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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Re: Researching Boyde, Kelly, Gelling and Gillibra

Sorry, Audrey, I am stuck on the Kelly connection and cannot help you yet. I have an Eleanor Kelly who married John James Boyde in Ballaugh in 1886, probably with the aid of a shotgun! Eleanor's father was Joseph Kelly, a farmer. There are two candidates on the IGI in 1862 & 1864, I think, and both mothers are called Catherine. However, I cannot find a matching family in either of the 1871 or 1881 censuses. I am working on the problem and will let you know if I solve it!

Yours aye,

James