Curry, Thomas, 1837-1893, Jesuit brother
- IE IJA J/1151
- Person
- 23 December 1837-06 August 1893
Born: 23 December 1837, County Meath
Entered: 12 November 1868, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1879
Died: 06 August 1893, Dunbrody, South Africa - Zambesi Mission
Part of the St Aidan’s College, Grahamstown, South Africa community at the time of death
by 1883 at at Zambesi Mission
◆ HIB Menologies SJ :
He was in the Metropolitan Police before Ent
His twenty five years in the Society was spent mostly at Gardiner St and a short time as “Villicar” in Clongowes.
On the occasion of Father Wild’s visit to HIB looking for volunteers for the Zambesi Mission, Thomas volunteered and was accepted. He was sent to Dunbrody on the Eastern Cape, where he cared for an ostrich farm. He died there five months after his companion Thomas Manning 06 August 1893.