Some speculation on the parents of Thomas Clague b 1828 and Eleanor/Ellen Cowley b 1833
Ellen Clague nee Cowley b 1833 in the 1841 and 1851 censuses:
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1841
Balla Beg, Lonan
NameAge
John Cowley 35
Ellen Cowley 35
John Cowley 10
Ellen Cowley 8
notes:
JC 35 mason.
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1851
Balla Beg, Lonan
Ancestry’s transcription:
NameAge
John Cowley 48
Ellen Cowley 44
Thomas Cowley 9
William Cowley 6
Edward Cowley 4
notes:
JC 48 stone mason
Ellen 44 b Maughold
all others b Lonan
and living next door is their daughter Eleanor, soon to become Mrs Thomas Clague:
Name Age
Sophia Cain 35
John Cain 15
Thomas Cain 7
Edward Cain 5
Jemima Cain 3
Robert Cain 8 Mo
Elina Cawley 18
Note: ELEANOR COWLEY 18 house servant b Lonan
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Marriage of the parents of Ellen Clague nee Cowley b 1833:
(mistranscribed on familysearch):
Name: John Cawley • Edit
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 18 Oct 1828 • Edit
Event Place: Lonan, Isle of Man • Edit
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name: Ellen Quayle • Edit
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
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Ellen Clague nee Cowley’s parents and brother after she has left home:
1861
Ballabeg, Lonan
John Cowley 59 stone mason b Lonan
Eleanor 55 wife b Maughold
William son 17 ag lab b Lonan
next dwelling:
John Cowley 32 ploughman
Ann wife 25
Ann Jane 3
Margaret L 1
Ann Cannall servant
all b Lonan
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Marriage of the parents of Thomas Clague b 1828:
Name: Philip Clague • Edit
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 02 Feb 1811 • Edit
Event Place: Braddan, Isle of Man • Edit
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Isabella Creer • Edit
Spouse's Gender: Female
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Burials of Thomas’s parents:
CLAGUE, Philip Onchan 24 May 1833
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CLAGUE, Isabella 54 Onchan 10 Jan 1841
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So by the June 1841 census:
Crescent, Onchan
Ellen Clague 21 labourer
Philip 18 apprentice shoemaker
Thomas 12
Eliza Carron 9
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Next dwelling:
Ancestry’s transcription:
NameAge
William Clague 60
Luray Clague 50
Margaret Clague 20
John Craine 20
Edward Craine 15
Maria Craine 10
Ann Clague 55
Charlott Clague 10
notes:
WC 60 farmer
Lucy 50
JC 20 independent
EC 15 student
MC 10 independent
AC 55 independent
CC 10 servant
Lucy Ann Clague b 1784 married John Craine 17 July 1811 Braddan. Chn Samuel Edwd 17 April 1816, Anna Maria 16 Feb 1825, both St Matt Chapel, Brad. John Craine buried Braddan 8 May 1826 age 72 ?? Then widow Lucy Ann Craine nee Clague married widower William Clague b 1776 (brother of Philip Clague b 1787) 1 Feb 1838 Braddan.
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1851
Crescent, Onchan
William Clague wid 74 retired farmer b Onchan
Margaret dau unm 38 b Onchan
Anna M Craine step dau unm 26 b Braddan
Next dwelling:
Philip Clegg 25 shoemaker
Cath wife 26
Philip son 5
Thomas son 2 months
all b Douglas
(Philip Clague b 1823 (brother of Thomas Clague b 1828 ?) m Cath Karran spinster 12 April 1845 Braddan)
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