Hi Meg,

Thanks to Frances, you can look at her website for the Laxey in the New World quote. It is p. 14, under "Manx Received Preference in Laxey Cemetery." I think Ida Cowley was the wife of Will (a son of John and Jane Kneale), and Martha was their daughter. There is a picture of John and Jane Cowley on p. 19 of the booklet; of Will, Ida, and Martha Cowley on p. 32 (along with an article by Martha Cowley Evans).

I haven't been in contact with the Wisconsin Manx group for several years. We used to go to the Laxey picnic with my father-in-law, and haven't been in touch, really, since he died. But I think you might contact Mae Reese. She is a Kelly descendant, but she would probably know a Cowley or Kermode contact.

I don't have Mae's address, but try C/O Pamela Kelly, 2001 S. Thompson Dr., Madison, WI 53716.

There is only one name in the listing of burials at Laxey cemetery who might be a Kermode, and that is "Thomas Kennod", 16 years, died (or buried) Feb. 16, 1873.

Good luck.