James Fielding Sweeny was the fourth bishop of Toronto, Ontario, and Archbishop of Ontario.[1]
Born in 1857 in London, England, he was one of the ten children of Lt. Col. James Fielding Sweeny and his wife Anna Maria Fielding.[2] He married Georgina Martha Bostwick.[3]
His second marriage was to Catherine Boomer in 1900 in Toronto.[4][5][6]
He died in 1940 and was buried at St. James Cemetery, Toronto.[7]
↑ "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2L2-W7K : 13 February 2020), Georgina Martha Bostwick in entry for James Fielding Sweeny, 1889.
↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBH-CQP : 11 March 2018), Jas Fielding Sweeny and Catherine Boomer, 01 Jan 1900; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,076.
↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHGV-YY8 : 16 December 2019), James F Sweeny, Toronto (west/ouest) (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 16, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
↑ "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XS-JZ2 : 16 March 2018), James Fielding Sweeny, 1911; citing Census, Toronto North Sub-Districts 11-84, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,527.
↑ DEATHS. (1940, Sep 19). The Globe and Mail (1936-2016) Retrieved from ProQuest
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