Hi Sharon

Here’s another possibility for your Margaret Hudgeon. She may have been older than you think when she married Thomas Reid in 1871:

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From Lawson’s burial index:

REID, Margaret 28 Rus 30 Aug 1875

iMuseum site has additional detail “abode, Port St Mary”

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....so this might be the IGI baptism of your Margaret Hudgeon:

Name: Margt Hudgeon
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 29 Mar 1848
Christening Place: KIRK RUSHEN,ISLE OF MAN,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Hudgeon
Mother's Name: Margt Crellin

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Censuses for this Margaret, showing her father to be a mariner.

1851
Port St Mary

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
Margt Hudson 34
John Hudson 10
James Hudson 9
Ann Hudson 7
Margt Hudson 3
Catharine Hudson 4 Mo
Walter Hudson 5

notes:
William age 5 is mistranscribed as Walter

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1861
Lime St, Port St Mary

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
John Hudgen 46
Margt Hudgen 44
Willm Hudgen 14
Margt Hudgen 13
James Hudgen 7
Thomas Hudgen 5
Henry Hudgen 2

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1871
Lime St, PSM

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
John Hudson 56
Margaret Hudson 54
Margaret Hudson 23
James Hudson 17
Thomas Hudson 15
Henry Hudson 12
John Linton 35
William Craghton 21
Francis Paton 21

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Jean C