I AM TRYING TO TRACE THE DECENDANTS OF A
WILLIAM CANNELL BORN OCTOBER 31ST 1820 AND
MARGARET GAWNE (NEE CANNELL?) BORN MAY 19TH 1831; DIED NOV 8TH 1884
(PRESUMABLY BROTHER AND SISTER?)
I HAVE COME ACROSS THEIR FAMILY BIBLE, IT WAS FOUND IN MY ATTIC, I LIVE IN ROYAL AVENUE, ONCHAN.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY LISTED ARE AS FOLLOWS;
THESE ALL HAVE THE SURNAME 'GAWNE' WHICH I ASSUME ARE THE CHILDREN OF MARGARET AND JOSEPH GAWNE (JOSEPH GAWNE DIED NOV OR DEC 16TH 1890) :
CATHERINE BORN OCT 22ND 1851 DIED ?
MARGARET ANN BORN AUG 12TH 1853; DIED AUG 22ND 1855
WILLIAM JOSEPH BORN MAY 9TH 1856; DIED MAY 16TH 1906
MARGARET ANN BORN JUNE 5TH 1859; DIED FEB 24TH 1921
(MARRIED WILLIAM HENRY BRIDSON SEPT 12TH 1880 WHICH IS THE FAMILY NAME THE BIBLE FOLLOWS AFTER GAWNE):
ROBERT GAWNE BORN OCT 5TH 1861; DIED OCT 6TH 1861
ALFRED EDWARD BORN OCT 5TH 1863; DIED ?
CHARLES BORN MARCH 8TH 1869; DIED ?
MARGARET ANN GAWNE MARRIED WILLIAM HENRY BRIDSON SEPTEMBER 12 1880,
THE FOLLOWING ALL HAVE THE SURNAME 'BRIDSON':
WILLIAM JOSEPH BORN JAN 8TH 1881; MARRIED SEPT 7TH 1906; DIED DEC 24TH 1939
(IN LIVERPOOL)
ALFRED C BORN NOV 15TH 1882; DIED JUNE 4TH 1883
FRANCES CHRISTIAN BORN AUGUST 16 1884; DIED JULY 28TH 1954
WILFRED BORN AUGUST 12TH 1886; DIED SEPT 27TH 1932
LILLIAN BORN NOV 13TH 1888; DIED SEPT 7TH 1953
(AT 40 HILLSIDE AVE, DOUGLAS)
NEXT GENERATION OF BRIDSONS, I ASSUME ALL BELONGING TO WILLIAM JOSEPH BRIDSON:
LILLIAN MAY BORN MARCH 14TH 1907; DIED ?
WILLIAM BROOK BORN DEC 20TH 1909; DIED ?
WILFRED GAWNE BORN JULY 31ST 1913; DIED NOV 1ST 1913
THERE IS ALSO AN ELLEN COOLE WHO DIED ON 1ST APRIL, YEAR UNKNOWN NO FURTHER DETAILS LISTED EITHER.
ROBERT BRIDSON NO MENTION OF BIRTH DATE BUT HE DROWNED AT L'POOL JAN 12TH 1924
WILLIAM HENRY BRIDSON DIED 22ND MARCH 1940