Thanks both for your help, I have been working through the tree today and yet have another quandary.
James L Baileys (born 1899) parents were James Bailey and Lettice Lancaster (died 1899) On the marriage record (1891) it states James Baileys father as a James Boston.
The only census data I can find on a James Bailey starts in 1901 when he was 36. No trace before.
I did find a James Boston(was he born Bailey) that fits on the 1871 Census with a father of James Boston.
Is that likely or am I barking up the wrong tree again?
Thanks,
Matt