Hi Narelle

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The marriage of a George Kneen to Mira Cain you mentioned:

Name George Kneen
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 06 Oct 1868
Event Place Braddan, Isle of Man
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Father's Name John Kneen
Spouse's Name Mira Cain
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Father's Name Hugh Cain

image shows:
Geo Kneen/minor/bachelor/painter/Big Well St/father John Kneen, carter.
Mira Cain/full age/spinster/Big Well St/father Hugh Cain,

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A daughter:
Margt Elizth Kneen
Isle of Man Parish Registers
Other information in the record of Margt Elizth Kneen
from Isle of Man Parish Registers
Event Type Christening
Event Date 11 Apr 1869
Event Place Braddan, Isle of Man
Gender Female
Father's Name George Kneen
Mother's Name Moira

image shows father a painter

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1851
Shaw’s Brow, Douglas

Name Age
Margaret Bryon 44
William Bryon 19
Nicholas Bryon 15
Catherine Bryon 12
Margaret Bryon 5
George Bryon 1
John Kneen 30
William Kneen 41

Notes:
GB “son 1 b Douglas” but in 1861 he’s a grandson George Kneen
JK 30 and WK 41 both unm lodgers b Douglas

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1861
2 Bigwell St, Douglas

Name Age
Margaret Brean 53
Samuel Caley 21
Catherine Caley 21
Margaret A Caley 8 Months
George Kneen 11
William Kneen 50
William Kneen 21
Edward Corkill 22
John Philley 30

GK 11 grandson b Douglas
MB head b Douglas
WK 50 lodger wid b Marown
WK 21 lodger unm b Douglas

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1861
1 Big Well St, Douglas

William Cubbon ? son unm 29 (May ?) pensioner b German
Margaret Cubbon ? mother wid 61 b Marown
John Kneen 37 lodger unm CARTER b Marown

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Could George Kneen have had a job as a painter in the 1860s and then changed to working as a ship’s fireman ?

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Jean C