Yes, that is most likely "my" Darwin Sweeney, as New Westminster is close to Newton. He would have left school a few years before 1962, so would be working by then... Sweeney is not a common name here. With a name like Darwin, thought he might be traceable, to connect with your Yorkshire family. EE -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington via Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 10:46 AM To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] J T SWEENEY of Sheffield A Company 10th West Yorkshireregt 1940 Thanks for that Ellen Unfortunately SWEENEY is not an uncommon name so whether there might be a connection is very hard to say I found no Darwin SWEENEY with a UK connection but there were it seems at least three different ones in the USA and Canada This may be yours Name: Darwin Sweeney Occupation: Shipper Year: 1962 Location: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Electoral District: New Westminster Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 19/01/2016 17:27, Ellen Edwards via wrote: > Hi Sweeney fans, > For a few years in the 1950s, we had a schoolmate named Darwin Sweeney at > schools in the Newton area of Surrey, British Columbia. He was the only > Sweeney I've ever come across in my 70+ years... He might be traceable... > Ellen --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message