William Jerome SWEENEY

  General Notes:

1886 BIRTH of William Jerome Sweeney

William was a son of B. P. "Batt" Sweeney (who had been born in August, 1849 in Massachusetts), a son of Peter and Ellen Sweeney; Peter had been born in Ireland) (Batt's given name may have been Bartholomew, or a variation)

1900 CENSUS, Wisconsin, Brown County, Glenmore Township (June 18) ("William," age 14, born "April, 1884 in Wisconsin," is in the home of his parents) ("Sweney" in census)

1905 CENSUS, Wisconsin State Census, Brown County, Glenmore Township (June 1) ("Wm.," age 19, is with his widower father, "Batt" Sweeney, and siblings)

1910 CENSUS, Wisconsin, Brown County, Glenmore Township (April 25 & 26) ("William J.," age 24, "Farm laborer, Home farm," is in the home of his widower father, "Bat P. Sweeney")

1918 REGISTRATION, World War I Draft, Wisconsin, Brown County (September 11) ("William Jerome Sweeney," age 32, born "April 2, 1886," occupation "Farmer," self-employed, nearest relative "B. P. Sweeney") (Personal description, medium height, stout build, dark hair, dark eyes)

MARRIAGE of William Jerome Sweeney and Etta Counihan


See "Etta Counihan" for additional information

William married Etta COUNIHAN, daughter of Patrick COUNIHAN Jr. and Christian (Or Christine) COUNIHAN. (Etta COUNIHAN was born in August 1888 in Brown County, Wisconsin.)