[Merry]

No, though we think he had a sister who went to Canada or US.

We know a lot (probably too much lol) about him from about 1917 onwards, but before that he 'didn't exist'. We think he may have used an alias when he joined the British army (he was from Cork) during WW1. After that, most of the time he was in the merchant navy (and we are gradually learning, also in jail from time to time). When he wasn't doing either of those things he lived in lodgings in Southampton after he separated from OH's nan (because he sold her furniture to pay for his drinking). He died in the early 60s (no fixed abode) and his Catholic remains were donated to medical science by his daughter (she wasn't his next of kin, but no one bothered about that) to save paying for a funeral. Oxford Uni paid for a funeral a year after his death.