Michael Fagan was Irish. He was born in about 1814, the son of Richard. In 1839, at Doncaster he married Mary, the daughter of Mr Dimaline, a Doncaster bookseller. In the Census (1841), Michael and Mary were living in Sheffield. Michael was a 27-year-old ironmonger, who operated a Birmingham and Sheffield warehouse in Fargate. By 1845, the address was Waingate. In 1849, Fagan described himself as a dealer and cutlery manufacturer (though he was actually a factor). In 1848, he w....