looking for relatives to jumping joe darby

[aliy-p]

hi, i'm looking for relatives who are related to jumping joe darby,
the canal jumper,nertherton,dudley,west midlands
he is my great great uncle,
it would be brill to here from anyone related to him,

[chris.nock]

hi my friend , saw your post and I,m joe darby's great great grandson , his son also joe darby had a son , my granddad Samuel darby  , but I'm no expert on joe darby that's my dads department , he still has joe's birth and death certificate which when are handed down to me I think I will lend to black country museum for display , but if you wish to find more about joe have a look on wikitree , do you know he kept the albion public house in stone st , Dudley for nearly fifty years , there are all kinds of information on there , thanks chris nock born in pensnett but now live in denton , manchester

[aliy-p]

Hiya Chris.I'm alison. Aged 48.by the looks of it. My great grandfather Joseph and Samuel were brothers .
Joe had married Alice billingham they had 9 children one of them was Martha my grandmother she married Thomas Cutler they lived on portway road.Oldbury. they had 7children one of them my mom Thelma she married Stanley Robert Bradley.I'm one of 8

Look forward to hear from you
Allie

[chris.nock]

so your great granddad was my dads uncle joe , small world aye it , just got back to Manchester from Dudley today to see my parents , dads 81 now , Samuel died in 1974 of an heart attack and my nan derby lived until she was 84  , now you may be wondering why my surname is nock , its a long story , nan and granddad derby had six children ,tony , lewis (my dad) jean , ruby, Sylvia and joyce .