Well,
I tried to spare you all this, but here goes ( takes a deep breath).
My Stepson is an Ennis. His Grandfather was Douglas Knowles Ennis, Douglas' sister was Emily Irene Knowles Ennis, their father was Edward Knowles Ennis, Present day Ennis' say all Ennis' were Edgeley folk.
On Edward's birth Cert. Mother Emily Ennis, Father is blank.
On 1901 Census Mother Emily is Emily Knowles b 1872 LIVERPOOL, Father William Knowles, son is Edward Knowles. daughter Emily Irene Knowles.
It seems that Emily was not married to William, so children call themselves Knowles Ennis, when they grow up and marry etc.
(This cleared up an old Ennis family mystery, of why the name Knowles Ennis?.)
In tracing William Knowles, I found his father and his siblings in Edgeley in 1891 , living 2 doors away from CLARA ENNIS, b. Bristol, age 42, no family, just 2 lodgers.
In tracing a Clara Ennis possibly with a daughter Emily born 1870 Liverpool, there they were, in Liverpool. Clara b.Bristol
In tracing the birth of an Emily Ennis 1870 Liverpool, I found Emily Caroline Ennis, Father Philip Ennis, mother Clara Jane Ennis formerly Currey
And that's where things are at the present. ( with me and you totally confused)
BFN
Steve.
