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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Jane Mylrea born c 1824 IOM

My great grandfather was Philip Thomson and was born 1848/49 on the Isle of Man, as were several of his siblings. His father, John Thompson, was Scottish but his mother Jane was born on IoM and, according to the IGI, they were married on 30/8/1845 at Bradden IoM. They give her name as Jane Mylrea. I’ve found what is probably her on the 1841 IoM census as Jane Milrea. She gave a middle name of Mylra to one of her daughters and of Mylern to one of her sons. There are no others with her surname that I could find on the 1841 census but there are others with the names Myleeraine, Myleorane and similar. Is this a Manx name? Does anyone know anything else out about this family on the IoM?