Hi Marilyn Sorry but I don't think there is a connection here despite the names. I have been looking through the files and can find nothing. I am not sure of your time frame but there were many male PYES born in the 1870s and80s Thomas 1874 Joseph 1876 John 1885 Ernest -1889 William 1896 Richard - 1881 - grandfather Unfortunately I don't know as yet who the spouses were of the rest of them ( this winter's project!) No O'BRIEN connection - mine came from Ireland to Liverpool. Margaret O'BRIEN b 1847 married Edward MORAN Also no FOSTER connection either. How disappointing! Thanks anyway Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn McHaffie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [BKHD-Wirral] Roll call - Day/Burns > Hello Linda > > We have a lot of common names and I wonder if we are related. > I will do the broad brush version first and then get into the > detail later if need be. I have quite a lot of detail of the > various people if it turns out we have a connection. > > 1. Pye connection? My grandmother was Martha Coventry (nee > Hennessy) - her parents were John Hennessy and Catherine > (Connor). Martha had an older sister Katherine who married a Pye > (Katherine became my mother Ann's adored "Auntie Katie Pye"). > > 2. O'Brien connection? Martha married John Coventry whose > parents were John Coventry and Ann O'Brien - Ann was born in > Scotland but her parents were both Irish born and they lived in > Kirkdale, Liverpool. > > 3. Foster connection? Martha had a son Joseph (my mother's > younger brother) who married May (I think Mary originally) Foster > - they are both still living in Liverpool (maybe Aughton?). > > 4. And the strange connection between us is that my mother Ann > Coventry married Lawson Burns...but he was born in Glasgow and > then came to New Zealand as a boy so this name has to be a red > herring in all this lot! > > So what do you think? I look forward to hearing from you. > > Kind regards > Marilyn (New Zealand) > > > > >>> [email protected] 16/10/2004 8:50:53 a.m. >>> > Hello > > Interests: > > DAY - Ireland, Tranmere, Birkenhead > BURNS - Shropshire, Birkenhead > > Related interests: > PYE - mainly Liverpool, Aughton,Southport > MORAN - Liverpool, Southport > FOSTER - Warrington, Southport > O'BRIEN/BRIEN - Liverpool > > Thanks > > Linda > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn > more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > >>> [email protected] 16/10/2004 8:50:53 a.m. >>> > Hello > > Interests: > > DAY - Ireland, Tranmere, Birkenhead > BURNS - Shropshire, Birkenhead > > Related interests: > PYE - mainly Liverpool, Aughton,Southport > MORAN - Liverpool, Southport > FOSTER - Warrington, Southport > O'BRIEN/BRIEN - Liverpool > > Thanks > > Linda > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn > more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Our list Web site with links useful for Wirral genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~liverpool/BIRKENHEAD-WIRRAL.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >