Mary Elizabeth R. (Albury) Sweeting (1856 - 1937)

Born 20 Oct 1856 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Sweeting — married 22 May 1876 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1937 at age 81 in Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Mary (Albury) Sweeting was born in Florida.

Mary (Albury) Sweeting is part of a Bahamian family.

Mary was born 20 October 1856 in Key West, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of Phillip Albury and Mary Sawyer.

In 1860, the family lived in Key West, Monroe County, Florida. Her siblings included William, Emeline and joseph.^[2] By 1870, William and Emeline were no longer living in the home. Children in the home included Joseph, Mary, Davis, Anna and Cornelia.^[3] Her father, Phillip, was a carpenter.

She married Thomas Sweeting on 22 May 1876 in Key West, Florida, in a ceremony performed by Wm. R. Johnson, Pastor Spark's Chapel.^[4] The witnesses were Philip Albury and Abraham Roberts.

Mary died on 12 December 1937 in Miami, Florida,^[5] and she is buried in the Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Mary's death certificate provides her full date and place of birth. It names her parents as Joseph Albury and "unobtainable." A Mary of this age cannot be placed in a Joseph Albury family; however she does match the daughter of Philip Albury, who witnessed her marriage. Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 20554 (1937), Mary Elizabeth Sweeting, 12 December 1937, Dade County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S3Q-8BX?i=591&cat=816256 : accessed October 2016). 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, City of Key West, stamped page 375, sheet 39, dwelling 319, family 311, Philip Albury household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4211367_00375/10650480?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29581058130/facts/citation/680129388742/edit/record : accessed October 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M653, roll 108.
2. ↑ 1860 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, City of Key West, stamped page 375, sheet 39, dwelling 319, family 311, Philip Albury household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7667/4211367_00375/10650480?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29581058130/facts/citation/680129388742/edit/record : accessed October 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M653, roll 108.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZJ-RBT : 17 October 2014), Mary Albury in household of Philip Albury, Florida, United States; citing p. 35, family 224, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,631.
4. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses A: 170, Thomas Sweeting and Mary E. R. Albury, 22 May 1876; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-YJR?i=349&cat=341167 : accessed October 2016).
5. ↑ Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 20554 (1937), Mary Elizabeth Sweeting, 12 December 1937, Dade County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S3Q-8BX?i=591&cat=816256 : accessed October 2016).
6. ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "Mary Elizabeth Albury Sweeting," Memorial no. 141788632, posted 11 February 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=142475219 : accessed October 2106).