From: "Martin Briscoe" <martin@mbriscoe.me.uk> > A friend of mine is very interested in another O'TOOLE who won the > VC. She was told that Peter O'Toole had hired a genealogist many years ago > to trace his origins and perhaps link to the person with the VC. They did > not find a link and I think there were some vague parts in his family > history. > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk> Would that be an Edmund O'Toole VC, whose origins and provenance (including where and when he won the medal) appear to be the subject of some debate? -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE
That's the one. It has been shown fairly conclusively that he was born in Ireland and not in South Africa as used to be claimed. He is mentioned as being in Cape Town around 1901 (going from memory) but nothing after that. He was paid the annual VC allowance up to around then. There were some epidemics around Cape Town in the early 1900s so he could have died then without any record being kept. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: roy.stockdill@btinternet.com [mailto:roy.stockdill@btinternet.com] Sent: 06 June 2012 20:11 To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com; martin@mbriscoe.me.uk Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Roys Call For a Republic From: "Martin Briscoe" <martin@mbriscoe.me.uk> > A friend of mine is very interested in another O'TOOLE who won the VC. > She was told that Peter O'Toole had hired a genealogist many years ago > to trace his origins and perhaps link to the person with the VC. They > did not find a link and I think there were some vague parts in his > family history. > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk> Would that be an Edmund O'Toole VC, whose origins and provenance (including where and when he won the medal) appear to be the subject of some debate? -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE