D.C. Sherry
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. D.C. Sherry (child of P.J. Sherry and Margaret M.C. Burns).
2. P.J. Sherry P.J. + Margaret M.C. Burns. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Margaret M.C. Burns (daughter of Sir Charles Ritchie Burns and Margaret Muriel Laffey). Children:
Generation: 3
6. Sir Charles Ritchie Burns was born on 27 May 1898 (son of Archibald Douglas Burns and Margaret Mary Direen); died on 8 Feb 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand. Notes:
Sir Charles Ritchie Burns, KBE (27 May 1898 ? 8 February 1985), was a New Zealand doctor and medical administrator. He was born in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand on 27 May 1898, and was educated at Marlborough High School, Nelson College and the University of Otago
KBE 1958Charles married Margaret Muriel Laffey on 24 May 1935 in St Michael?s Church, Remuera, Auckland. Margaret was born on 13 Oct 1900; died in Jul 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Margaret Muriel Laffey was born on 13 Oct 1900; died in Jul 1949. Notes:
She had been a nurse and their marriage was a happy one until her tragic death, in July 1949, of burns sustained when her gown caught fire as she was preparing to attend a ball
Children:
Generation: 4
12. Archibald Douglas Burns was born in 1860 in Dunedin, Nz (son of Dr. Robert Burns and Elizabeth Campbell Douglas); and died. Archibald married Margaret Mary Direen on 9 Dec 1895 in Auckland, New Zealand. Margaret was born about 1864 in Kilkenny, Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Margaret Mary Direen was born about 1864 in Kilkenny, Ireland; and died. Children:
- J. Burns
- C. Burns
- 6. Sir Charles Ritchie Burns was born on 27 May 1898; died on 8 Feb 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Archibald Douglas Burns was born after 1899; died in 1981 in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Robert Alexander Burns was born on 20 Jan 1905 in Blenheim, New Zealand; died on 15 Nov 1972 in Dunedin, Nz; was buried on 17 Nov 1972 in Andersons Bay Cemetary, Dunedin, Nz.