Individual Details
John Patrick GALVIN
(16 Dec 1906 - 19 Mar 1996)
John, worked in the Munster & Leinster Bank in Callan, Co. Kilkenny after completing his schooling. This does not tie in with a story of him starting a medical degree but leaving to help his father run the family nursey business (according to an article about John's father in the Irish Examiner of 25 April 1936).
By the time of the death of his father in 1941 John had moved to London, and by 1948 he appears to have been living in the Bahamas as he married there in that year. In 1949 he was appointed manager of the Portmarnock Country Club hotel in Dublin, and it is known that he served as a director of the hotel, along with his brother, Seamus. Around 1953 John left Portmarnock when he became director of a flour milling company in Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow. Later, in the late 1950s, he moved to Co. Wexford where he worked initially as a creamery manager before being appointed managing director. He retired in the early 1970s. In 1977 John and his wife, Antoinette, settled in Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, presumably to be nearer their daughter who lived in south-east England.
By the time of the death of his father in 1941 John had moved to London, and by 1948 he appears to have been living in the Bahamas as he married there in that year. In 1949 he was appointed manager of the Portmarnock Country Club hotel in Dublin, and it is known that he served as a director of the hotel, along with his brother, Seamus. Around 1953 John left Portmarnock when he became director of a flour milling company in Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow. Later, in the late 1950s, he moved to Co. Wexford where he worked initially as a creamery manager before being appointed managing director. He retired in the early 1970s. In 1977 John and his wife, Antoinette, settled in Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, presumably to be nearer their daughter who lived in south-east England.
Events
| Birth | 16 Dec 1906 | Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon | |||
| Marriage | 5 Apr 1948 | St. Francis Xavier's Church, Nassau, Bahamas - Antoinette Marie GASSAUER | |||
| Death | 19 Mar 1996 | Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
Families
| Spouse | Antoinette Marie GASSAUER (1919 - 1996) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | John GALVIN (1857 - 1941) |
| Mother | Winifred Mary BUTLER (1876 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Mary Winifred Johanna GALVIN (1902 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Seamus Robert GALVIN (1904 - 1993) |