Dear Len,

thank you so much for your reply and information.

I had rather a late last night and searched the IGI, I also came across this
family who looked the most likely candidates for Ellen's family and matched
exactly to her sister Catherine Ann Kays or Keys formerly Moore in the 1881
census. I couldn't find any others that fit the picture so well in Santon.
Obviously I need certificates to confirm this but it's nice to have a
starting point and great that you too singled them out as a possible. I feel
Sarah Ellen was named in memory of her older sister Sarah who must of died
as you wouldn't have 2 daughters with the same name but I'm aware it was the
decent thing to do back then, I think she may well of gone by her middle
name of Ellen, Sarah being a token gesture. This again wasn't unusual as a
lot of people where known by their middle names my dad included :-)

Thank again for taking the time to search for me, really appreciated!!!

Kind regards Val in Lancashire.

> Looking at the ages of Catherine and Ellen it is possible that they are
part
> of the family of John Moore and Catherine Gelling.
> Of the nine children five are still at home in the 1881 census at
Balladole
> Braddan, one died in 1863 one married to John Caine 1880 and two ,
Catherine
> and Sarah Ellen are missing.
> Their mother Catherine died in 1877 age 49.
>
> There is an age gap of 21 years between Catherine Gelling and John Moore
which
> may indicate a second marriage.
>
> Len Faragher