Many thanks. I will do the same. Best wishes, Marilyn >>> [email protected] 4/11/2004 10:29:36 a.m. >>> Yes isn't it a shame we are not connected. William was born in 1896 - too young for your Aunt catherine. Margaret O'Brien/ Brien was born in Liverpool c. 1847 but I don't know her parents names as yet. If I find anything I will be in touch. Cheers Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn McHaffie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 6:53 PM Subject: Re: [BKHD-Wirral] Roll call - Day/Burns > Hi Linda > > Amazing that we have so many names in common and maybe no > connections!...disappointing I agree. > > You did not say if the PYE names below are related. My great > aunt Catherine (b 1878 in Liverpool) married William "Billie" Pye > (? DOB and probobaly also in Liverpool)...they had children John, > Katherine, Elisabeth and Ada. But it seems unlikely that Billie > is the William on your list. > > My O'Briens also came from Ireland...unlikely we have a > connection though. Mine are John O'Brien (b 1821 in Ireland) who > married Elizabeth ? (b c1821). They had Ann in 1871 (my > ggrandmother) then Charles, Elisabeth, Ellen, James, John. Not > sure if they had an older child Margaret. Ring any bells? > > Many thanks, > Marilyn > > > > >>> [email protected] 20/10/2004 8:52:32 a.m. >>> > 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. 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