Hi Tony,

Thanks for your last message about the marriage cert for Thomas Corkhill & Mary Ann McLaughlin. It is good to see that everything is matching up.

I think this is where we were up to with the IOM ones:

1841 Maughold census [ages rounded, no relationships given]:
2 10 49 Pt of Ballakilley
Robert CORKILL 30 Iron ore miner Isle of Man
Catharine CORKILL 25 Isle of Man [KERMEEN]
Joseph CORKILL 5 Isle of Man
Robert CORKILL 5 Isle of Man
William CORKILL 2 Isle of Man
Thomas CORKILL 6 m Isle of Man
[Census taken night of June 6th/7th 1841, so Thomas born late Nov./early Dec.1840, and baptised in Maughold Parish Church on 1 Jan 1841, the son of Robert Corkill & Catharine Kermeen.]

1851, Maughold, district 1, schedule 69, Port-e-Vullyn
Robert Corkhill, head, married, 44, iron ore miner, Maughold
Cathrine, wife, married, 38, housekeeper, Maughold
Robert, son, unmarried, 16, labourer at iron ore mines, Maughold
Thomas, son, 9, scholar, Maughold
Dorothy, daughter, 7, scholar, Maughold
Judith, daughter, 4, Maughold
Jane, daughter, 2, Maughold
William Kinnish, lodger, 6 months, Maughold.
[I couldn't find eldest son Joseph in IOM records, who would have been aged about 18 in 1851.]

Robt CORKILL aged 47, Port y Vullin, was buried Maughold 4 Apr 1853.

In the 1861 Maughold census Catherine was recorded as:
1 102 Port E Vullin
Cathe CORKILL Head WID 47 Labourer Maughold
Judith CORKILL Daughter UNM 24 Labourer Maughold
Elizabeth CORKILL Daughter UNM 9 Scholar Maughold

Robert Corkill & Catherine Kermeen married in Maughold 30 Mar 1833.
Their son Joseph had been baptised pre-marriage on 13 Jan 1833.
Their other children were:
Robert [son of] Robert Corkill/ Cath Kermeen [bapt] Parish Church 3 Aug 1834
William [son of] Robert Corkill/ Cath Kermeen Parish Church 20 Nov 1836 [Wm Son of Robt CORKILL buried Feb 8 1838]
William Henry [son of] Robert Corkill/ Cath Kermeen Parish Church 16 Dec 1838
Thomas [son of] Robert Corkill/ Cath Kermeen Parish Church 1 Jan 1841
Dorothy [daur of] Robert Corkill/ Cath Kermeen Parish Church 20 Aug 1843
Judith Ann [daur of] Robert Corkill/ Cath Kermeen Parish Church 20 Sep 1846.

I think this is probably Robert son of William Corkill & Elinor Christian bapt. 14 Sep 1806. [William Corkill & Elinor Christian married in Maughold 16 Dec 1802.]

Mother Cath Kermeen would be Catharine daur of John Kermeen & Jane Corkill bapt Maughold 19 Jun 1814. [John Kermeen & Jane Corkill married in Maughold 18 Dec 1824.]
It would be good to see who were the witnesses at these marriages.

Many of these records came from Tom Corteen who transcribed the original Maughold parish register from the volumes then held by the church, as well as the Maughold 1841 and 1861 censuses which used to be available to IOM FHS members online through a "members only" section of this board. Tom (a distant relative) generously sent me many of his databases when we were sorting out family history before he died.

He transcribed all details in marriages except for witnesses who were often a church clerk or other official, and of little interest. However sometimes they were related to the couple and can be very helpful. The registers were officially copied in the early 1900s, and this copy can be viewed on LDS film worldwide, and you may pick up all sorts of details not mentioned here. Now that your family is firmly based in Maughold it would be interesting to tie up the various family strands by looking at the bapts, marriages, and burials on the register.
In case I didn't mention this before, the LDS films can be ordered and viewed in any Family History Centre worldwide (under 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' in the local phone book - open to all).

The LDS film numbers for Maughold parish register copies are:
Baptisms, 1650-1849; Marriages, 1648-1807; Burials, 1647-1849. BRITISH Film: 106735
Marriages, 1807-1849. BRITISH Film 106736
Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1849-1883. BRITISH Film 106183

Sue