Genesee-Wayne County MI Archives Biographies.....Kilroy, William 1851 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

REV. WILLIAM KILROY. The gentleman whose name appears above is the shepherd of
the flock of devout Catholics who are located in Fenton, Genesee County, having
parochial charge of the church of St. John's of this city. Father Kilroy was
born in King's County, Ireland, March 8, 1851. He is a son of Thomas and Rachel
(Scarson) Kilroy. The former was a native of Ireland, and the mother of England.
The latter died April 16, 1858. The father is a farmer and is still living, hale
and hearty, being past ninety years of age. Father Kilroy's ancestors have been
noted for longevity. His paternal grandmother lived to be more than a hundred
years old, and of her eight children three are yet living.

  Our subject attended the village school of his parish when a lad, and remained
there until 1862, when, at the age of about ten years, he was placed in the
College of the Immaculate Conception near Athlone, where he remained two years.
In 1864 he entered St. Mel's College at Longford, Ireland, where he remained for
five years. In 1869 he sailed for America, and entered St. Mary's College at
Cincinnati, where he completed his studies June 20, 1874.

  Father Kilroy was ordained July 14, 1874, and was stationed at Detroit, where
he acted as assistant to Father Donovan, pastor of St. Peter and St. Paul's
Church on Jefferson Avenue. Father Kilroy came to Fenton, September 22, 1876,
and became pastor of St. John's Church, where he has since continued, standing
high in the esteem and affection of his parishioners. The society here was
organized about 1869, and it is now in a flourishing condition, thanks to the
care and enterprise of the reverend gentleman, who has charge of the temporal as
well as spiritual matters of the church.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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