Hello Anna,

I have no evidence that he was married prior to Margaret. See family 15000 here: www.kaighin.com/FamilyHistory/Requests/Rodney_Kaighen.htm

Here's what I have for Thomas and Margaret:

//b. btwn 1847 and 1852
//d. after 1901 census
//s/o Thomas Kaighen and Margt Fitzimmons
//Margt Kaneen b. abt 1848
//Margt Kaneen bur 25 Nov 1900, K. Maughold
//Thos residences: Sand Street, Ramsey (1851, 1861);15 King Street, Ramsey (1871); 1 Cannell's Court, Ramsey (1881); Barrack Yard No. 1, Ramsey (1901); Shore St., Ramsey
//Thos occupation: Fisherman (1871, 1881, 1901)
//Thomas became the first coxswain of the Lifeboat "Two Sisters", a position later held (1883-90) by his eldest son, also Thomas. In 1887, there were three Kaighen brothers, Thomas, Joseph and Robert, in the Lifeboat crew,
//Mariner and fisherman (mariner on daughter Catherine's baptismal registration, fisherman on Joseph, John and Emily's registration)
//Marriage in Maughold parish register:
10 Nov 1870
Thomas KAIGHIN, Full age, Bachelor, Mariner, Maughold, [father] Thomas Kaighin, Mariner, and
Margaret KANEEN, Full age, Spinster, Maughold, [father] John Kaneen, Labourer.
//"Shining by the Sea" - A History of Ramsey 1800-1914 by Constance Radcliffe
//Census records: www.kaighin.com/familyhistory/references/census/pages/family/15000.htm
//Census records: www.kaighin.com/familyhistory/references/census/pages/family/18050.htm

Kind Regards,

Greg Kaighin