Simon,
Thanks for the information. I have got my grandmother's birth certificate stating she was born in January 1886. Her father was Robert Edward Karran who married a Margaret Ann Smith in 1872. I have only recently found this information out through writing to someonewho is researching "The Karrans" also. I can let you have her address if you wish but the spelling is different. My grandmother had a brother called John and a sister called Emily but there were more of them. I continue to search!