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Re: James Clegg, shipwright L'pool, b IOM 1825
In Response To: James Clegg, shipwright L'pool, b IOM 1825 ()

Hi JC,
This must be a problem Manx genealogists face all the time. Where did all the descendants of their ancestors go that didn't remain in the Isle of Man.

Your question seems twofold. Is the James for whom you have records, YOUR/my James. That is. Is he the James Clague appearing in the 1841 census as fifteen year old son of Thomas and Esther (Kneen) Clague and who later goes to Liverpool, changes his surname to Clegg and winds up--a shipwright and/or building materials dealer whose father’s name was Thomas and a farmer -- with his wife and various children buried at St. James Cemetery?:
Burial Record St James Cemetery Film #93790 Index. Liverpool, ENG
July 24, 1853 CLEGG, Agnes 9 months Bedford Street A/1096
May 12, 1861 CLEGG, Esther 2 Lime Street A/1096
June 17, 1880 CLEGG, James 55 49 Beaumont St A/1096
Dec. 31, 1901 CLEGG, Mary E. 70 56 Lonsdale Rd. A/1096

The next question is, where are his descendants?

One of his sons -- James Whitehead Clegg -- You have apparently found in the death index as dying in the fourth quarter 1930 in Upton,Cheshire-- the Wirral. You need his will to find his descendants. And you need a possible obituary and where was he buried? If you find his burial and possibly monumental inscriptions, you may find his wife's death date and if she died after him, you may find descendants living more recently.

As to the first question. Is this your James. I still don’t know but I do know that Thomas Clague of Arragon Mooar/ Esther Kneen Clague’s husband-- does mention a James Clague -- son-- who apparently was alive when Tom made out his will in July of 1871 . See Brian Lawson’s will index CLAGUE, Thomas 1874 Arb E 31 0106479.

“I leave to my son James Clague one quarter of the Smack, Thomas of Castletown.” This boat, by the way, is mentioned in the Vol XXIX no.3 (August) I.O.M.F.H.S. bulletin p. 127.

I guess my question is. How do we find James Whitehead Clegg’s will? How do we find a suitable message board in perhaps Cheshire in which to post a descendants wanted message. How do we find perhaps a published newspaper obituary?