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Quite a bit of litter on that third photo, which you don't often see on old photos.

She's definitely the Somerville Road Martha Wells/Brain.

Are you sure her husband (John H Wells) died before she married Frederick Brain? That's usually one reason for using an 'previous' name. The only matching death I can see is reg. Dec 1944.

There is a little more info I could give (eg moved to Wales) but it's stuff you'd already know. Below is a link to a site from which you can order Irish certificates but you appear to provide a few more details than you wold for an English one...

Sorry about that then, I thought it might be after the info Faerny gave. Your mother was Philomena Sheehan? There do appear to be a number of trees with them on Ancestry but none appear to list your dad's parents.

A few things don't seem to match so I may have steered you on to the wrong path. Is the obituary posted definitely your dad's?

It's amazing what you can find out when you start looking. I noticed that the Wells name was passed down as a given name in the Cantrills for at least 5 generations. I found that interesting, I had a similar thing with the name Austin.

Terence David O'Neill born 1 Nov 1942. Obit. is in the Bham Mail 27 Feb 1995. Irish births are online up to 1925 and marriages to 1950 only. Asking family is probably the place to start, to see what they might know or what docs they might have.

So it seems you have to bridge the gap between your dad's birth and his dad's. Do you have access to your dad's marriage certificate or birth certificate which would be better. Though even that might not be enough as O'Neill is such a common name.

Tracing Irish ancestors can be a little tricky, there are a far fewer records available than there are for England/Wales. The problem can be getting to the 1920s which is when you will be able to find records online. Personal knowledge is sometimes the only way. When was your dad born and do...

There was a mention in the Bham Daily Gazette 10 Apr 1926. Inquest recorded a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind."

Stagg doesn't seem to be a Birmingham name, mostly West Country around that time as far as I can see. When you talk about why he joined you can only speculate (which is nice) and may depend on where he was born. It may be different if he was born in a port like Bristol or Plymouth rather than...

I suppose Mr Fletcher wasn't much of a fan of progress and probably didn't appreciate the modern new buildings that were built on his land.

Maybe some relatives. A possible obit. for Harold's wife, Marion, in the Sandwell Evening Mail 1990 which mentions 3 grand daughters - Barbara, Yvonne and Tina.

He appears to have had one brother and 2 sisters. Neither sister marries and they are listed on the ERs up until 1965 at Tower Road with Leslie, so I think it's safe to say he never married. His brother, Harold Henry (not to be confused with the other born around the same time), did marry and...

From 1839...

The meeting was probably a little more closer than just living close to family. Esther Oliver's step father Thomas Harris was the father of Harriet, who married William's brother Edward, who as mentioned previously were witnesses when William and Esther married. So put simply William and...

One interesting possibility I've come across while looking at Edward's children is that one of his sons, Alfred, may have ended up living in Kenilworth (1911). If it is him he was listed as a billiard scorer at the Grand Hotel (1871), then a barman (1881) and finally a PH manager (1891 & 1901)...

Usually the only place to see occupations pre 1837 are baptisms, marriages and burials, and then only for a few years and also not always. With no more known children you'll probably never know for certain. All you can was that he was a labourer in 1835 & 1841 and a lock keeper in 1845. Some...

Seems to be the family. Just came across this (under branch d)... https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pillagoda/genealogy/ch16-02.htm#:~:text=1974)%20%3D%20Betty%20O'Shea.,of%20Winter%20Cottage%2C%20Dykehead%2C%20lived