Great Granddaughter Maureen S
Torrens, Glenmoore, PA
Mary Sweeney MacDonald (Alabama)
Collins, daughter
Daughters graduated from
Skidmore, John a Doctor in Wash, and Michael a
lawyer in Saratoga County
Identify DOB’s – then locate
birth/christening certificate
Residences
Parents name and surname
Occupation father
1880 census, age 45, 5 children
8- 21 yrs all born in US
Uncle Michael was the youngest. He always
stayed with his sister, Mary Sweeney, when
he visited here. She was tiny and very
witty.
(Margaret
Harrington to Helen Culyer, July 20 1953)
(Daughter Mary Sweeney MacDonald Collins)
Lived in the south during the Spanish American
War fever epidemic and nursed Captain D.P.
Sullivan back to health. He was in the
69th regimen.(Margaret
Harrington, Oct 12 1956)
(Daughter Mary Sweeney MacDonald Collins)
For years she lived in Alabama as the wife of
MacDonald . Mary was a wonderful woman.
As both her husbands had money, she was able to
educate her nieces and nephews. The girls
graduated from Skidmore; John is a doctor in
Washington D.C., and Michael is a lawyer here.
(Margaret
Harrington to Helen Culyer, July 20 1953)
