Thomas Gawn/e & his wife Isabella Callister (or Collister?) were married in Arbory in 1825. They had their first two children in Rushen and their third (born 1831) and subsequent children at Laurel Bank Farm, German. They must have moved there c 1830.

I am interested in locating the parents of Isabella Callister/Collister as there are several candidates in the IGI, one interesting one being Isabella Callister, bp Rushen 13 May 1804, d/o John Collister & Isabel Qualtrough Could some kind person do an 1841 &/or1851 census lookup please for the family below. This will establish the age of Isabella Callister Gawne and her husband Thomas.Thank you

Is anyone researching this Gawne family of Laurel Bank? If so, I would like to hear from you relating to who Thomas's parents were. Thomas went to Melbourne, taking his third daughter, Eleanor with him (and perhaps other members of his family also)..... she married William Qualtrough at the Geelong Mission House in 1854. Eleanor & William Qualtrough returned to Douglas, IOM after the birth of their first daughter, Isabella Louisa, in 1856 and established the Qualtrough Ship Building yard there.

The family is as follows:

THOMAS GAWNE He married ISABELLA CALLISTER 27 October 1825 in Arbory Isle of Man.

Children of THOMAS GAWNE and ISABELLA CALLISTER are:

i. CATHERINE GAWNE, b. Bef. 3 June 1827, Rushen, Isle of Man.

ii. ANN GAWNE, b. Bef. 24 May 1829, Rushen, Isle of Man.
2. iii. ELEANOR GAWNE, b. Bef. 2 January 1831, Laurel Bank, German, Isle of Man; d. 12 March 1918, Douglas, Isle of Man.

iv. ISABELLA GAWNE, b. Bef. 4 August 1833, KK German, Isle of Man.

v. THOMAS GAWNE, b. Bef. 21 June 1835, KK German, Isle of Man.

vi. WILLIAM GAWNE, b. Bef. 10 September 1837, KK German, Isle of Man.

vii. JOHN GAWNE, b. Bef. 17 October 1839, KK German, Isle of Man.

viii. EDWARD GAWNE, b. Bef. 24 October 1841, KK German, Isle of Man.

ix. ELIZA GAWNE, b. Bef. 24 September 1843, German, Isle of Man.

x. JOSEPH GAWNE, b. Bef. 25 November 1846, KK German, Isle of Man.

Generation No. 2

2. ELEANOR GAWNE (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 2 January 1831 in Laurel Bank, German, Isle of Man, and died 12 March 1918 in Douglas, Isle of Man. She married WILLIAM QUALTROUGH 9 May 1854 in Mission House, Geelong, Vic, Australia, son of WILLIAM QUALTROUGH and ELIZABETH CAINE. He was born 18 August 1824 in Arbory Isle of Man, and died 13 January 1878 in Douglas, Isle of Man.

Children of ELEANOR GAWNE and WILLIAM QUALTROUGH are:

i. ISABELLA LOUSIA QUALTROUGH, b. 16 May 1856, Cowies Creek, nr Geelong, Vic, Australia; d. 5 April 1931, Douglas, Isle of Man.

ii. ELIZABETH ELEANOR QUALTROUGH, b. 8 April 1858, Douglas Isle of Man; d. 24 March 1918, Douglas, Isle of Man; m. JAMES HENRY WADE, 12 June 1879, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man; b. 1850, Ramsey, Isle of Man.

iii. WILLIAM FREDERICK QUALTROUGH, b. 19 August 1860, Castletown Isle of Man; d. 14 September 1864, Douglas, Isle of Man.

iv. ELIZA ANNE QUALTROUGH, b. 8 November 1865, Douglas IOM; d. Abt. 1913, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; m. WILLIAM DARBYSHIRE EASTHAM, Abt. 1887, Douglas, Isle of Man; b. 28 August 1860; d. 11 February 1932, Calgary, Canada.

v. THOMAS STANLEY QUALTROUGH, b. 17 September 1867, Douglas Isle of Man; d. 1924, Isle of Man; m. ELIZABETH QUINE, 1898, Isle of Man.

vi. LILY KATE QUALTROUGH, b. 16 February 1870, Douglas IOM; d. 6 February 1961, Isle of Man.

vii. WILLIAM HENRY QUALTROUGH, b. 8 October 1873, Douglas, Isle of Man; d. 31 July 1961, Winnipeg,Manitoba, Canada; m. ISABELLA JOHNSON, 11 June 1901, Douglas, Isle of Man; b. 22 September 1875, Manchester, England; d. 12 October 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Any help/connections with this family most welcome please..

Thank you

Elizabeth