This is a very long shot, as the message I've just found dates back to October 2000:

Re: GELLING family

Posted By: Jo Denvil
Date: Friday, 27 October 2000, at 9:03 p.m.

I have 2 Gelling connections in my Kissack family.

John Kissack (1814-1885)(widower) married Margaret Gelling at Bradden 1853. They had 2 children John-James 1866 and Mary 1868. They lived in Ramsey where John was Town clerk in 1881.

John's son John-Henry (1845-1914) by his first marriage also married a Margaret Gelling (widow) in 1893 at St. Paul's church Ramsey. her maiden name was Kelly.

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Hello Jo,

Margaret Gelling 1830-1887 (who married widower John Kissack 1815-1886 ) is mentioned thus in the 1878 will of her father, James Gelling of Ballacottier, Braddan, and Douglas:

"I leave and bequeath to my daughter Margaret wife of John Kissack of the
town of Ramsey, the sum of eighty pounds which I direct shall be paid to her
by my executor at the expiration of tweve months after my decease."

Margaret Gelling's brother, John Gelling 1837-1866, married my great grandmother's sister, Esther Clague 1843-1872. Two of John and Esther's descendants possess photograph albums, one of which which belonged to John and Esther, and the other belonged to one of their sons. There are photos of Margaret Gelling's four brothers in these albums, plus some of unidentified women, one of whom is probably Margaret's sister, Charlotte Gelling b 1826, and another may be of Margaret.

I do hope that you still visit this message board occasionally, or that this message will trigger an email to you. Fingers crossed.

Jean C