Thomas John Walshe
- Born
- 1850-12-01 12:00:00
- Died
- 1933-05-26 12:00:00
- Gender
- Male
Thomas John WALSHE was born in Phillipstown (now Daingen) in Kings County 3rd December 1850, the sixth of eleven children born to Matthew WALSHE & Catherine (Kate) O'CONNOR.
With his older brother James he migrated to Australia in the late 1860s at the encouragement of Michael McAlroy who was a Catholic pastor in the Goulburn Diocese of New South Wales.
They worked as carpenters on board ship (perhaps to pay their way) & settled in the Albury District on the border of New South Wales & Victoria where they built many fine houses & shops.
Their two most notable large public buildings were Saint Patrick's Church, Albury, & the Albury Railway Station. Both of these beautiful buildings still stand as proud testiment to their work today.
In February 1882 Thomas married Ann Jane CHURCH & they had a family of eight children: Matthew (1883-1884); Gabriel (1884-1950); James Joseph (1885-1949); Ann (1886-1969);
Thomas, (1888-1979); Catherine (1891-1958); Elizabeth (1897-1990) & Matthew (1898-`989).
Thomas died in Dookie, Victoria, 26th May 1933.
