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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Corkill/Burns

In the 1901 census I noted a child Lena CORKILL staying with her grandparents Michael and Elizabeth BURNS in Maughold. Lena was listed as having been born in Cleator Moor, Cumberland. Michael and Elizabeth Burns were both recorded as having been born in the IOM. My grandmother, born in New Zealand in 1880, was also Lena Corkill, and as Lena is not a common name the coincidence makes me wonder if there is any family connection. Does anyone have any knowledge of Lena Corkill aged 7 in the 1901 census and her grandparents Michael and Elizabeth Burns.