Lois,
I have seen most of this information before, although some of the census records I hadn’t seen. I didn’t know they had three children who were deaf and dumb. He was also listed as Luke on the manifest of the Barque Ocean:
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/genealgy/mfests.htm#ocean
Also, you should check out Eleanor’s mother’s will:
http://www.telusplanet.net/lawson/twill/1857_000.html
Greg