Family Archive

Original documents, in their own words

Explore the family through the letters, journals, photographs, writings, artwork and military records preserved across the site. Bob, Pat, Cyril, Claud and Peter each have a place in this collection.

Choose a family member below to find their surviving material alongside the pages that explain its context. Some links lead to shared family stories, where the records bring several lives together.

Explore by family member

James Robert “Bob” O’Neal

Letters, poetry, published pieces and family keepsakes reveal Bob’s voice. His collections include Sparks, Crumbs, Olla-Podrida and the booklet Pater’s Alphabet, made for Cyril.Read Bob’s letters, 1869–1872 · Explore Bob’s writings · Read Bob’s biography

Lionel Nourse “Pat” O’Neal

Discover Pat through his landscapes, portraits and sketches. His updates and drawings of young Peter also survive in The progress of “The inimitable Peter”, the family journal collated by Bob.Explore Pat’s artwork · Read the illustrated family journal · Read Pat’s biography

Robert “Cyril” O’Neal

Photographs, family correspondence and contempor

ary newspaper extracts accompany Cyril’s story. Pater’s Alphabet preserves Bob’s advice to his son as he set out for Canada.Explore Cyril’s story and records · Read Pater’s Alphabet

Maurice “Claud” O’Neal

Claud’s story is closely connected with Cyril’s. Their shared pages bring together photographs, emigration material and family correspondence, with further documents discussed in the linked historical account.Explore Claud’s story and records

Norman Peter George “Peter” O’Neal

Explore the existing wartime account, the preserved prisoner list and the service-record collection. These pages bring the documents together with their historical and family context.Peter’s wartime records · Peter’s prisoner list · Peter’s service record

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