Hi Greg

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"Family history tells me that Margaret’s maiden name was Gick and that she married twice, firstly to a Carran, then to a Murray.
Various Census documents tend to validate this, including two 1841 IOM Census, one for Margaret, shown as 35 and Charwomen, with a daughter Catherine 12, and a child William Quayle (not sure where he fits in). The other shows a Cath Gick, with children, Esther, 25, John, 20 and Emma Carran 2. This seems to link the families. "

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The Emma Karran/ Carran age 2 in the 1841 Ballaquaggin household with her grandmother Catherine Gick nee Quine, is a daughter of Cath's daughter Elizabeth Gick b 1815 who married John Karran in 1835, Malew. This is Emma's baptism from the IGI:

EMMA KARRAN Pedigree
Female

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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 09 SEP 1838 Saint Marys, Castletown, Isle Of Man, England

Death:
Burial:

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Parents:
Father: JOHN KARRAN Family
Mother: ELIZTH

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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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1841
Malew d5, p6
Ballaquaggin
Cath Gick 55 ind
Esther 25
John 20 farmer
Emma Carran 2

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1841
Malew d2, p11
Ballasalla
Margt Carran 35 charwoman
Cath 12
Wm Sayle 2

The most likely entry in the IGI for the 12 year old Cath Carran is this illegitimate birth in Malew:

CATH KARRAN Pedigree
Female

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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 19 JAN 1830 Malew, Isle Of Man, England

Death:
Burial:

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Parents:
Father: WM COHOON Family
Mother: MARGT KARRAN

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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.

This information was generated from another entry that appears in this index. Look for another entry for this person.

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There doesn't seem to be any link between the 2 households you mention.

The best way to go about finding your Margaret b circa 1807 is to write in a message here everything that you know for sure which you've found from certificates etc. Also it would help if you were to give us a page reference for each census year in which you've found Margaret, starting, say, in 1871 and going backwards to 1861 and 1851, so we can pick up possible clues.

Then, as a separate thing, tell us about the family history you mention (from a bible, for example ?) and where the name Gick crops up.

Several of us who use this board are very interested in the Gick family, and a lot of research has been done.

As far as I know, William Gick and Cath Quine didn't have a daughter called Margaret.

Jean C