Edward Thomas Sweetland 1a 2a 3 4a 5a 6a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 7 8a 2b 1g 2c 2d 9a 2e 10a 11a 12a 2f 13a

Birth Name Edward Thomas Sweetland
Gender male
Age at Death about 33 years, 4 months, 22 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1835 Alphington, Devon, England   1a 4a 5a 6a 7 1g 2e 10a 13a
Baptism 6 September 1835 St Michael’s Church, Alphington, Devon, England   1a
Residence 6 September 1835 Alphington, Devon, England   1a
Census 1841 Martins Lane, Exeter, Devon, England   13a
Census 1851 Smythen Street, Exeter, Devon, England   5a
Occupation 1851   Printer Compositor 5a
Residence 28 April 1856 Exwick, Exeter, Devon, England   1g
Occupation 28 April 1856   Reporter 1g
Census 1861 18 Albert Street, Exeter, Devon, England   6a
Occupation 1861   Shorthand Writer 6a
Residence 23 May 1868 3 St John’s Terrace, Paris Street, Exeter, Devon, England   8a
Occupation 23 May 1868   Newspaper Proprietor and General Printer 8a
Occupation 23 May 1868   One of the proprietors of the Devon Weekly Times 4a
Occupation 23 May 1868   Secretary of the Exeter Liberal Association 4a
Death 23 May 1868 3 St John’s Terrace, Paris Street, Exeter, Devon, England Vol 5b Page 56 4a 7 8a 2d 9a 2e 10a 11a
Burial 27 May 1868 Higher Cemetery, Exeter, Devon, England Plot 53-7 2d 10a
Probate 23 June 1868 Exeter, Devon, England Edward Thomas Sweetland 8a
Event Note

John Thomas Tucker of 243 High-street Exeter Jeweller?
Laceman Robert Channon Johnson of St Sidwell Accountant?

Occupation 3 August 1873   Newspaper proprietor 1b 1c 1d 1e
Occupation 11 April 1875   Newspaper proprietor 1f

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father William Sweetlandabout 1801about March 1837
Mother Mary Ann Parishabout 1797about August 1875
    Sister     Ellen Sweetland about 1825 between April 1868 and June 1868
    Sister     Mary Ann Sweetland about 1828
    Brother     William John Sweetland about 1830 19 September 1904
    Sister     Elizabeth Sweetland about 1832
         Edward Thomas Sweetland about 1835 23 May 1868
    Brother     Robert Davies Sweetland about 1837 between October 1925 and December 1925

Families

Family of Edward Thomas Sweetland and Sarah Ann Moxey Roberts

Married Wife Sarah Ann Moxey Roberts ( * about 1834 + 2 April 1925 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 28 April 1856 St Thomas the Apostle’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England Vol 5b Page 130 3 2b 1g
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
George Edmund Sweetlandbetween September 1856 and December 185624 February 1870
Thomas Albert Sweetlandbetween October 1858 and December 185818 August 1885
Sarah Ann Sweetlandbetween October 1860 and December 1860about February 1898
Francis Arthur Sweetland25 March 186326 January 1946
Clara Sweetlandbetween April 1865 and June 1865about June 1916
Florence Sweetlandbetween April 1867 and June 18675 May 1891

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
WikiTree Sweetland-385
 
FamilySearch M8YN-P8H
 

Source References

  1. findmypast.co.uk / Devon FHS: Parish Registers - Devon
      • Date: 6 September 1835
      • Page: Baptism - Edward Thomas Sweetland (Alphington)
      • Date: 3 August 1873
      • Page: Baptism - Sarah Ann Sweetland (Exeter St James)
      • Date: 3 August 1873
      • Page: Baptism - Clara Sweetland (Exeter St James)
      • Date: 3 August 1873
      • Page: Baptism - Florence Sweetland (Exeter St James)
      • Date: 3 August 1873
      • Page: Baptism - Ada Annie Sweetland (Exeter St James)
      • Date: 11 April 1875
      • Page: Baptism - Francis Arthur Sweetland (Exeter St James)
      • Date: 28 April 1856
      • Page: Marriage - Edward Thomas Sweetland / Sarah Ann Moxey Roberts (St Thomas Exeter)
  2. Western Times
      • Date: 21 September 1904
      • Page: Page 4
      • Citation:

        DEATH OF AN OLD EXONIAN.

        Mr. W. J. Sweetland, of Southernhay, Exeter, died on Monday, after a long illness, at the age of 74. Mr. Sweetland had carried on business, with gardens at Whipton, for just 40 years. His wife and four of his children predeceased him, but he has left one son and seven daughters. In politics, Mr. Sweetland was a Conservative, but he never took a very active part in public affairs. He was a relative of the late Mr. E. J. Sweetland, of the firm of Tozer, Sweetland, and Brodie, newspaper proprietors, of Exeter.

      • Date: 3 May 1856
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        [MARRIAGES.]

        April 28, at St. Thomas, Mr. E. T. Sweetland, of the Western Times Office, to Sarah Ann Moxey, second daughter of the late Mr. George Roberts, of Exwick Farm, Exwick.

      • Date: 25 August 1885
      • Page: Page 4
      • Citation:

        [DEATHS.]

        SWEETLAND - Aug. 18, Thomas Albert Sweetland, second son of Mr E. T. Sweetland, late of this city.

      • Date: 29 May 1868
      • Page: Page 6
      • Citation:

        [LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.]

        THE BURIAL OF MR. E. T. SWEETLAND took place on Wednesday morning at the new Cemetery. Deceased was followed to the grave by a large number of mourners and friends. The procession left his residence, Paris-street, at half-past nine. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. J. L. Galton. Mr. Snook, of Paris-street, conducted the funeral arrangements.

      • Date: 29 May 1868
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        [DEATHS.]

        SWEETLAND. - May 23, at his residence, Paris-street, Mr. E. T. Sweetland, aged 33. Deceased was the hon. secretary of the Exeter Liberal Association, and was highly respected by a numerous circle of friends.

      • Date: 1 March 1870
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        [DEATHS.]

        SWEETLAND - Feb 24, at Sylvan Cottage, Blackboy-road, of convulsions, George, eldest son of the late Mr. E. T. Sweetland, aged 13.

  3. General Register Office: England & Wales Marriage Index
  4. Western Daily Press
      • Date: 27 May 1868
      • Page: Page 2
      • Citation:

        Mr Edward Thomas Sweetland, who has been connected for several years with Exeter newspapers, and was one of the originators, and has continued to be one of the proprietors, of the Devon Weekly Times, died on Saturday at the age of 34 years. As secretary of the Exeter Liberal Association, as well as in his professional duties, Mr Sweetland has been prominently before the Exeter public, and has earned a large measure of esteem by his abilities, his energy, his conscientiousness, and his urbanity. He leaves widow and six children and large circle of friends to mourn their loss.

  5. 1851 United Kingdom Census
  6. 1861 United Kingdom Census
  7. General Register Office: England & Wales Death Index
  8. UK Government: National Probate Calendar
      • Date: 23 June 1868
      • Page: Edward Thomas Sweetland
      • Citation:

        SWEETLAND Edward Thomas.
        23 June.
        The Will with three Codicils of Edward Thomas Sweetland late of 3 St. John's-terrace in the Parish of St. Sidwell in the County of the City of Exeter Newspaper Proprietor and General Printer deceased who died 23 May 1868 at 3 St. John's-terrace aforesaid was proved at Exeter by the oaths of John Thomas Tucker of 243 High-street in the City aforesaid Jeweller and Laceman Robert Channon Johnson of St. Sidwell aforesaid Accountant and Sarah Ann Moxey Sweetland of 3 St. John's-terrace aforesaid Widow the Relict (during Widowhood) the Executors.

        Effects under £3,000.
        Resworn at the Stamp Office March 1873 under £1,500

  9. North Devon Journal
      • Date: 28 May 1868
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        DEATH OF MR. E. T. SWEETLAND. - We regret to report the death of Mr. Sweetland, Honorary Secretary of the Exeter Liberal Association, and one of the proprietors of the Devon Weekly Times, after a protracted illness. He died on Saturday, between three and four a.m., at his residence in Exeter. He leaves a widow and six children to mourn the saddest bereavement that can overtake a young family.

  10. Exeter City Council: Higher Cemetery burial index cards
      • Page: Sweetland
  11. Evening Express
      • Date: 23 May 1868
      • Page: Page 1
      • Citation:

        Death of Mr. Sweetland.

        It is our painful task to announce the death of Mr. E. T. SWEETLAND, one of the proprietors of this paper, at the age of 34. After the contested election between Mr. Coleridge and Lord Courtenay in 1864, in which Mr. Sweetland took a prominent and most active part, the health of the lamented deceased became impaired. By a few weeks sojourn at an hydropathic establishment near Bath, however, he recruited his health, and for some time after that he was able to attend to business, and to discharge the duties of Secretary to the Liberal Registration Association, in which he took a great interest. Some months ago he was again attacked with illness, and it was then discovered, after a careful examination, that organic disease had set in, from which he could not recover. After lingering in great pain for a long period, Mr. Sweetland closed his mortal life in peace at three o'clock this morning. He leaves a wife and six children to mourn an irreparable loss. The deceased was an enthusiastic Radical, and as Secretary to the Liberal Association he rendered essential service to the cause. His zealous efforts in the political contests that have taken place in this city during the last few years, in some measure injured his health, it is feared, but he was never weary of doing all in his power to promote the principles and interests of the Liberal party. For his services to that party he was sometime ago presented with a handsome testimonial. The deceased has been connected with journalism for many years, having served his apprenticeship in the office of the Western Times, and he has been connected with the Devon Weekly Times ever since its establishment. With the writer of this notice Mr. Sweetland has been associated from boyhood. The dream of their early life he lived to see realized - viz: the establishment of an independent Liberal journal in this city - but he has been cut off far too soon to see accomplished all the political work his busy mind had anticipated. That busy mind is now at rest. Death has drawn the curtain between the invisible - where no party or personal conflicts are - and the visible, where the normal condition of things, it would seem, is war and not peace; but the memory of the life that has been closed, at so early an age, will be cherished by many an earnest Liberal politician, and by many a warm friend.

  12. Devon Family History Society: Devon Memorial Inscriptions
      • Page: Grave Ref 399/09291
  13. 1841 United Kingdom Census