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William Howard Sweeting

Born 13 Feb 1880 in Sweeting's Village, Abaco, Bahamas

Ancestors

Son of William Henry Sweeting and Mary A (Roberts) Sweeting

Brother of Henry Walter Sweeting, Emma Ellen (Sweeting) Larsen, Ernest Austin Sweeting, Richard Willard Sweeting, Samuel Roger Sweeting, Annie Marie (Sweeting) Russell, Robert Stanley Sweeting and Gerald Sweeting

Husband of Ada Ann (Albury) Sweeting — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Miriam Ardella (Sweeting) Roberts, Daisy Belle Sweeting, Milton Sweeting, Sarah Venie (Sweeting) Lowe and Mary Susan Sweeting

Died 13 Feb 1950 at age 70 in Nassau, Bahamas

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William Sweeting is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

William Howard Sweeting was born 13 February 1880 in Sweeting's Village, Abaco, Bahamas to William Henry Sweeting and Mary Ann Roberts Sweeting.

He married Ada Ann Albury, daughter of William Thomas Albury and Sariah Ann Sawyer Albury, about 1902. They had children - including Miriam Adrella, Richard Howard, Daisy Belle, Milton Kenneth, Sarah Venie, Mary Susan, and Charles Allan Sweeting.

William Howard Sweeting died 13 February 1950 in Nassau, Bahamas and was buried at the Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery.

Sources

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8P-36GV : 9 August 2017), Ada Ann Albury Sweeting in entry for MM9.1.1/QK8P-36GN:, 1905. Birth of Richard Howard.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-YJJN : 22 February 2021), Ada Albury in entry for Daisey Belle Sweeting, 1909. Birth of Daisy Belle.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNX-XDMG : 22 February 2021), Ada Ann Albury Sweeting in entry for Milton Kenneth Sweeting, 1911.

Wm. H. Sweeting in the U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940, 1918, Application Date: 28 May 1918. Application Place: Mobile, Alabama, USA.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86327501/william-howard-sweeting: accessed 10 May 2023), memorial page for William Howard Sweeting (13 Feb 1880–13 Feb 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86327501, citing Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery, Nassau, New Providence District, Bahamas; Maintained by RosalieAnn (contributor 46559872).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Priscilla Weatherford for creating Sweeting-76 on 8 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Priscilla and others.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:

Irene (Lowe) Payne : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H6a1a, FTDNA kit #310477, MitoYDNA ID T13037 [compare]
Vincent Higgs : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H6a1a, FTDNA kit #148098, MitoYDNA ID T12998 [compare]
Lana Payne : Mitochondrial DNA Test Other, haplogroup H6a1

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:

~12.50% Denis Roberts : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A621368 [compare]
~6.25% Jeremy Sweeting : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A298969 [compare], Ancestry member JeremySweeting
~6.25% ~12.50% Joy (Lowe) Jossi : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T388818 [compare], FTDNA kit #80156
~6.25% ~12.50% Irene (Lowe) Payne : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T829035 [compare], FTDNA kit #310477
~3.12% ~6.25% Lana Payne : 23andMe, GEDmatch M191333 [compare]
~3.12% ~6.25% Ruth (Pinder) Bennett : 23andMe
~3.12% ~6.25% Pearl Lowe : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A526784 [compare]
~3.12% Jack Sawyer : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T030102 [compare], FTDNA kit #240900
~3.12% ~12.50% Iris (Lowe) Powers : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T045225 [compare], FTDNA kit #324242
~1.56% ~6.25% Ron Wilson : 23andMe, GEDmatch M146033 [compare]
~1.56% ~6.25% Kathy (Bethell) Ritchie : 23andMe, GEDmatch M836221 [compare]
~1.56% ~3.12% Shelley (Stewart) Leonard : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch cc8677442 [compare], Ancestry member ShelleyStewart19
~1.56% ~6.25% Susan (Higgs) Goulet : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T371345 [compare], FTDNA kit #236991
~1.56% ~6.25% T. Darville : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SZ6305687 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK47344
~0.78% ~12.50% David Freeman : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A248056 [compare], Ancestry member EHALE84191
~0.78% Glenn Bethel : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Tina Bethel : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EE4190827 [compare]
~0.78% Cheri (Lowe) Petters : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JW2596557 [compare], FTDNA kit #IN34951
~0.78% Linda (Lowe) Cole : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ZH2617760 [compare], FTDNA kit #83053
~0.78% Rolly Roberts : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XM9309326 [compare], FTDNA kit #937291
~0.78% I. (Bethel) Roberts : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK83900

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William Howard Sweeting (1880 - 1950)

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