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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

I found a family living on Feakestone Road, Hardwick in 1939. Parents James and Onaero (listed as Arnold) and 3 sons - James J, William Donald Isla and David Ogilvy B. The B could be Bruce and James I think is the English form of Hamish. If so then David died in 1990 in Devon and William in...

On the 1891 census Melboune Place is listed between Sydney Place and a Brass Works and the a Soda Water Works. So I think it is listed as court no. 2 on this 1889 map. It also gas 12 houses which matches the map...

Esther was born in 1839, as she was under 21 she was probably lying about her age.

William's parents are listed in Hatton on the censuses. I wonder if at some stage William lived there as well and perhaps was a lock keeper there, explaining his occ. in 1841.

I would think that the Edward and Harriet was William's brother and sister in law. Esther was living in Hatton in 1851 as was Edward and Harriet.

Can't see it marked on the maps as such. It might be a case of seeing what numbers it is listed between and then trying to work it out.

Birmingham not Aston. Sep 1848. Age on reg, is listed as 32.

Appears to marry Ann Cooke in 1856.