Martha Patsy Sweeney

Brief Life History of Martha Patsy

When Martha Patsy Sweeney was born in April 1813, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, her father, Daniel Sweeney, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Jones, was 36. She married Michael Jones about 1844, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Larimer, Pueblo, Colorado, United States in 1870 and Clay Center Township, Clay, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died in 1901, in Clay, Kansas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Washington, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Michael Jones
1816–1889
Martha Patsy Sweeney
1813–1901
Marriage: about 1844
Amanda H. Jones
1845–1927
Alonzo Jones
1850–
Dora Jones
1855–
Melissa G. Jones
1848–1928
Denitia W Jones
1853–1947
Matilda Ellen Jones
1860–1940

Sources (5)

  • Martha Jones, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Martha Jones in household of Michael Jones, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martha Jones in household of M Jones, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Donal, Kieran, Eamonn, Paddy, Senan, Tadhg, Aileen, Assumpta, Brennan, Caitlin, Colm.

Irish and Scottish: shortened form of McSweeney , from Gaelic Mac Suibhne ‘son of Suibhne’, a personal name meaning ‘pleasant’. Loss of initial Mac in this surname seems to have been encouraged by the Irish variant Ó Suibhne. For the Scottish form Mac Shuibhne with loss of the final syllable and lenition of the personal name after Mac, compare McSween and McQueen .

Americanized form of French Choiniere .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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