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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Deemster Sherwood

My great great grandfather Richard Sherwood was married at St Matthews, Douglas in 1851. Can anyone please tell me if this church is still standing?

Family stories have it that he was both a Deemster & committed suicide in 1883. An obituary from a Manx newspaper at the time refers to the "unfortunate" circumstances of his death. I don't suppose anyone knows the true story do they?

Many thanks,

Paul White