Hello Bronwyn
Here's a Margaret Whitten from the IGI:
Margaret Jane Whitten Pedigree
Female
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 14 MAY 1885 Patrick Parish,Foxdale Church, , Isle Of Man, England
Death:
Burial:
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Parents:
Father: Norris Whitten Family
Mother: Isabella Jane Whitten
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
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Is 1885 about the right year for the birth of your great grandmother ?
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These are the Whittens in the 1891 IOM census:
www.iomfhs.im/lawsons/census/census_index.html
WHITTAM Albert 10 Dou 4689 100 129
WHITTAM Ernest 8 Dou 4689 100 129
WHITTEN Isabella J 25 Mar 4683 80 25
WHITTEN Margaret J 5 Mar 4683 80 25
WHITTEN Norris 28 Mar 4683 80 25
WHITTEN Thomas W 3 Mar 4683 80 25
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1891
Marown d1a, p4
East Foxdale
Norris Whitten head mar 28 lead miner
Isabella J wife mar 25
Margaret J dau 5
Thomas W son 3
all b IOM (no parish given)
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Jean C