Hi Brian - thankyou so much! That seems to be it - her biological father must have been Heaney, and her step-dad Starkey. However - might she have named her only son Heaney, to keep the name going? If so, why were her daughters both Starkey, after her step-dad - OR maybe I'll find they weren't her daughters at all?
I am bowled over by everyone's response to my query - I can't thank you all enough, but please tell me if I am breaking some kind of thread etiquette won't you, by getting you all involved?! As I said, I'm very new to this, and the last thing I'd want to do annoy everyone by 'hogging' the message board!
Thanks again.
Maggie