Reverend
Thomas
William Owen
(Will)
O'Collins
Born in Fishermen's Bend, Victoria (Australia)
Ancestors 
Brother of
James Patrick O'Collins KBE, Patrick Francis O'Collins, Mary Margaret Anna O'Collins, Margaret Ellen (O'Collins) McCarthy, Michael Fitzgerald O'Collins, Alice Dorothy O'Collins, Joseph Bernard O'Collins and Elizabeth Anna O'Collins
Died
at about age 79
in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jun 2023
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Biography
Will O'Collins was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)
Thomas William Owen 'Will' O'Collins was born in 1891 in Fishermen's Bend, Victoria (Australia). He was the eldest son of Patrick O'Collins and Ellen Fitzgerald. [1]
He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest, as were two of his younger brothers. Two sisters became nuns. Will served at Watsonia and Ballarat (where his next younger brother was Bishop), both in Victoria. [2]
Aged 79 years, he passed away on 20th November 1970 in Ballarat, Victoria. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Victoria Birth Index #5880/1891; registered at Port Melbourne
- ↑ Catholic Directory; accessed 24 Jun 2023
- ↑ Victoria Death Index #28682/1970
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