My great grandfather, James Looney, is in the 1881 census for Whitehaven. It gives his birthdate as 1843. Whether this is accurate, I have no way of knowing. I have tried, for a long time, to find out who his parents were and why he left the Isle of Man. I think he left because he was serving aboard the 'Capella' which carried coal from Whitehaven to the IOM.