Thank you. This does put some different angles on it.

I don't have access to records beyond what is accessible online or through the Notebook disk, or by ordering through the local FHS, which puts me at a disadvantage. I understand that there are two 1833 burials of a William Stowell in Maughold, one 3 June (age 58 Ramsey) and the other 9 Sept. (age 57 Ramsey), and just one will, for which I have no info. There may be a handful of William Stowells in Maughold and Ramsey at the time.

I'm reasonably confident that the Edward Gelling & Margaret Looney marriage 8 Aug 1835 is the Margaret who is mother of the 2 children mentioned in John Looney's 1835 will. All the details line up, ie, they were widower/widow when they married in 1835; the 1851 and 1861 census's in Ramsey both have William Stowell (spelled "Sowell" in 1851 and "Stole" in 1861) as son of Margaret Gelling and then he's boarding with the daughter Margaret (and John Cannon) in 1871 ("William Sholl") and 1881 ("William Stowell").

The "Wm Stowell infant son of Wm Stowell" buried 3 Aug 1836 (no reference to Ramsey) may be from a different family. The Margaret Stowell of Ramsey, no age given, in 1833 could be an infant, child or adult and may not belong either.

I suspect that the marriage of Margaret to Edward Gelling wasn't met with great approval by her father John Looney. He's been looking after the children probably since their father died 1833, but they may have gone back to their mother and step father after he died 1835.

I turn to Edward Gelling, not being sure who he was. The best candidate is the recently widowed Edward of Patrick, who married Isabella Kelly 27 Jan 1827 Malew and she was buried 4 Jul 1835 Patrick, barely a month before the marriage of widower Edw Gelling to widow Margaret Stowell. Edward & Isabella had just one child William Kelly (bapt same day as parents married, 27 Jan 1827 Malew). There is a Patrick burial of William Gelling age 10 dated 1 June 1836 that apparently says "Son of Edward". This is the last reference I've seen of Edward Gelling. Did he die? Perhaps he was a mariner? If it's the same Edward that married Mgt Stowell, they might be living in Patrick after their marriage, and perhaps is there in 1841 but not found yet?

I'm documenting this because it's interesting to me, and perhaps helps to understand the dynamics of the families. In any case, it would appear that things went downhill for Margaret and the Stowell kids after her father died.