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Galvin Peter

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Hello everyone
I have just joined the Forum and wonder if anyone can help with the following

SCRAPPER JACK
Does anyone remember this gentleman who lived near Chester Avenue Vauxhall, he had a scrapyard there in the 1950's 1960's.


PETER GALVIN

This gentleman is a great grandfather of mine, he was born in the late 1790's in County Galway and married in Birminghm in 1820's Mary Leadbeater Butler. He worked as a Tailor and in his later years lived in Woodcock Street.

If anyone has any information I would be grateful


Regards
 
There are two newspaper report of 1868 about a peter galvin prosecuted for helping to organise an illegal prize fight, one of 1855 for stealing copper tubing (though he is described a as young man , so would not be him) and one of 1839 wheree someone stole from him. dont know if you have seen them. If any of interest I can post them
 
Hello
Thank you for your help, this Peter Galvin was his son, I know he was a bit of "a lad" so I am not suprised at this information although I knew he stole a shawl from outside a shop for a friend, the tubing is a new one.
If you could send these it would be great.
Peter Andrew went off to USA in 1872's with his wife but I think he got into trouble there, he was a Glass Manufacturer by trade.
 
Was just looking at Birmingham papers and these are the items I referred to. However, if you have refs from all papers, there also are 18 references , all from Irish papers, and seem to be largely from Galway (Tuam?) up to 1850
 

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Hello
This information is great and I will treasure it, Peter Jnr was indeed "a lad" but every family needs a little spice.
I do not think there are any Galvin family members living in Birmingham from Peter snr as 2 of his sons died young and Peter Andrew went off to USA, and is difficult to trace if he had any family there. He did have a daughter who died as a baby before he and Sarah went to USA.
There was Lucy Galvin who married a James Marshall Hutton she was the sister of Peter Andrew but there is no trace of a child for Lucy and James.

Thank you again for the information
 
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