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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: Curphey
In Response To: Re: Curphey ()

Amelia Curphey was her name as a child in the census records before she married.

The 1851 census has
Hiram Connell Head Mar 38 Stone mason b Douglas
Margaret Wife Mar 39 c Castletown
Anna daur Unm 12 scholar b. Douglas
Emma Daur Unm 10 b Douglas
Ellen Daur Unm 8 b. Douglas
Emily Daur Unm 6 b. Douglas

The 1861 census has
Hiram Connall Head mar. 48 Stone Mason b. Douglas
Margaret Wife Mar 51 b. Douglas
Emma daur unm. 20 Book binder b Douglas
Amelia daur Unm 14 scholar b Douglas
George Duncan Head mar. 24 Cabinet maker b Douglas
Anna Duncan Wife mar 22 b Douglas
Margaret Duncan Daur Unm 1 b Douglas

The 1871 Census for Braddan has:
Hiram Connall Head Mar. 58 Mason b. Douglas
Margt. Wife Mar. 62 b. Douglas
Emma Daur. Unm. 29 Housekeeper b Douglas
Amelia Curphey Gr. Daur 3 b. Douglas

The 1881 census has
Hiram Connall Head Mar. 68 Stone Mason b. Douglas
Margaret Wife Mar. 68 b. Ochan
Isabella Duncan Grandchild Unm. 15 Scholar b. Douglas
Amelia Curphey Grandchild Unm 12 Scholar b. England

The IGI has Ellen Connal marrying James Curphey in Braddan on December 29 1864

Also the 1971 census has a possible father
James Curphey, Widower in West Derby. He ws a blacksmith aged 29 born in Liverpool with two sons John 6 and James 4.