Rev William LyonsTitle: Rev First Name: William Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Lyons Order: Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1846 Place of Birth: Co Tipperary Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: 24-Jun-1869 Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination: Ireland Ordination Diocese: Sydney Seminary: All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland Date of Death: 28-Apr-1875 Place of Death: Sydney NSW Country of Death: Australia Date of Burial: 1875 Place of Burial: Petersham NSW Country of Burial: Australia Find A Grave URL: Biographical NotesParramatta, Araluen, etc, NSW. --- The Gazette, Sydney Mail, 19 February 1870, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166811514: Registrar-General's Office — In conformity with the provisions of the Acts of Council, 19 Victoria, Nos. 39 and 34, the following officiating ministers have been registered at this Office for the celebration of marriages:—Roman Catholic Church—[...] Rev. William Lyons, Armidale; [...] --- Deaths, Australian Town and Country Journal, Sydney, 1 May 1875, p 35, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70490571: On April 28, at Sydney, Rev. William Lyons, C. C., a native of county Tipperary, Ireland, at the early age of 28. --- Kevin Condon, CM, The Missionary College of All Hallows 1842-1891, Dublin, 1986. Appendix: Matricula 1842-91: No. 921: William Lyons, 1864, Mt Melleray. Of James and Mary Carroll, Ballyneale, Waterford; b. 17.8.'46. Ord. for Sydney, 24.6.'69. Died, 28.4.76. --- T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005: Listed in E J Doody, Acta et Statuta 1951, Appendix VI, Obituary List, in the section headed 'supplementary list of priests who have also worked in the diocese', but with no details other than the period he reputedly worked in the diocese, in this case 1870. The source that resulted in Bishop Doody's listing is unknown. There is also reference to this priest in Farrell and Foley, but with no other information. A 'P W Lyon' is listed in The Clarence, New England, Macleay and Gwydir Almanac and Gazetteer for the year 1871, Grafton, Thomas Page, 1871 as being at Walcha. Date and place of death unknown. Place of burial unknown. (Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.) |