Sarah Radcliffe who married William Christian in 1866 came from this family:
John RADCLIFFE bapt.10 March 1816 Andreas, buried Andreas 9 Jan.1892, married 1 June 1839 Ballaugh Ann SKE(A)LLY [Ann Skeally bapt 5 March 1815 Ballaugh, daughter of John Skeally and Mary Maddrell.] Dwelling: 1851 Cronk Glass, 1861 Chool-y-gat, 1871 Greenhill. 12 children.
1841 census Andreas, Lough Farm:
John RADCLIFFE 20 Agricultural Labourer
Ann RADCLIFFE 25 [SKELLY]
Sarah RADCLIFFE 3
Ann RADCLIFFE 2
Jane RADCLIFFE 70 Spinner [John’s mother Jane LACE (1768-1848)]
1851 census Andreas, Intack:
John RADCLIFFE Head Married 35 Labourer Andreas
Ann RADCLIFFE Wife Married 35 Ballaugh
Sarah RADCLIFFE Daughter Unmarried 13 Sunday Scholar Ballaugh
Ann RADCLIFFE Daughter 11 Scholar Andreas
John RADCLIFFE Son 9 Scholar Andreas
Thomas RADCLIFFE Son 7 Andreas
Catherine RADCLIFFE Daughter 5 Andreas
Esther RADCLIFFE Daughter 3 Andreas
Jane RADCLIFFE Daughter 9-Dec Andreas
1861 census Andreas, Chool-E-Groat:
John RADCLIFFE Head Married 47 Agricultural Labourer Andreas
Ann RADCLIFFE Wife Married 46 Ballaugh
Sarah RADCLIFFE Daughter Unmarried 23 General Servant Andreas
James RADCLIFFE Son 8 Andreas
Elizabeth RADCLIFFE Daughter 6 Andreas
Mariah RADCLIFFE Daughter 4 Andreas
Catherine RADCLIFFE Daughter 2 Andreas
Jane TEARE Grand-dau., 9 mths Andreas.
Sarah dau. of Ann Skeally & John Ratcliffe bapt 22 Nov.1837 Ballaugh, was buried in Maughold: Sarah CHRISTIAN aged 76 yrs., of Ramsey, on 26 Feb 1913.
Sarah had an illegitimate child with John Teare bapt 1 July 1860, named Jane. Jane was found with John Radcliffe and Ann [Skeally] in the 1861 and 1871 censuses. In 1881 she was a servant in Bride with a Wm Christian family. In 1891 she was living with her father in Lezayre.
Children of William Christian & Sarah Radcliffe were:
William James CHRISTIAN bapt 14 Feb.1867. Maughold; burial: William CHRISTIAN aged 2 weeks Ramsey Feb.17 1867.
Elizabeth Esther CHRISTIAN bapt 23 June 1871 Ramsey.
William Thomas CHRISTIAN bapt 17 Dec 1872 Ramsey.
Ann CHRISTIAN b. 1876
Philip Henry CHRISTIAN b. 1878
Robert Edward CHRISTIAN b. 1 Apr 1882, bpt 5 May 1882 Ramsey; Maughold burial: Robert Edward CHRISTIAN aged 69 years, Mona Street, Ramsey 26 Aug 1951.
John Radcliffe b.1816 was one of the children of Thomas RADCLIFFE (1764-1838) & Jane LACE (1768-1848) who married Andreas 6 Nov.1802.
Thomas Radcliffe buried Andreas aged 74 yrs on 24 April 1838.
Jane Radcliffe buried Andreas aged 80 yrs on 11 Sept 1848.
Jane was dau of Jane KINREY & Daniel LACE who married 29 Jan.1763 Andreas.
Thomas was 2nd son of Richard Radcliffe (1735-1818), & Elizabeth Stevenson who married 24 July 1762 Lezayre.
This Andreas family was later known as "Radcliffe Billy Dick".
Constance Radcliffe wrote:
"Richard Radcliffe, second son of John Radcliffe and Jane Teare of Belfast,
married Margaret Quark, and died, aged about 40, in 1741. Three sons survived
him, the second of whom, also Richard (1735-1818), married Elizabeth Stevenson,
by whom he had nine children, the sixth of whom, William, (1775-1849) was Parish
Sumner for a long period. Three of the other sons, including the fifth child,
Richard, (1772-1849) were joiners by trade, and all of them lived on parts of
Ballacross. If any family can ever be said to enjoy inherited skill, this family
has been, and still is, endowed with a gift for working in wood. William
(1798-1878), joiner and millwright, according to the Census Returns, who married
Esther Killip (1801-1870), was the first to live at Cronk Glass (Green Hill) by
Bayr ny H'ayrey at St. Jude's, still in the possession of the family. To
distinguish him from the multitude of other William Radcliffes, he was known as
Billy Dick, a patronymic which has stayed with his descendants, so that his
great-grandson, who lives on the island, is known to some as Dickie Richie
Richard Billy Dick".
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