Hi Roy That seems to be him - the right area for where she died Her father was a Motor Mechanic and he was James Reilly-Foster. Looks like you have found him. I found a James Riley married to Lily Foster in 1915. Thank you I will look further into that. I will let you know how I get on. Many thanks Joyce----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Karen Reilly-Foster > From: "joyce.riddick" <joyce.riddick@btinternet.com> > >> I have tried looking for her name under Riley, Reilly, Foster and >> Reilley. Also Reilly-Foster. The family are known for changing their >> names - not a very helpful situation for Family Researchers. >> >> Will try looking again. Maybe she was born earlier than she said on >> her Marriage Certificate - ladies do that. >> >> Thanks again for the advice sorry if I caused any inconvenience.> > > FreeBMD appears to have only one possible entry in "All Types" and "All > Districts", which is the birth of a JAMES REILLY FOSTER (Reilly being a > middle name and not hyphenated) at Barton-upon-Irwell in the June > quarter of 1882, vol 8c page 683. He would seem to have been born > about the right time to have possibly been her father, but there is no > marriage for him at FreeBMD (not in that name, anyway, though there > are umpteen marriages for James Fosters). Barton-upon-Irwell is a > Manchester registration district, BTW. What is the father's name on her > marriage certificate and what was his occupation? This normally gives a > clue to the family's social standing. > > If he was her father, perhaps she decided to make her name double- > barrelled when she met her husband-to-be. People did that, usually out of > snobbery or because they liked the sound of a double-barrelled surname! > In my experience, the only genuine double-barrelled surnames have > usually arisen as a result of a clause in a will to inherit a title or > property > or where two wealthy families linked by marriage have decided to use > both names. Double-barrelled surnames are on the whole a 20th century > middle class phenomenon! > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies > Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

From: "joyce.riddick" <joyce.riddick@btinternet.com> > Hi Roy > > That seems to be him - the right area for where she died Her father > was a Motor Mechanic and he was James Reilly-Foster. Looks like you > have found him. I found a James Riley married to Lily Foster in 1915. > Thank you I will look further into that. I will let you know how I > get on. > > Many thanks> The James R Foster at Stretford in the 1901 census was an articled law clerk - not quite the same as a motor mechanic. However, it seems a strong coincidence that I also found the potential marriage of Thomas Foster and Emma Reilly at Barton-upon-Irwell in 1882 - they were very likely James's parents. Possibly it was James who assumed the double- barrelled name and not his daughter. When and where and in what name did Karen die? I couldn't find it post 1984 at findmypast. I know she married an Eric Harrison at York but was she married again? Only, the death indexes should give her actual birth date. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE