1791 - The most likely father of Samuel Collins, Edward and Louisa Vagg was Samuel Vagg who was baptised in South Petherton in 1791, a son of Edward Vagg and Betty Atwell. (This has not been proven yet.)

1810 - A Samuel Vagg married Elizabeth Barret in Kingsbury Episcopi in 1810.

c. 1810 - He may have been the Samuel Vagg who was apprenticed as a Waterman in Rotherhithe and was born. on 28.1.1787. (Vagg Odyssey / Guild Hall).

1814 - Louisa Vagg is born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, she is later baptised in London in 1825.

aft. 1814 - Samuel Vagg was employed in the government shipwrights yards of Portsmouth and later in his life told his friends and family tales of such events as the visit of Field Marshall Blucher, after the famous conduct at Waterloo.

1821 - Edward Vagg is born in Paddington, London.

1825 - Entry No. 1618 page 203 of the Register of Saint Marylebone Parish Church states that Samuel Vagg was born at Paddington on 22nd March 1825 and baptised June 1825 he was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Vagg of Paddington his father was a Sawyer by trade.

1825 - At the same time Louisa Vagg baptised with the same parents she was born on the 25th December 1814. She later married Francis Montandon.

1835 - On the 8th Nov 1835 a Samuel Vagg marries Margaret Cook at Saint James, Paddington, London. Possibly a second wife. (IGI)

1836 - A Samuel Thomas Vagg was christened 18th August 1836 at Saint Mary Street Church, Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London. He was born 12th March 1824 to parents Samuel & Margaret. (IGI)

abt. 1867 - Samuel Vagg, father of Sam Collins dies and is mentioned along side his son in the following newspaper report.

Death of Mr. Samuel Vagg - Last Monday evening there died, somewhat suddenly, at High Street, Uxbridge, Mr. Samuel Vagg, father of the inimitable Hibernian delineator Sam Coillins, whose remains were but a year or two ago deposited in Kensal Green Cemetary. Not snatched away in the bloom of youth, in the flush of hope and expectancy, but having outrun the allotted period of human life by eight years. Mr. Vagg's decease will yet be deeply mourned by afflicted relatives, and many professional comedians who long lived in friendly intercourse with his genial hearted son will stay their business of mirth a moment to drop an expression of genuine regret. In the time of his strong manhood Mr. Vagg, who did not share his son's vocal and salutatory predilections, was employed in the government shipwrights yards of Portsmouth and his quaint tales of such events as the visit of Field Marshall Blucher, after the famous conduct at Waterloo, would wile away a tedious hour.

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