Individual Details
John GALVIN
(Abt 1857 - 14 Apr 1941)
The Galvin family had operated a nursery business in Co. Roscommon since the 1790s. The dictionary of British and Irish Botanists lists a William Galvin (1756-1832), a "nurseryman with Thomas Galvin, Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon", presumably relatives of John above. From about 1890 John and his brother James ran the nursery in the grounds of Mount Talbot House (owned by the Talbot family) in Tisrara, Co. Roscommon. The brothers then set up a branch of the nursery in Mount Avon, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow (where it is known John was living with his wife and children in 1916). By the early 1930s the business had expanded to Co. Wexford with a branch at Park Cottage, just outside Wexford town, which John ran with his son Seamus. The family lived in Park Cottage, a large property, which was eventually sold in 1976.
There is a 1901 census record for a John Galvin, a 43-year-old "nurseryman / county councillor" from Mount Talbot in Tisrara, Co. Roscommon. This is almost certainly our John above. The John Galvin from the census wasn't married at this time and the only other occupants of the household were a nursery foreman, a servant and two visitors, the visitors being a nephew named William Finerty [a son of John's sister Mary], aged 20, who was a clerk of petty sessions, and a cousin named William Byrne, aged 35, who was a veterinary surgeon.
John was living in Stoneybatter, Wexford at the time of the 1911 census while Winifred and the children were back in Mount Talbot. Presumably John was working in Wexford. His occupation is given on the census return as nurseryman and county councillor.
John died in his mid-eighties of "gastric carcinoma" (stomach cancer).
There is a 1901 census record for a John Galvin, a 43-year-old "nurseryman / county councillor" from Mount Talbot in Tisrara, Co. Roscommon. This is almost certainly our John above. The John Galvin from the census wasn't married at this time and the only other occupants of the household were a nursery foreman, a servant and two visitors, the visitors being a nephew named William Finerty [a son of John's sister Mary], aged 20, who was a clerk of petty sessions, and a cousin named William Byrne, aged 35, who was a veterinary surgeon.
John was living in Stoneybatter, Wexford at the time of the 1911 census while Winifred and the children were back in Mount Talbot. Presumably John was working in Wexford. His occupation is given on the census return as nurseryman and county councillor.
John died in his mid-eighties of "gastric carcinoma" (stomach cancer).
Events
| Birth | Abt 1857 | possibly Mount Talbot, Tisrara, Co. Roscommon | |||
| Marriage | 1901 | Fulham or Hammersmith, London - Winifred Mary BUTLER | |||
| Death | 14 Apr 1941 | Park Cottage, Co. Wexford | |||
| Burial | St. Ibar's Cemetery, Crosstown, Co. Wexford |
Families
| Spouse | Winifred Mary BUTLER (1876 - 1919) |
| Child | Mary Winifred Johanna GALVIN (1902 - 1930) |
| Child | Seamus Robert GALVIN (1904 - 1993) |
| Child | John Patrick GALVIN (1906 - 1996) |
| Father | James GALVIN ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary GALVIN ( - ) |
| Sibling | James GALVIN (1860 - 1915) |