The couple had met in Dublin when Alois was living there in 1909; in 1910, they married in Marylebone in London and moved back north to Liverpool, where William Patrick was born in 1911.
Çift, Alois 1909'da orada yaşarken Dublin'de tanışmışlardı; Londra'daki Marylebone'da evlendiler ve 1911'de William Patrick'in doğduğu Liverpool'a geri döndüler.