Heber Meredith Sweeny[1]
1895 - 1969 (74 years)-
Name Heber Meredith Sweeny Birth 10 Feb 1895 Yarmouth, NS 
Gender Male Death 9 April 1969 Burial Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater, NS Person ID I5241 Family Tree | Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins Last Modified 27 Oct 2016
Father Charles Clement Sweeny, b. Mar 1869, Nova Scotia d. 1933, Nova Scotia (Age 63 years) Mother Annie Rosina Perkins, b. 8 Aug 1872, Clementsport, NS d. 1947, Nova Scotia (Age 74 years) Marriage 26 Feb 1894 Family ID F808 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mildred Ann Vietzen, b. 7 Oct 1896 d. 10 Jul 1987 (Age 90 years) [2] Children 1. Charles Frederick Sweeny, b. 24 Nov 1934, East Chester, Lunenburg, NS d. 26 Jan 2007, Green Bay, Lunenburg, NS (Age 72 years) [Father: Adopted] [Mother: Adopted]Family ID F1561 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Oct 2016
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Notes - Heber Meredith Sweeny was born in 1894 in Lunenburg, N.S., the son of Charles Clement Sweeny (1869-1933) and Annie Perkins. Charles Sweeny moved his family from Lunenburg to Bridgewater in 1917. Heber was married to Mildred Ann Vietzen who moved to Nova Scotia in 1917. Heber assumed control of the C.F. Sweeny Funeral Home in Bridgewater from his father in 1933 upon Charles Sweeny's death. Heber owned and operated the Sweeny's Funeral Home on Phoenix Street, Bridgewater with his wife Mildred. Heber adopted a son Charles Frederick (1934-2007) Sweeny. Heber Sweeny was Mayor of Bridgewater from 1936 to 1942. Heber was also an ardent sportsman racehorse owner, and driver and was prominent on the Maritime harness racing circuit. Heber would often travel to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to attend the annual horse sale and brought more than one hundred race horses to Nova Scotia. Heber Sweeny also owned and operated his own racetrack in Bridgewater for about 10 years. Heber Sweeny died 9 April 1969 and is buried in Brookside Cemetery, Bridgewater with his wife Mildred Sweeny.
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