laborer, born Canada

150 Guoin Street

City Directory:
Sweeney, Joseph, drayman, h 150 Guoin

City Directory:
Sweeney, Joseph, teaming, h 250 Dequindre

City Directory:
Sweeney Joseph, saloon, 150 Guoin, h. same

City Directory:
Sweeney, Joseph, saloon, 150 Guoin, h same

Census:

Sweeny, Joseph, 48 years, married, saloon keeper, born Ireland, parents born Ireland
Sweeny, Clara, 34 years, wife, married, keeps house, born Ireland, parents born Ireland
Sweeny, Mary, 22 years, daughter, at home, born Michigan, parents born Ireland




City Directory:
Sweeny Joseph, saloon 150 Guoin, h same
Business Directory (page 1622)
Sweeny Joseph, 150 Guoin

City Directory:
Sweeney Joseph, saloon 150 Guoin, h same

City Directory:
Joseph Sweeney, 290 Franklin, Sweeney House, proprietor, 1890-1891

Newspaper Article:
Housework - Girl Wanted to do General housework. Apply Sweeney House, corner of Riopelle and Franklin sts.

(Ad ran on 28 & 29 December 1890)

Newspaper Article:
HOUSEWORK - WANTED, GIRL FOR GENERAL housework. Apply Sweeney House, cor. Riopelle and Franklin st.

City Directory:
Sweeney, Joseph, propr Sweeney House, 290 Franklin (page 1148)
Street and Avenue Guide (page 1422)
290-294 (Franklin) Sweeney House
290-294 Sweeney, Joseph, barber
Riopelle st intersects
Hotels (page 1814)
Sweeney House, 290 Franklin
Saloons (page 1895)
Sweeney House, 290 Franklin

listed elsewhere: cook, domestic, and six boarders

Cemetery:
Permission given by Mary Stay to bury Joseph Sweeney at Mt. Elliott Cemetery.
"Please Sir I am willing to let them beary (sic) Joseph Sweeney on the lot. To oblige me, Mary E. Stay Lot 75, Sec F"

Alt. Death:
Probate filings state his death as 28 February 1894.

Obituary:
DIED
SWEENEY - February 28, 194, at residence, 348 Franklin street, Joseph, beloved husband of Maggie Sweeney, aged 53 years. Funeral Saturday at 9:30 from residence and 10 a.m. from SS. Peter and Paul's (Jesuit) church.

Burial:
Section F, lot 75, Harvey/Stay plot
(grave - name - age - interment)
1 - Joseph Duquette, 46 y, Sept 30, 1867
2 - Elizabeth Harvey, 14 m, Jan 15, 1868
3 - Thomas Sweeney - 1/2 hr, Sept 7, 1869
4 - P. H. Delaney - 27 y, Dec 22, 1869
5 - Thomas Sweeney - 35 y, Jan 16, 1871
6 - William J. Sweeney - 7 w, Apr 8, 1871
7 - Ludwine Leonard, 90 y, June 20, 1883
8 - Ellen McMahon, 11 y, Feb 27, 1885
9 - Clara Sweeney, 49 y, June 9, 1887
10 - John Stay, 38 y, Jan 12, 1888
11 - Thomas A. E. Harvey, 20 y, Jan 17, 1890
12 - Mary E McGarry, 5 d, June 10, 1890
13 - Joseph Sweeney, 53 y, Mar 3, 1894
14 - Philomene I. McGarry, 3 m, July 21, 1894
15 - Thomas G. Harvey, 72 y, Feb 27, 1900
16 - Ann McMahon, 53 y, Dec 1, 1904
17 - Edna E. Valliere, 4 m, July 24, 1905
18 - Carl Harvey, 2 y, July 14, 1914
19 - Ellen D. Harvey, 70 y, May 19, 1915
20 - Mary Harvey, 1 y, Oct 17, 1917
21 - Thomas Harvey, 3 y, Oct 17 1917
22 - Wilhelmina Harvey, 35 y, Oct 17, 1917
23 - Geo. D. Harvey, 51 y, Mar 31, 1923
24 - Ada C. Bowman, 7 y, May 8, 1928
25 - Ada C. Bowman, 7 y, Dec 28, 1928

Legal Matter:
COMMISSIONERS' NOTICE - In the matter of the estate of JOSEPH SWEENEY, deceased. We, the undersigned, having been appointed by the Probate Court for the county of Wayne, state of Michigan, commissioners to receive, examine and adjust all claims and demands of all persons against said decease, do hereby give notice that we will meet at the office of Sidney T. Miller, 80 Griswold street, Detroit, Michigan, in said county, on Wednesday, the third day of October, A.D, 1894, and on Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of November, A.D. 1894, at ten o'clock a.m. of each of said days, for the pourpose of examining and allowing said claims, and that six months from the 29th day of May, A.D. 1894, were allowed by said court for creditors to present their claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated Detroit, June 6, 1894
Sidney T. Miller
James C. Smith, Jr.,
Commissioners.

Newspaper Article:
A COMPLETE three-chair barber shop, fixtures for sale. Call at the Sweeney House, 348 Franklin st., corner of Riopelle.

Inventory of property:
Furniture in "Sweeney House"
Bar room:
1 bar, 1 blackboard, 1 writing desk, 1 show case, 1 hand beer pump, 1 water pressure beer pump, 1 stove, 10 charis, 2 tables, 1 tobacco choffer, 1 marble cash holder, 1 clock, 1 mirror, 3 pictures, 1 keyboard, bar glasses, etc.
Kitchen:
2 tables and damaged dishes
Dining Room:
4 tables, 27 chairs, 4 easters, 1 doz. teaspoons, 1 lounge, knives for 2 tables, 1 doz. tablespoons
Bedrooms:
9 beds, 15 quilts, 18 pillows, 2 ticks, 7 ticks without covers, 8 blankets, 10 lamps, 7 bureaus
All valued at $280

Real Estate:
Premises in the City of Detroit, County of Wayne, and State of Michigan, known as lot number twenty two (22) in the subdivision of the Dominique Riopelle farm located on the southwest corner of Riopelle and Franklin Streets.
Valued at $10,000

"..a two story brick building used for boarding house purposes and numbered 344-348 Franklin Street in addition to which is an old two story frame building numbered 67 Riopelle Street"

*Wayne County Probate Court - Case 19977
Michigan State Archives

Legal Matter:
Published in The Wayne County Legal News on the 16th and 23rd of February and the 2nd of March 1895:
"James C. Smith, Jr. Attorney, 80 Griswold St.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Wayne, ss-
At a session of the Probate Court for said County of Wayne, held at the Probate Office, in the City of Detroit, on the fourteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, Present, Edgar O. Durfee, Judge of Probate, in the matter of the estate of JOSEPH SWEENEY, deceased. On reading and filing the petition, duly verified, of Henry Valliere, the administrator of said estate, praying that he may be licensed to sell certain real estate of said deceased for the purpose of paying the debts of said estate and the charges of administrating said estate. It is ordered that the twelfth day of March next at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said Probate Office, be appointed for bearing said petition, and that all persons interested in said estate appear before said Court, at said time and place, to show cause why a license should not be granted to said administrator to sell real estate as prayed for in said petition. And it is further ordered, that a copy of the order be published three successive weeks previous to said day of hearing, in the Wayne County Legal News, a newspaper printed and circulating to said County of Wayne.
Edgar O. Durfee, Judge of Probate
Homer a Flint, register.

Legal Matter:
Administrator's Auction Sale
LOT 50X151 FEET,
Southwet Corner Franklin And Riopelle Streets,
With Large 2-story Brick Building, and one 2-story Frame House
T0-DAY, JUNE 12
At 12 o'clock, noon, city time, on the premises
This is a Valuable Corner, fronting on Franklin St., Riopelle St. and Railroad.
SUITABLE FOR MANUFACTURING OR HOTEL PURPOSES
CAPITALISTS, SPECULATORS, it will pay you to investigate and attend this sale.
The property will be sold to the highest bidder, for the purpose of settling up the Joseph Sweeney Estate.
TERMS CAHS; $250 at time of sale. Title perfect.
HENRY VALLIERE, Administrator, FRED T. SIBLEY, Attorney.
O. WARDELL & SONS, Auctioneers,
Telephone 1357, Office 101 Woodward Avenue, Detroit

Probate:
Maggie Sweeney, 56 years, wife, sues estate for support. Mable Valliere, daughter of Joseph Sweeney, states Maggie was never married to Joseph. Maggie "went to live with him as his wife in December 1888 and they lived together as man and wife up to the time of his death.."

Legal Matter:
LEGAL NOTICES

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Wayne, ss. -
In the matter of the estate of Jos. Sweeney, decease, No. 19977. Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an order granted to the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Joseph Sweeney, deceased, on the 12th day of March, 1895, by Edgar O Dufree, Esq., judge of probate for the county of Wayne, there will be sold at public bendue to the highest bidder, on the premises, No. 344 Franklin street, in the city of Detroit, county of Wayne and state of Michigan, on Wednesday, the 12th day of June, A.D. 1895 at 12 o'clock noon of that day, city time (subject to all encumbrances by mortgage or otherwise exisitng at the time of the death of said inestate), the following described real estate, to wit: Lot number twenty-two (22) of the subdivision of the Dominique Riopelle farm, located on the southwet corner of Riopelle and Franklin streets, in the seventh ward of the city of Detroit, county of Wayne and state of Michigan.
HENRY VALLIERE
Administrator of the estate of Joseph Sweeney, deceased.
FREDERICK T. SIBLEY, Attorney.
Dated April 27, 1895
The above sale is herby adjourned to Wednesday, Junee 26, 1895, at same hour and place.
HENRY VALLIERE
Administrator of the estate of Joseph Sweeney, deceased.
FREDERICK T. SIBLEY, Attorney.
The above sale is further adjourned to Wednesday, July 10th, 1895, at same hour and place.
HENRY VALLIERE
Administrator of the estate of Joseph Sweeney, deceased.
FREDERICK T. SIBLEY, Attorney.

Legal Matter:
Henry Valliere, administrator for estate, denies request of Maggie Nutter Sweeney because she is not a widow.

Probate:
Mabel petitioned as sole heir to the estate. Henry Valliere, administrator of estate.

Cemetery:
Sweeney Plot - lot 75 F
Joseph Duquette, 46 y., date of burial 30 Sep 1867
Thomas Sweeney, 1/2 hr., date of burial 7 Sep 1869
P. H. Delaney, 27 y., date of burial 22 Dec 1869
Thomas Sweeney, 35 y., date of burial 16 Jan 1871
William J. Sweeney, 7 w., date of burial 8 Apr 1871
Ludwine Leonard, 90 y., date of burial 20 Jun 1883
Ellen McMahon, 11 y., date of burial 27 Feb 1885
Clara Sweeney, 49 y., date of burial, 9 Jun 1887
John Stay, 38 y., date of burial 12 Jan 1888
Mary E. McGary, 5 days, date of burial 10 Jun 1890
Joseph Sweeney, 53 y., date of burial 3 Mar 1894
Philomene Irene McGary, 3 m., date of burial 21 Jul 1894
Ann McMahon, 53 y., date of burial 1 Dec 1904
Edna E. Valliere, 4 m., date of burial 24 Jul 1905

by Alyce Gauthier

Died:
Wayne County death register -
Joseph Sweeney, married, age 54, pneumonia, born New York, saloon keeper

Buried:
Section F, lot 75, grave 13 - Harvey/Stay plot
Mt. Elliott Cemetery Records - 4 Apr 1975 by Alyce Gauthier
Joseph Sweeney #14
Place of Nativity:
Age: 53 years
Parish: St. Peter & Paul
Residence: 394 Franklin
Date of Decease: 28 Feb 1894
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Undertaker: Geist Bros

Joseph married Clarisa "Clara" Leonard on 30 Jun 1868 in Detroit (Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit), Wayne, Michigan, United States. Clarisa (daughter of Peter Leonard and Lavinia Carman) was born on 4 Mar 1836 in Waterford, Oakland, Michigan, United States; was christened on 13 Feb 1862 in Detroit (Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit), Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 6 Jun 1887 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 9 Jun 1887 in Detroit (Mt. Elliott), Wayne, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony:
Witnesses were Thomas Sweeney and Catherine Sweeney.

1. Thomas Edward Sweeney was born on 6 Sep 1869 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 6 Sep 1869 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 7 Sep 1869 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
2. William Joseph Sweeney was christened on 16 Feb 1871 in Detroit (Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit), Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 7 Apr 1871 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 8 Apr 1871 in Detroit (Mt. Elliott), Wayne, Michigan, United States.
3. Clara Mabel Sweeney was born on 25 Aug 1874 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was christened on 6 Sep 1874 in Detroit (Sts. Peter & Paul Jesuit), Wayne, Michigan, United States; died on 30 Jun 1961 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States; was buried on 3 Jul 1961 in Detroit (Mt. Olivet), Wayne, Michigan, United States.

Family/Spouse: Margaret Willis. Margaret was born about 1839; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 4CA45169EB67418993364A93FACB8E7A3977

Notes:

(Research):1840 census
New York City, Ward 6, page 28
Thos Sweeney, males 1 - 20to29, 1 under 5; females, 1 under 5, 1 - 15to19, 1- 20to29

New York City, Ward 1, page 28
Thomas Sweeney, males, 1 - under 5, 1 - 20to 29; females, 1 under 5, 1 - 20to29

New York City, Ward 2, page 49
Thomas Sweany, males, 1 - 20to29; females, 1 - 20to29

Thomas married Julia Le Mieux. Julia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 86DB1A36A9E547D19A1E6D48D4FF5B4E402A