Born: 25 March 1885, Birr, Co. Offaly.
Died: 9 February 1945, Tullamore hospital.
Father: Jonathan Verney Oakley
Mother: Hannah Jane Coughlan
Married: Louise Charlotte Burn (9 September 1893 - 11 September 1977), 10 February 1926.
Alexander William, b. 2 December 1926, Birr, m. Mary O'Brien, d. 23 September 2002.
Geoffrey Verney, b. 8 September 1929, Birr, m. Dorothy Abbott, d. 21 September 2021.
Barbara Eveline, b. 31 August 1931, Birr, m. Reginald Haslam, d. 15 November 2022, Syngefield, Birr.
Education:
Career:
A carpenter. Worked for the Manor Sawmills, owned by the Earl of Rosse. Fought in World War I. Survived a gas attack, although the effects lasted.
Other information:
A skilled craftsman. A quiet man. In the above (c. 1918) he is in the uniform of the South Irish Horse.