he was born in wordsley area and by 1901 was living with his wife amy in wolverhampton but i think amy died about 1910

jesse merrick knocked off 5 years off his age and enlisted into worcestershire regiment in the world war one and was killed in gallipoli

commomwealth war graves commission details-
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_det ... lty=688567
thanks
beardie