Roy That sounds nearer to the truth than anything. From people who knew her she was trying to be something better than she was and hence the name changes, I will still search but don't hold any hopes of finding James Reilly foster's marriage unless someone in the Rochdale area who knew him may have some answers. I will contact members of the family. Thanks again Roy for the good work Joyce - will let you know how I get on. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] Karen Reilly-Foster > From: "joyce.riddick" <joyce.riddick@btinternet.com> > >> Roy >> >> I have looked for Karen Reilly Foster and Kathleen Foster's birth in >> 1913 and other years but no luck. I have had the thought that maybe >> she was born out of wedlock and James Reilly Foster adopted her when >> he married her mother. Will now look for James' marriage and maybe I >> will have a name for Karen Reilly Foster. What do you think?> > > I think that's a very sensible idea. In my experience, the chances of > someone's birth not being registered as late as 1913 are very unlikely > unless they were born outside England & Wales. I have found time and > time again that the reason someone couldn't be found is because they > were registered at birth in a different name. > > However, your problem now might be finding a marriage for James > Reilly-Foster. There were no doubt many James Fosters married around > that time but which is the right one? The more we discuss this the more > my suspicion grows that Karen made the name into a double-barrelled > one to impress her first husband when she married! This would be a > natural reaction for someone who was born illegitimate and wanted to > disguise this fact and perhaps to pretend to a somewhat higher social > status than she actually possessed. > > -- > 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