Hello,
I was hoping some people here could possibly make some suggestions on how i might be able to find my father inlaws fathers birth cert.
Ill explain the search so far and if anybody cant suggest anything Id really appreciate it greatly.
It starts with his grandmother annie edwards who was born in ballynaslaney enniscorthy in 1877. She married a british soldier named george william morris stationed in marlborough barracks in 1898 and had her first child william the same year. George was then sent to the boar war and died at wessels nek.
In 1903 annie morris married michael oneill and had 3 more children between 1903 - 1911.
Family stories say michael claimed one of them wasnt his and annie left ballynaslaney in fear. Were told she went to england (we dont really know) but when she returned she had another baby that came to be known as Alfred morris, however when alfred married later in life his marrage cert reads as alfred oneill, yet one year after marrying as oneill he began to christen his own children as morris.
To complicate things more he was supposedly christened as alphonsus not alfred. Something we didnt believe at first but the church in barntown not far from here was the first church in ireland dedicated to saint alphonsus who is the saint of redemption, kind of sounds like she may have felt guilty about something.
Im also told alfred was in the raf sometime after 1939 and deserted, coming from england to northern ireland in his uniform with rifle and all the way back down to wexford but again ive no idea what name he used to join, what address he gave or dob.
Has anybody any suggestions or tips on how to find someone this elusive?
Its possible when in england he may have stayed with the family of annies first husband george william morris or annies sister mary kate edwards.
It was stated by alfreds brother that he worked in ford in dagenham when they were there but that didnt open till 1928 so it cant be true.
Thats pretty much it, its a confusing story at best, filled with holes and dead ends, any suggestions are welcome.
I was told the wexford archive held a passenger list between 1910 - 1920 from here to england but that turned out to be captain and crew list only.