Maria Selina Sweetland

1834 - 1893  (59 years)

• Name	Maria Selina Sweetland
  Born	23 Aug 1834	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Christened	Y  [2]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	29 Aug 1834	St. Luke's CE Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland   [1]
  Baptism	1840	Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland   [2]
  Like her sister Tryphena, Maria was also baptised for the second time in St. Paul's Church of England parish at Trinity, Trinity Bay.
  Census	1880	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [3]
  1880 United States Federal Census Name: Marie HALL Age: 49 Estimated birth year: <1831> Birthplace: NEW FOUNDLAND Relationship to head-of-household: Daughter Home in 1880: Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, New York Marital status: Widowed Race: White Gender: Female Father's name: Ben. SWEETLAND Father's birthplace: ENG Mother's birthplace: ENG
  Died	17 Nov 1893	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [4]
  Buried	Abt 19 Nov 1893	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [5]
  Will	12 Feb 1894	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States   [6]
  Maria left generous amounts of money to her sisters Emma Jones and Tryphena E. S. Bremner and sister-in-law Louisa Anne, wife of her brother Henry Sweetland. She also left money to other in-law relatives and various institutions, hospitals, clergy, etc. etc. She left her diamond ring to her niece, Nina Sweetland, daughter of her brother, Henry.
  Person ID	I1019	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Sweetland,   b. 13 Feb 1790, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt 27 May 1884, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Tryphena Gaden,   b. 8 Jul 1805, St. John's, Newfoundland ,   d. 15 Aug 1879, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States  (Age 74 years)
  Married	4 Dec 1827	St. John's, Newfoundland   [7, 8]
  St. John's newspaper THE NEWFOUNDLANDER - Wednesday, December 5, 1827. Married yesterday evening, by the Rev. F.H. Carrington, BENJAMIN SWEETLAND, Esq. , of Caplin Bay, Merchant to TRYPHENA, the youngest daughter of the late GEORGE GADEN, Esq., Merchant of this place. Note: Their marriage record shows William Sweetland was one of the witnesses.(K.R.)
  Family ID	F450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Lilly Hall,   b. Abt 1816, Scotland, United Kingdom ,   d. 23 Apr 1872, Montréal, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	23 Apr 1867	New York, New York, United States   [9]
  Address: Church of the Messiah
  Census	1871	Montréal, Quebec, Canada   [10]
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2018
  Family ID	F1345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Aug 1834 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Baptism - 29 Aug 1834 - St. Luke's CE Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland Baptism - 1840 - Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland Married - Address: Church of the Messiah - 23 Apr 1867 - New York, New York, United States Census - 1871 - Montréal, Quebec, Canada Census - 1880 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Died - 17 Nov 1893 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Buried - Abt 19 Nov 1893 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Will - 12 Feb 1894 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Church of England Baptisms - Ferryland District, Newfoundland's Grand Banks, (Online:Transcribed records of photocopied parish records held at PANL for Petty Harbour CE parish). [S47] St. Paul's Anglican Church - Trinity - Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1753 - 1867, Family History Society of Nfld & Labrador. [S98] 1880 United States Census, Ancestry.com, ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com, ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 856; Family History Film: 1254856; Page: 470C; Enumeration District: 241; Image: 0123. [S29] FamilySearch™ - LDS, ([online database] copyright (c) 2008, Intellectual Reserve, Inc.), "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WW4-LRB : 10 February 2018), Maria S. Hall, 17 Nov 1893; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,910. [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events). [S89] Ancestry.com - Various Event Records., (Ancestry.com. [database on-line] 360 W 4800 N, Provo, UT 84604, USA), Wills and Indexes, 1787-1923; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (Kings County); Probate Place: Kings, New York. [S20] The Newfoundlander, (Newspaper published at St. John's, Newfoundland by various members of the Shea family). [S53] Church of England Marriages - St. John's Cathedral. [S89] Ancestry.com - Various Event Records., (Ancestry.com. [database on-line] 360 W 4800 N, Provo, UT 84604, USA), New York, Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. . [S121] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1871 Census of Canada [database on-line]., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. ), Year: 1871; Census Place: West Ward, Montreal Centre, Quebec; Roll: C-10040; Page: 32; Family No: 127.