Birth/baptism - William Barnes (b. 1872 in Liverpool)

[Billy_B]

Quick update:

I've just got a DNA match which is confirmed by the paper trail from the Barrys, coming from the line descending from the oldest Barry sibling Margaret:

https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Murphy-Barry/6000000042025198873

She married John Murphy in 1863.

This is her in the census of 1861 with the Barry family:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7P4-TDD

Then after her marriage in 1871:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZGT-H67

I assume this is her in 1881 (the place of birth is wrong, but John Murphy is listed as a blacksmith, which he is in 1871):
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27L-8YWS

And then the same family in 1891, but she has died by then:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73QG-DPZ

The interesting thing is that 1881 and 1891 censuses show a daughter Margaret, who could be one of the witnesses at my grandfather's wedding (she'd be his first cousin):

What we can prove (or at least what we have paperwork for):

• He married Annie Ryan on October 10, 1895 in St Joseph's Church, Liverpool - from their wedding certificate.

St Joseph Liverpool Catholic Register
image clearly gives date of marriage as 10 November 1895

there are also 4 addresses given - Thomas was Nash St  Annie 52 Clare St
witnesses Michael Stanford 22 Rose Villa & Margarita Murphy 37 rose villa