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Barry....It is important to know the mothers name..surely you need it to determine the Maternal line is correct...

Bear in mind also the info,given by MaureenNY re the Will of Francis Kenny late Winkle St and the named sons....
That would negate the "Thomas" Tramcar driver aged 16 listed living in the Workhouse.....
£1 in those days was equal to abt £66 today so I dont think the family would be in the workhouse somehow...

Hello everyone,

Just an update on the situation if anyone is interested.

Starting with the info I had I managed to eliminate the 9 Thomas Kennys born in Liverpool in 1884/5 one by one until I had one left. I bought the certificate and it was the right one. The father's name was Francis (which I already knew of course) and the mother's name was Mary Ann Brown.

This means Francis was lying when he said he was a widower in 1881 as Thomas was born in 1885 and the mother was the same as all their other kids. Francis Kenney married Mary Ann Brown in 1864.

This is the important thing I wanted to tell people:

I'm assuming this is not well known since it wasn't suggested in any of the replies on this thread.

After I did all this work I suddenly realised it wasn't necessary. I remembered reading a while earlier that the GRO will do a free search over a three year period. For a situation like mine with 9 Thomas Kennys born 1884/5 in Liverpool and I knew the father's name it would have been ideal. The GRO could've done a free search over that period with that information to look for a match which they would've done in this case. When the GRO do a search they send you the certificate if they find a match based on the information you give them, if they don't you get a refund.

I've taken advantage of this several times since then and it's really useful.

By the way concerning the will of Francis Kenny who died in 1890. It was only £31 so it would only be about £2,000 now (at £66 to the £1). This was divided by four brothers all older than Thomas. Unless it was put in trust until Thomas was 18, which he wasn't by 1901, it could've been spent by his older brothers. So he could've been in the workhouse in 1901.