Bertrand Nash Sweeney (1895 - abt. 1943)

Born 23 Jan 1895 in Angleton, Brazoria, Texas, United States

Husband of Marie Henrietta (Stamm) Sweeney — married [date unknown] in Louisiana, United States

Died about 23 Nov 1943 at about age 48 in Henderson, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States

Biography

2nd Lt Bertrand Sweeney served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 3 Apr 1917
Unit(s): Co H, 156th Infantry
Service ended: 21 May 1919

Bertrand Nash Sweeney was president of the Rayne State Bank & Trust Company. He drowned when his boat capsized while riding into a duck blind with his son, Woody, on 23 Nov 1943 at Henderson Lake in St. Marin Parish. At the time of his death, Mr. Sweeney was a candidate for Louisiana state senator for the 16th District, as well as chairman of the Selective Service Board in Rayne. He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "B. N. Sweeney, Rayne Banker, Is Drowned." State Times Advocate [Baton Rouge] 24 Nov. 1943: 14. Print.

• "Louisiana World War I Service Records, 1917-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2TY-G8TY : 8 February 2017), Bertrand Nash Sweeney, 1917.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X59Q-Y31 : 8 April 2016), Bertrand Nash Sweeney, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSB9-RZ5 : 12 December 2014), Bertrand Nash Sweeney, 23 Nov 1943; citing Henderson, St. Martin, Louisiana, certificate number 2327, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,220,635.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #153290213 (Accessed 15 March 2016), Bertrand Nash Sweeney, 1943; Burial, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #1
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTD-CS2 : accessed 2 June 2017), Bertrand Sweeney in household of Hazel Bethany, Crowley Ward 4, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 3B, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 507; FHL microfilm 1,374,520.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTN-56H : accessed 2 June 2017), Bertrand Sweeney, Rayne, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 25B, line 64, family 594, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 782; FHL microfilm 2,340,517.
• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-FKFX : 17 May 2016), Bertrand N Sweeney, .