hi marie, i did post a message on here but i did it for averil i got names mixed up sorry to you both.
would it be possible if you could find out where robert yates/elizabeth mclarney husband was born? could it be manchester?
as i found a robert in the 1881 census father joseph yates, that is the only robert with a father joseph born in 1876. as there is no joseph in any census in the i.o.m/brian lawson looked it up for me/.
any help is really appreciated
kind regards debbie