Genealogy Chat

hi im looking for my grandads death they came to england after ww2 christopher o'shea born ireland ive looked from 1946-66 cant find him i was born 1967 he was dead then ive looked for manchester and salford but no luck have i overlooked the entry please help my grans death is o'shea so thinking his must be please help its driving me daft berni

Are you looking just for his death or any other info on him. Can't any friends or relatives give you a rough idea of when he died? If not it is going to mean a long slow search through the deaths, I'm afraid, is it possible he returned to Ireland before his death?

hi kathleen this is my problem my dad came to manchester after the war bought a house and his parents and siblings came over that is why ive trawled through the death index for 20 years i know the name has differing variations but his wifes death in 1974 is in o'shea the only rellie i can ask is my dad hes 87 with alzheimers i know hes buried in moston cemetery with my gran emailed salford diocese over a week ago for the plot number not replied yet dont know what to do next berni

How sure are you your grandad was dead when you were born cos if you cant find him up till then its worth searching forward

hi hes not on my parents wedding photos same year although his photo is in the glass cabinet in the dining room of my grans house on wedding pics gran died 1974 in the plot my dad says it was his father then his sister mollie then his mother its bad enough having irish rellies without being able to find their english records berni

My mum 74 has AZ too, horrible isn't it when they have no idea who anyone is. Our local crematorium keeps records of all cremations and funerals have you tried that route or the registrars office may be able to help....ours is very helpful, but with the new Who Do You Think You Are are getting flooded with queries again. Sorry I can't be more of a help.

hi kathleen i know they are buried in st josephs cemetery moston records are held by salford diocese i emailed them a week ago yes it is hard with az if i ask my dad a question he tells me i should know i was there including him growing up in ireland he makes me smile when he says remember the day i met your mother bless berni

which side is he on .your dads or mums. cos if it is mums then her maiden name on wedding cert will be the same as his ,Just trying to confirm his surname as you think it was O,shea same as nans when she died

hi shirley on my dads side berni

another thought!!! do you have your dads birth cert which confirms his dads name was christopher.sometimes people are reg with another name from what they were known

Is this him??????????????? Christopher O'Shea Mar qtr 1965 age 66 Birmingham 9c 695

hi shirley no i dont have my dads birth cert my dad is also called christopher his family called him sonny dont think grandad died in birmingham it was never mentioned i hope grandads name is christopher or im really stumped berni

hi nudging for night owls and overseas hopefully someone can suggest something berni

Don't assume he was dead because he wasn't in the wedding photos. My father-in-law's father died nearly 20 years after f-i-l's marriage but didn't go to the wedding. Similarly, my dad's mum died years after my dad married, but she wasn't at his wedding either.

hi i really believe he was dead prior to the wedding my father was 49 when he got married being the eldest he believed it was his duty to stay at home to look after his mother and disabled sister he said his father became ill with a bad chest not long after they had come to live in england and my dad said he died before mollie who died in 1953 i think maybe my grandad was either registered in another area or christopher wasnt his first name if thats the case i cant look for any info on him or my gran or my dads birth records berni

Berni With great respect to your father - but why are you attaching so much importance to what he is saying, as he has Alzheimer's? The Christopher who died in Birmingham may well be yours - if I were in your situation, I would throw seven quid at it! Deaths have to be registered in the place where you died, even if you only arrived there five minutes before. OC

hi the information i gained about my dads family was before he got alzheimers i appreciate what you are saying regarding death certificate for birmingham i think i will go through index again for these dates and see what christian names show up for manchester thinking that my dad was named after his dad i wonder if my dads middle name could be significant berni