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Always good to hear more and maybe one day it will be sorted but fundamentally I am looking for those born circa 1837 (my Ggf's siblings) to a father John. I return to my receipt which I have been trying to upload with no success! After consulting watch experts I now know it is not a watch!

Date Aug 8th 1893, Bought of W E Watts & Co Ltd, Watch Manufacturers and Merchants, St Michaels House, Gloucester.
Item 1 - Aug 13 1892 - 1 et??? (hole in page from wire hook!) Dia Safety. £12. 10s
Crate 3s 6d
Item 2 - Mar 23rd 1893 -Kew? cushion tyre?, spokes repaired & new balls fitted. 19s
Settled with thanks8th Aug 1893.
Sent to Mr J J Hoban, Tynagh, Loughrea, Galway.

I can find no one into technical language of this era but think this could have been part of a horse draw carriage for visitors to the hotel in Achill? This company supplied equipment to Irish Coastguards so shipping would have been easy and J J Hoban must have been a relative to do this for my Gf - none in Tynagh 1901. All ideas much appreciated and will post separately re my family. Many thanks.

Thanks for the tip about making a new topic so everyone can see!
These are the last two and one is a particular mess so any help very much appreciated. All have come from the family house but I am certainly stuck on identities although the family is well documented and I know they meant something to my late Grandmother. Hopefully I can put two and two together and find a likely candidate. Many thanks in advance! Valerie

Excellent and very many thanks Pat - will up load more later and they all have lots of 'atmospheric' décor around them! I should have asked for a date too so will do in future. Fortunately I have some ordinary photos of a later date so I think I can identify this man. Thanks again, Valerie

TS6430 - Checking my notes I have further information for you but will sent a private e mail.

My thoughts exactly! Ggf's sons were named James William, John Thomas, William Patrick and lastly Samuel Henry - the first three are easily family names but the last....well when you get to four boys I am sure some lateral thinking is required!
But why would a brother pass on an expensive watch and receipt to a nephew unless he had no one to inherit? If he was rich enough to simply make a gift why was it so many years after his brother's death? My house was once a hotel and every receipt since 1890 was on fencing wire in the cupboard under the stairs and I cannot say exactly when it came to my Gf, but when I took them off I kept them in some sort of order and this was in the up to 1910 heap I think. I have found a James J living Ballydonagh b 1879 but married in 1905 and only had stepsons after 6 years of marriage. His wife was 14 years older than him. His father was John who could have been my Ggf's sibling, maybe JJ was his only son and he could see no prospect of grandchildren, thus the watch was not given to him? A few policemen in my family - I should have trained as a detective! In case anyone is worried my family tree is purely for my family - no tree on the internet. My Gf was found on a table mat, on horseback with the district nurse behind him, so I decided to keep things just to family!