1868 – 1922
Family
Parents
Timothy Sullivan – c1845 to unknown date;
Margaret Callaghan – c1847 to unknown date;
William was born in Carlton on 16 June 1868.
Siblings
John Vincent – c1878 to unknown date;
Michael Sylvester – 28 March 1878 to unknown date;
Marriage
Elizabeth Jane O’Sullivan – 20 June 1869 to 30 October 1961.
William and Elizabeth were married at St Peter and Paul’s Church, South Melbourne on 1 January 1895.
Children of William and Elizabeth
Veronica Margaret – 17 December 1895 to 5 July 19
Lily Elizabeth – c1898 to 8 October 1951
Margaret Mary – 20 March 1900 to 20 November 1929
(Margaret was known as Moya)
Kathleen Mary – 21 October 1903 to 7 December 2004
Patricia Carmel – 1908 to 30 March 2000
William David – 30 July 1910 to 18 February 2004
Biography
According to his marriage certificate and the memorial card prepared for his funeral William, the son of Timothy Sullivan and Margaret Callaghan was born in Carlton on 16 June 1868. William was the eldest of three surviving children. William followed in his father’s footsteps to become a bootmaker.
In 1895 William married Elizabeth O’Sullivan. William and Elizabeth had six children. Veronica, their eldest child was born in Moray Street South Melbourne. William David’s birth certificate indicates that by 1919 the family had moved to 37 Victoria Avenue Albert Park and by 1917 the family lived at “Carmel” 35 Carroll Crescent East Malvern(this property address later changing to 53 Carroll Crescent Glen Iris).
Veronica and Patricia married and had children. Only the eldest of the grandchildren were borne at the time of William’s death. Lily married Joe Sheehan and lived in Toorak Road South Camberwell. Kathleen became a Brigidine Sister and William became a De La Salle Brother. Both Kathleen and William taught in a variety of schools operated by their respective religious orders. Unfortunately the writer knows little of the life of their sister Moya.
William died at 35 Carroll Crescent on 17 March 1922.
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