Peter Gabriel Sherry

1921 - 1993  (71 years)

• Name	Peter Gabriel Sherry
  Birth	12 May 1921	Glasgow, Scotland   [1]
  	Address: 43 Daisy Street, Govanhill, Glasgow G42, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland   [1]
  	Chief Chemist
  	Address: The Paper Mill, Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland
  Death	Jan 1993	Dublin, Ireland   [1]
  	Address: Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland
  Person ID	I248	Hannaway
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	James Sherry,   b. 1886, County Monaghan, Ireland d. 11 Sep 1954, Dublin, Ireland (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Byrnes,   b. 27 Sep 1897   d. 6 Aug 1989, Glasgow, Scotland (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1920	Glasgow, Scotland   [1]
  	Address: St Mungo's Church, Townhead, Glasgow, Scotland
  	Mary Elizabeth's father died in 1918 and her mother subsequently took in lodgers. One of these was James Sherry from Co Monaghan, whom Mary would one day marry.(Paul Byrnes)
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kathleen O'Neill
  Family ID	F164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Address: 43 Daisy Street, Govanhill, Glasgow G42, Scotland - 12 May 1921 - Glasgow, Scotland Occupation - Chief Chemist,Address: The Paper Mill, Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland - - Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland Death - Address: Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland - Jan 1993 - Dublin, Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Sherry, Peter Gabriel_b1921 Keywords: Picture
  		Byrnes,Lizzie, with in-laws Sherry family, Scotland_m Mary ElizByrnes Lizzie Hughes (Nee Byrnes) with in-laws Sherry family, Scotland. Photowas taken about 1937. Media Date: ABT 1938 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Peter was born at home at 43 Daisy Street, Glasgow on 12 May 1921. He would probably have gone to primary School at Holy Cross primary in Govanhill or at St Mungo’s Primary in town head where his Grandmother stayed. He certainly went to St Mungo’s Academy in Townhead for his Secondary education and use to go to his Grandmother’s for his lunch. When he came to making his subject choices he wanted to do Science while the Marist Brother who was Headteacher, Brother Germanus, wanted him to do classics. Peter held out and studied Science becoming the top student. So much so that his father instituted the Peter Sherry Prize for Science which was given to the top Science pupil in the school every year. On completion of his studies at St Mungo’s the family moved to Dublin where he studied Chemistry at University where he obtained an Honours degree. Peter spent most of his working life as chief chemist in the Paper Mill at Clondalkin where the family stayed. In 1946/47 (approx.) he married Kathleen O’Neill known as Kitty and they had 8 children. Peter was a great fisherman and introduced the whole family to camping and fishing. Family holidays used to be taken at Greystones outside Dublin. He was a man of many interests one of which was Jazz although he was not a musician himself. He was Executive Secretary of the Irish Association of Songwriters and Composers from 1985 to1991 and they presented him with a Gold Disc when he retired. He died at home in Clondalkin in January 1993. (Courtesy Paul Byrnes)

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Paul Byrnes, Scotland (b. June 1975), (Byrnes Family Parts 2A2B & Three;msWord files, created March 2010.).