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Born: 5 Jan 1901, Edgerton, WI
Parents: Hugh Thomas Sweeney and Mary Frances Joyce
Siblings: Hazel Agnes, George H., Paul E., Mary Magdaline (twin-died 1 month of age) , Katherine Elizabeth (twin-died 3 weeks of age), Miles Clement “Mick”, Ruth Veronica, Anna Gwendolyn, Marie
Marriage: to Perry Fess (1888-1973), date unknown
Children: Barbara (1946-?)
1930 Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison:
Perry Fess, age head, age 42, owns home worth $30,000 (very expensive home for those days!), owns radio, married age 39, born WI, road building contractor
Alice, wife, age 29, born WI, parents born Ireland
Also living with them are Perry’s mother, sister Marie LeClair, nephew Charles and a servant
1920 U.S. Census, Dane Co, Albion Township (listed as Sweeny, not Sweeney): (enumerated 1/1/1920)
Hugh T., head, owns home with mortgage, white male age 50, married, farmer on “general” farm (owns).
Mary E. wife, age 50, Paul E., son age 22; Miles G, son, age 14; Alice G, daughter, age 17; Ruth B. daughter, age 14; Ana G daughter, age 11; Marie J. daughter, age 9.
Perry is age 31 and single in 1920, living with his parents George (owns the Fess Hotel) and Adelia in Madison, WI.
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Sisters Ruth, Marie and Alice Sweeney, circa 1930; children in picture are Jacquelyn and Gerald Miller, children of sister Anna Gwendolyn

Perry Fess is sitting in a chair on the left, Alice is in the same row, light colored top with her hand draped over her father’s shoulder.
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