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Rev William Tobin

Title:

Rev

First Name:

William

Middle Names:

Barry

Preferred Name:

Surname:

Tobin

Order:

Date of Birth:

1877

Place of Birth:

Co Cork

Country of Birth:

Ireland

Date of Ordination:

1902

Place of Ordination:

Country of Ordination:

Ireland

Ordination Diocese:

Wilcannia-Forbes

Seminary:

Carlow College, Carlow, Ireland

Date of Death:

23-Oct-1917

Place of Death:

Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

Oct - 1917

Place of Burial:

Rookwood NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149139638



Biographical Notes

Shipping, Evening News, Sydney, 20 November 1902, p 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114505551:

The R.M.S. Oroya, of the Orient-Pacific line, is due at Sydney on Saturday from London, via ports. The passengers are as follow—From London to Sydney: [...] Rev. W. Tobin, [...]

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Death of Rev. Father Tobin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 October 1917, p 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15754236:

At about 4 p.m. yesterday Father William Barry Tobin, aged 55, was found dead in bed at the Lord Jersey Hotel, Chalmers-street. Deceased, who came from Bourke, had been staying at the hotel since August 16. Yesterday morning he complained of illness, and went to bed. He was not seen alive again.

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John McEvoy, Carlow College 1793-1993: The ordained students and teaching staff of St. Patrick's College, Carlow, The Carlovian Press, Carlow, 1993. Appendix I: Carlow College Ordained Students 1793-1993:

Tobin, William, born 1877 in Cork, ed. CW 1900-1902, o. in 1902 for Wilcannia. Served in Broken Hill, Bourke and Wentworth. Died 1917.

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A Prayer-Calendar of Deceased Priests & Deacons in Australia 1788-2009, compiled by W.T. Southerwood, Sixth Edition, 2009, p 138: erroneously listed as "William Tobin Bourke", Broken Hill etc, NSW, died 1917.