Book - The O'Collins Story - A Melbourne Family, William J McCARTHY, 2002

Historical information

The O"Collins Story traces the lives of Patrick James O'COLLINS and his wife Ellen FITZGERALD, who migrated to Port Melbourne in 1895 and settled firstly at 5 Bridge Street, then in Ross Street before moving to Swallow Street . In 1914 the family moved to 40 Beaconsfield Parade. The book goes on to tell of the lives of their 9 children -Thomas William, James Patrick, Patrick Francis, Mary Margaret (Mollie), Margaret Ellen (Madge), Michael Fitzgerald, Alice Dorothy and Joseph Bernard.

Physical description

Book of 184 pages with a yellow cover inset with a black & white photograph O'COLLINS family in 1897.

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