Hi Graeme

I looked at the trees for Mary Ann Cubbon (b circa 1840 IOM) on Ancestry and saw that, of the ones which suggested parents’ names for MAC, they seemed to go for Richard Cubbon and Elizabeth Hogg --- whereas your tree has Henry Cubbon and Catherine Duggan. Initially, I liked your suggestion best, but after analysing the Mary Cubbon entries in the census indexes and looking up the actual census pages, in combination with baptism records and snippets of information in the Ancestry trees (“she was born on 25th December 1840 and arrived in NZ on 25 Dec 1856” and married in NZ in 1861, from her newspaper obituary) I’m confused. I seem to have ruled out the 3 possible Mary Cubbons detailed below, for various reasons. Here are my notes:

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1841 census index extract:

CUBBON M. Ann 1 mos Lonan 1464/2 7 8

CUBBON Mary 8 Douglas 1465/3 20 16
CUBBON Mary 4 Douglas 1465/4 40 28
CUBBON Mary 2 Marown 1464/6 11 16
CUBBON Mary 1 Douglas 1465/5 29 53
CUBBON Matilda 37 Douglas 1465/5 15 26

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1851

CUBBON Mary 18 Patrick 2523 92 39
CUBBON Mary 12 Onchan 2525 96 35
CUBBON Mary Ann 9 Douglas 2525 148 91
CUBBON Mary Ann 7 Jurby 2524 9 38
CUBBIN Mary Ann 6 Douglas 2525 107 2

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1861

CUBBON Mary 32 Patrick 4427 84 5
CUBBIN Mary 22 Marown 4426 27 40
CUBBON Mary 21 Arbory 4409 9 47
CUBBON Mary A. 18 Bride 4413 29 15
CUBBON Mary A. 16 Douglas 4416 37 293

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Mary Cubbon 1*

1841
Factory Lane, Douglas

Ancestry’s mistranscription (Margaret was 1 month, not 10):

NameAge
Henry Cubbon 25
Catharine Cubbon 20
Mary Cubbon 1
Margaret Cubbon 10

HC 25 joiner

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Name: Mary Anne Cubbon

Christening Date: 29 Dec 1839
Christening Place: St George's, Douglas, Isle of Man
Father's Name: Henry Cubbon
Mother's Name: Catherine Duggan

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Link to image of baptism of Mary Anne Cubbon (29 Dec 1839, Douglas St George, to Henry Cubbon, a house carpenter, and Cath Duggan):

www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6R36-SZ?i=121&cc=1784428&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXZYY-TSC

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BUT – this Mary Ann Cubbon died in 1843 and her parents had another daughter in 1845 whom they named Mary Ann:

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Event Type: Burial
Name: Mary Ann Cubbon
Age: 3
Death or Burial Date: 19 Apr 1843
Death or Burial Place: Onchan, Isle of Man
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840

burial register shows “from Douglas”

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Name:Mary Anne Cubban
Christening Date:11 Jun 1845
Christening Place:St George's, Douglas, Isle of Man
Father's Name:Henry Cubbon
Mother's Name:Catherine Duggan

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1851
Athol Lane, Douglas

Ancestry’s transcription:
Name Age
Henry Cubbin 38
Catherine Cubbin 32
Margaret Cubbin 10
James Cubbin 7
Mary Ann Cubbin 6
Catherine Cubbin 4
Ann Taubman 47

notes:
HC 38 house carpenter
AT visitor
all b Douglas

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1861

Ancestry’s transcription:
NameAge

Henry Cubbon 49
Catharine Cubbon 42
Margaret Cubbon 20
John J Cubbon 17
Catharine Cubbon 14
Joseph A Cubbon 8
Mary A Cubbon 16

So I’ve ruled out Mary Cubbon 1* because she died age 3, and her sister, who was baptised with the same name, was still on the IOM in 1861.

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Mary Cubbon 2*
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Link to baptism of Mary Cubbon, illegitimate daughter of John Cubbon and Ann Creer, bap 31 March 1839, Marown:

www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9396-CBFV-6?i=237&cc=1784428&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AX8MZ-NQT

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1841
Ballkelly Cottage, Marown, IOM

Thos Creer 70 farmer
Eliz 65
Ann 25
Mary Cubbon 2
Ann Clucas 4
Ann Kennaugh 80 independent

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1851
Ballamenagh, Onchan, IOM

Philip Kewley 31 ag lab b Braddan
Jane Kewley 34 b Marown
Ann Kewley dau 1 b Onchan
Mary Cubbon niece 12 servant b Marown

(Jane Creer married Philip Kewley in 1846)

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1861
Eary Bane Farm, Marown, IOM

Mary Cubbin unmarried 22 house servant b Marown
in household of William Quirk, farmer.

This is likely to be the MC b 1839, illegit dau of John Cubbon and Ann Creer.

So I’ve ruled out Mary Cubbon 2*

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Mary Cubbon 3*
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Baptism:
Name: Mary Ann Cubbon
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 16 May 1841
Baptism Place: Lonan,Isle of Man,England
Father: Richard Cubbon
Mother: Elizabeth Hogg

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1841
Lonan

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
Richard Cubbon 32
Elizabeth Cubbon 31
Jane Cubbon 7
Willm Cubbon 5
Jumetta Cubbon 2
M Ann Cubbon 1 Mo
Joseph Cubbon 15

M Ann Cubbon age 1 month. The census was taken in June 1841, so this child can’t have been born on 25 Dec 1840 (as stated in the NZ newspaper article)

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1851
Big Well Street, Douglas

Ancestry’s transcription:

Name Age
Richard Cubbon 42
Elizabeth Cubbon 62
William Cubbon 15
Jinnita Cubbon 13
Mary Ann Cubbon 9
John Cubbon 5
Maria Cubbon 2

all “b Douglas”.

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Can’t find her after 1851. Does her April/May birthday rule her out ? How reliable was the information in her obit stating that her birthday was 25 December ?

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I’ve just found this one:

Mary Cubbon 4*
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Name: Mary Cubbon

Christening Date: 18 May 1840
Christening Place: Douglas, Isle of Man
Christening Place (Original): Saint Barnabas, Douglas, Isle of Man
Father's Name: John Cubbon

Mother's Name: Christian Kewley

Father, a joiner.

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1841
Sand St, Douglas, IOM

Ancestry’s mistranscription:

John Culbon 40
Christian Culbon 40
Joseph Culbon 15
Ann Culbon 13
Christain Culbon 7
John Culbon 5
Marther Culbon 1
Ellen Corlett 55
Rob Corlett 25
Thos Corlett 14
Margt Corlett 10

JC 40 joiner

Is “Marther” age 1 the same child as Mary bap 18 May 1840 ?

I can’t find the family after 1841. Could this be the Mary Cubbon who emigrated to NZ ?

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