Thomas
Branvell
[uncertain]
Sweeting
Born in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Ancestors 
Son of John Henry Sweeting
and Georgiana (Saunders) Sweeting
Brother of
Claudian Edith Sweeting, Ernest Marshall Sweeting, Sarah Blanche (Sweeting) Saunders, Laura Eliza (Sweeting) Hodgkins and Mary Edith Sweeting
Husband of
Lillian Isabel (Roberts) Sweeting
— married
26 Oct 1902 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
Descendants 
Father of
Jennie Claudian (Sweeting) Mendelson, Mamie Sweeting, John Henry Sweeting I, [private child (1900s - unknown)], John Sweeting, Thomas Rupert Sweeting, Eric Randolph Sweeting, Laura Sweeting, William Sweeting, Charles Howard Sweeting and [private child (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 83
in Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Oct 2013
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Thomas Sweeting is part of a Bahamian family.
Biography
Thomas Branvell Sweeting was born in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas 22 August 1880 to John Henry Sweeting and Georgiana Saunders Sweeeting. He was christened there 16 December 1880.
There is disagreement in the records on the spelling of his middle name and either Branvell or Bramwell.
He married Lillian Isabel Roberts, daughter of John "Johnny" Roberts and Euphemia Russell Roberts. The couple had 11 children.
The Sweetings resided in Dade County, Florida for most of their married lives. Thomas Branvell Sweeting died there 4 August 1963 at 82 years of age.
Sources
Abaco Methodist Serial: #3233. Civ. Reg. Page 59
Bahamas Civil Marriage Records http://home.comcast.net/~libpjr1/bahydna.htm for birthplace
"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSL-SSHW?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZG-FMS%3A216301601 : 7 October 2014), Marriages 1902-1903 > image 407 of 868; Registrar General, Nassau.
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Thomas Bramwell Sweeting, South Carolina, Charleston County, Draft Card S.
State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998, Dade County, 1963.
Obituary for THOMAS B SWEETING (Aged 82) published in The Miami Herald - 6 Aug 1963 - Page 7-D; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102111877/obituary-for-thomas-b-sweeting-aged-82/?xid=637
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239860924/thomas-bramwell-sweeting
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- William Sweeting
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup I-M170, FTDNA kit #36205, MitoYDNA ID T11082 [compare]
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~1.56%
Susan (Higgs) Davies :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GR7473087 [compare]
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~0.78%
Pearl Lowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A526784 [compare]
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~0.78%
Iris (Lowe) Powers :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T045225 [compare], FTDNA kit #324242
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Sweeting-258 and Sweeting-40 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be duplicate profiles for the same person. Thanks, Jeff Haines
Sweeting-164 and Sweeting-40 appear to represent the same person because: Same name with spelling variation, approximately the same birth date, same year of death.
http://home.comcast.net/~libpjr1/bahydna.htm lists parents as "son of John Henry Sweeting and Georgiana Saunders"
Sweeting-133 and Sweeting-40 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge.
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