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Wow, that's quick service, thanks very much. This info fits in with what I already know about this bit of the family, and enables me to move on.

Thanks for the details of Sylvia Marie- checking through press cuttings etc, this is a good place to start, and her will should indicate whether there were any surviving rellies.  I think also that William Leonard's death certificate will assist with the date of the marriage, because so far it is eluding me! Cheers.

Thanks to all for putting this work in; it's enabled me to clarify and verify some details, not least that the reported birth of a dau to Mrs Wm John Kernohan in 1976 was not Ellen May but her younger sister Florence Kate (1876 - 1934). Yes she had other siblings, Walter H (died young) and William John (jnr), who died in October 1967.

So we still don't have a surname for Sylvia Marie- and, believe me, I've spent hours going through Trove with all the combinations I can think of, l but the OCR is somewhat capricious and occasionally throws up some howlers (e.g. "the oily daughter of..." and "sadly missed by his roving wife"). There's a stand-up routine in there somewhere!

This also leaves whether William Leonard and Sylvia Marie had either previously married, and whether they had children other than step-children. Clearly their grave was updated on her death in 1986 by someone, and that would be interesting to know.

As for Liverpool, my interests are mostly confined to my own tree, which includes Cornish (originally from Frome, Somerset), Piggott, Gaffney, Heap, Sandilands and Parkes, plus Waddington of Cotham, Lincolnshire and Nash of Wandsworth/Clapham.

Cheers!

Thanks, I obviously don't have access to the online data and have done what I can to piece things together. However, I'll take your comments on board.

My thanks to both of you for such a quick response- this will give me something to work on tomorrow. Once I have a marriage, I think any children will be easier to find.