Rev William Parsons
Title:
Rev
First Name:
William
Middle Names:
Wellesly Cuthbert
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Surname:
Parsons
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Place of Birth:
Yorkshire
Country of Birth:
England
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Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Kyneton VIC
Country of Death:
Australia
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Australia
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
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| Melbourne | Melbourne | 1855 | 1856 | Argus, 23 June and 13 August 1855, 18 January 1856 |
Episcopal Ordinations Table
Diocese | Day | Month | Year | Place | Country |
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| Melbourne | Melbourne |
Biographical Notes
Meetings, The Argus, Melbourne, 23 Jun 1855, p 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4809811:
Benevolent Asylum.--A Charity Sermon in Aid of the Funds of this Institution will be preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Francis, Melbourne, by permission of his Lordship, the Right Rev. Dr. Goold, on Sunday, 24th June inst., immediately after divine service, by the Rev. W. W. Parsons, at eleven o'clock p.m.
J. Haynes, Secretary.
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Opening of the Roman Catholic Church at Pentridge, The Argus, Melbourne, 13 August 1855, p 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4815064:
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Paul's, in Pentridge, commenced in 1852, and recently completed, was opened yesterday for public worship. There was a large congregation on the occasion, and, to judge from the number of vehicles and saddle horses outside, a good many persons had come from a distance to be present. The service began shortly before twelve with the celebration of high mass by Bishop Goold, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. Downing, Shiel, Fitzpatrick, Parsons, O'Hea, and two or three other clergymen. The performance of the numerous ceremonial observances connected with this solemn rite of the Roman Catholic Church occupied about an hour, and appeared to be felt very impressively by the great majority of the congregation. At the conclusion of mass, a fervent discourse was delivered by the Rev. W. W. Parsons, on the subject of "A house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." The rev. gentleman congratulated the congregation on the erection of this, the second real Roman Catholic Church in the colony; all the others, except St. Francis's Cathedral in Melbourne, being partly schools as well as churches. He also called on them to show their devotion to the church by contributing liberally towards paying the debt which had been incurred in the erection of the edifice. This appeal was very liberally responded to. On the conclusion of the service a repast was served up in the vestry to those immediately connected with the undertaking. The church of St. Paul's is a substantial stone edifice, with a very high and steep slated roof. The style is pure Gothic. ...
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Married, The Argus, Melbourne, 18 January 1856, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4828551:
On 16th inst., at St. Francis's Cathedral, Melbourne, by the Rev. W.W. Parsons, Mr. Daniel
McGhee, of McIvor, son of Jas. McGhee, Esq., of Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret O'Neill, late of the same place.
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Died, The Argus, Melbourne, 11 April 1857, p 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7147778:
On the 7th inst., at the residence of Messrs. Chisholm Brothers, Kyneton, after a protracted illness of seven months, borne with resignation, and closed by a happy death, the Rev. William Parsons.
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Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 57: "Parsons, William Wellesley Cuthbert, Eng., Melb. 1854-7, d. Kyneton 7.4.1857."
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Victorian deaths index 3495/1857: age 45.
Gravestone lists surname as Parson.