Evidence, recollection & discovery

Research & open questions

Every answer starts with a question. Sources stay attached, uncertainty stays visible, and a shared surname never establishes kinship.

family notes

Mr Giwa Okelarin

Family notes remember him as “Daddy’s Grandad” and Joshua’s parent. His full name, dates, place, spouse and occupation are not yet established.

family notes

Joshua Shokunbi Okelarin

Family notes describe school at Abeokuta Boys School, life in Ijofin, palm-kernel trading, letter writing and politics. These remain recollections pending corroboration.

family account

Adebayo Olusoji Okelarin

Our founding custodian and storyteller. Family accounts provide a working life timeline; identity matches in public records require careful verification.

under investigation

The Okelarin name

The supplied YorubaNames lead associates the name with a hill, being in the middle, and IJEBU. This is a linguistic and geographic lead, not proof of this family’s exact origin.

under investigation

The Imota connection

Historical Okelarin references exist in Imota. The founding branch’s relationship to them is unknown. Surname matches must not be merged into the tree.

public primary

Johnson Kalejaiye Okelarin / Olisa of Imota

The corpus cites a Supreme Court judgment concerning Johnson Kalejaiye Okelarin and appointment as Olisa of Imota on 7 June 1978. His relationship to the founding branch is unknown.

public secondary

Biolowotan and early Imota Methodism

The cited local church history names Okelarin, also called Biolowotan, among the congregation’s early nucleus in 1890–1897. It also refers to Chief J. K. Okelarin as a later steward. A family connection has not been established.

disputed or conflicting

Adebayo’s birth-date conflict

Birth date recorded differently in family and legal sources; under review. Both assertions are retained privately. No date has been selected as authoritative.

under investigation

Joshua’s unnamed second wife

Family notes say Joshua had a second wife. Her name is not confirmed. This is a relationship note, not a fabricated named person.

under investigation

The two unnamed siblings

Two children appear in the working sibling order without confirmed names. The suggestion that they died young remains uncertain; the placeholders are private.

family account

Adebayo’s career and life timeline

Shell, a UK scholarship or move around 1975, John Holt, Guinness, ABB, Yaba College of Technology and ICAN examining appear in family accounts. Each needs corroboration.

under investigation

Theresa / Oshilaja parentage nuance

The supplied structured tree explicitly records Madam Angelica Olubamigbe as Theresa’s parent. An earlier account names Chief Ignatius Washington Oshilaja too, but the structured dataset connects him only at branch level. His parentage remains under investigation.

family notes

Mama Ajua’s two marriages

Family notes and later clarification record a first marriage to Oba Akran and a second to Mr Abass. The six recorded children remain private by default.

under investigation

ICAN exact-name entries

The corpus reports Adebayo Olusoji and Theresa Olubajo Okelarin in a 2020 ICAN list. The list’s purpose and what it proves still need inspection.

under investigation

Kent Foursquare trustee reference

The corpus reports Adebayo’s name in the church’s 2021 annual accounts. Retrieve the exact filing and verify the context.

under investigation

A similar name in a company record

A registry-derived page names an Adebayo O. Okelarin. Identity is under investigation; it is not treated as this custodian’s confirmed career.

under investigation

Possible connections, separate branches

The corpus mentions visual artist Ade/Asiko Okelarin and a separate academic family-cluster reference. These are leads only. No relationship to this branch is implied.

public secondary