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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Elizabeth Gick b. 1867 Peel

I know that various people have been looking at Gicks in the IOM, but in looking through very detailed research here I cannot find information on one Elizabeth Gick b. circa 1867. She is in the 1871 census thus:-
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Peel, district 1, entry 273,
9 Duke Street
Ann Skelly, head, widow, 52 Mariner’s widow, Peel
Elizabeth, daughter, unmarried, 26 Net weaver, Peel
John Christian grand son, 4, scholar, Peel
Elizabeth Gick, grand daughter, 4 Scholar, Peel
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There is an Elizabeth Gick in the 1881 census at Gordon House, Patrick, Isle of Man working as a general servant domestic, to the family of Charles Cowin.

This entry seems to be the only possible Elizabeth Gick, fitting the above as there are only two of the name in 1881 and indeed
very few Gick families on IOM at all. Virtually none are in or near German/Patrick or Peel.

The IGI gives only one contender and she is the child of Robert Gick and "Jane" (surname unknown and no marriage traced) but the christening is Douglas, not Peel.

Does anyone have a line leading to or from Elizabeth please as I am wondering why she is there with John Christian. John (my g grandfather) appears to be the illegitimate child of Elizabeth's sister Jane Skelly but I am perplexed by Elizabeth Gick although I am hoping that there might just be a lead via this to John's father.

Thanks in advance for any help.