Hi Averil, wow you have been busy! I looked at the Malew family & thought they must be related but as Lonan is a fair distance from Malew - I had put them on a back burner for now. I had identified Letitia Neal in Douglas but hadn't progressed it back at all really apart from her Mother being Ann Cottiman.
Previous research on my Fathers side of the family brought up another Cottiman a while ago in Rushen whose Father John is documented as being from Douglas.
The Cottimans you have been helping with are on my Mothers side of the family.
It's an unusual name for the Isle of Man.
Many thanks for your help with this.
Pam