Hi Betty,

There is a McKneale, McNeil, McNeale family from the Isle of Man which existed there from 1770 or so if not sooner. I have
connections to that family who in my case descend from Thomas McKneale and Dorothy Wilson of Santan Parish. Their will shows on the
Will Index. The spelling varies within the same family .They had a large family with descendants going to Canada, US,
Australia and New Zealand. I have never found a connection between Kneale and McKneale although I suspect there is one
from early times. I have heard but not by anyways proved, that this family came from ireland in the mid 1700's.

Jim Smith