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Manx Genealogy

William Teare, born 1818 Isle of Man

I have been tracing my Ancestors and have gotten back as far as the Isle of Man 1818. William Teare and Ester Quirk were both born there in that year and immigrated to New York, USA in 1840, they married in Rochester, New York in 1841. I have tracked records from 1851 in America for William Teare and Esther Quirk, but hit a brick wall at the Isle of Man. Family lore says Williams brother John Teare was still on the family farm, near Dougas, Isle of Man, in 1874. Any suggestions?