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Bill & Maggie Carroll - Wedding, 1901
1901 Bill and Maggie Carroll Wedding Bill, Maggie & daughter May Carroll. William Charles (Bill) Carroll was the first Overseer of Victoria, Australia. Bill and his wife, Margaret (Hastings) Carroll were from the village of Rathmolyon, Ireland, located about 25 miles NW of Dublin. Bill Carroll was born August 15, 1876, at Newtown, Moynalty, Kells, County Meath, the eldest of 6 children. Margaret was born April 20, 1875. She was from Coragh, Rathmolyon, Co. Meath, Ireland. They were married on June 6, 1901, in the Church of Ireland at Rathmolyon, County Meath. Their daughter was born in 1902. Bill and Maggie Carroll entered the work in 1903 and arrived in Australia in 1913. Maggie died in 1944 and Bill died in 1953. Bill's brother, Jack and sisters May and Fannie were also workers until their deaths.