John William Sweeting Sr (1817 - 1876)

Born 26 Apr 1817 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Died 20 Jan 1876 at age 58 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States

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John Sweeting Sr is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Name

Name: John William /Sweeting/ Sr per Will

Surname: Sweeting

Given Name: John William

Name Suffix: Sr per Will

The suffix Sr per Will is non-traditional and may be too long for the WikiTree suffix.

Death

Death:

Date:

ch named 1870 father's Will

Marriage

Husband: John William Sweeting

Wife: Elwilda 'Alvilda' Lowe

Child: @I23124@

Marriage:

Date: 1877

Place: Key West

From Lin Fornell: "Mary Elwilda Sweeting was married to William John " Bunkin" Sweeting, Sr. Born: 26 Apr 1817 Death: 20 Jan 1876

They had 5 children, none ended up in the custody of Mary Elwilda (Lowe) "

The death date of 1876 conflicts with the birthdate of an unnamed male in 1886 and with the birth of Priscilla Jane Sweeting. She was born 17 April 1878 at Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, supposedly to John William Sweeting and Alvida/Elwilda Lowe Sweeting.

Children who are listed in Bahamas Civil Records:

Unnamed Female Sweeting b. 17 Apr 1878 Birthplace G. T. Cay, Abaco, Bahamas Father's Name John Sweeting

Unnamed Male b. 23 Jun 1886, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas Father's Name John W Sweeting Mother's Name Edwilda Lowe Sweeting

Other Possible Children:

Name John Vesper Sweeting Event Type Marriage Event Date 04 Jan 1933 Event Place Bethel Mission House, New Providence, Bahamas Gender Male Father's Name John William Sweeting Spouse's Name KathIleen Roberts Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Father's Name Alphas Roberts

William Henry Sweeting Event Type Marriage Event Date 30 Nov 1942 Event Place Harbour Island, Bahamas Gender Male Father's Name John William Sweeting Spouse's Name Agatha Lamar Higgs Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Father's Name Wilbert Higgs Page 712

Sources

• Bahamas Birth, Death, Registration

• Information handed down from Ann Carmel to Fornel-1/ Lin (Fornel) Dickerson

Birth Unnamed Male: "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL9R-PL2 : 27 November 2014), John W Sweeting in entry for Sweeting, 23 Jun 1886; citing Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas, reference p 66 item 8; FHL microfilm 222,947.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDZ-DJ3J : 9 August 2017), John W Sweeting, 1891.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Joy Jossi for creating WikiTree profile Sweeting-61 through the import of w4 Austin 4 gen 103.ged on Oct 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Joy and others.