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Susan M. Barnes

Susan M. Barnes

Female 1823 - 1893  (70 years)

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  • Name Susan M. Barnes 
    Born 1823  Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1860  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1870  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1880  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    _UID D8AF2D7B1E768841B5C6A55B3399D818C39F 
    Died 1893 
    Buried 1893  Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I76  Irving Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2010 

    Mother Betsy,   b. Abt 1775 
    _STAT MARRIED 
    _UID 1B758BAF4F410943961CACDE935939666D3D 
    Family ID F66  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Timothy Foster,   b. 17 Aug 1815, Wilmington, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1855, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)  [8, 9
    Married 12 Jul 1840  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 65B951B106A1B7429F570C59E0569C25127A 
    Children 
    +1. Willis Hamilton Foster,   b. 18 Jun 1842, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1919, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +2. Susan Emma Foster,   b. 2 Jun 1850, Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1939, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Sweeney,   b. Abt 1813, , , NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Married 1 Jun 1858  Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _STAT MARRIED 
    _UID 688C3BC69A925F489B468F06D06AE16AC39C 
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F65  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1823 - Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Jul 1840 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Jun 1858 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 1893 - Woodbrook Cemetery: Woburn, Middlesex, MA, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Headstone of Susan M Barnes-Foster_RIN76
    Headstone of Susan M Barnes-Foster_RIN76
    Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA
    Susan (Barnes) Foster - Sweeney Headstone (left)
    Susan (Barnes) Foster - Sweeney Headstone (left)
    Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA~~Timothy Foster Plot, Tulip Path, Lot 539~~Foreground stones are inscribed as follows: Left=Susan M., Wife of Timothy Foster, 1823-1893 and Right=Timothy Foster, Died Dec. X, XXXX

  • Notes 
    • BIOGRAPHY: The 1860 census for Woburn indicates that Susan is married to a James Sweeny. They have one 10 yr old child - Susan E. Foster. It appears that the son Willis (now 18 yrs old) has left the family group. Betsy Barnes, now 85, is still living with her daughter.

      Susan's first husband, Timothy Foster died 1 Dec. 1855 and by the 1860 census for Woburn she has remarried to James Sweeney.

  • Sources 
    1. [S172] Vital Records Wilmington, MA.

    2. [S173] Birth Cert. - Susan Emma Foster, 5-133.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
      Birth place of Mother: Boston, MA

    3. [S153] 1850 Census - Woburn MA FOSTER, US Govt, 5-058.jpg., Line 6 (Reliability: 2).
      Susan M. age 28

    4. [S175] 1860 Census - Woburn, MA, US Govt, 5-059.jpg., Line 6 (Reliability: 2).
      Susan M (Barnes-Foster) Sweeney, age 35
      Remarried after death of first husband

    5. [S154] 1870 Census - Woburn, MA, US Govt, (Page 132), 5-060.jpg., Line 35 (Reliability: 2).
      Susan (Barnes) (Sweeny) head of house with son (Willis) and daughter (Susan E) - and Willis' wife

    6. [S176] 1880 Census - Woburn MA EVANS, US Govt, (District 423, Page 33, Lines 36-39), 5-063.jpg. (Reliability: 2).
      Susan Foster (Mother on Law) was listed as being 50 years old. Lists occupation as Dressmaking.
      Susan M. BARNES

    7. [S174] Cemetery Marker - Susan Barnes-Foster, Woodbrookk Cemetery Woburn, MA (Reliability: 2).
      have photo of headstone taken 26 nov 2010

    8. [S35] Birth Cert. - Linnell Foster, City of Woburn, Middlesex, MA, (Vital records Woburn, MA), 5-137.jpg. (Reliability: 2).

    9. [S658] Wodurn Marriage Intentions Dec 2 1699 to Dec 31, 1890, Woburn City 1919, Page 11 (Reliability: 2).
      Miss Susan M. Bares and Mr. Timothy Foster, both of Woburn, July 12, 1840

    10. [S672] Marriaage Record - SWANEY+Foster, CIty of Woburn Marriage Records, (Obtained from: http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/woburn_ma_m4.htm) (Reliability: 2).
      Woburn vital records; Marriages 1640 - 1873