Hallo Frances, Many thanks for your prompt reply with the new info that Isabella married and had children with the surname Quiggin so perhaps this may bear fruit. What you say about Pikeman not being a Manx name explains why I haven't found any more than I listed. so maybe Robert and Alexander both got on the packet boat to whitehaven although I have had a relation searching the parishes there without finding the marriage.There is not a lot I can do as there is no point in me becoming a member of the Manx Family History Society or buying books of registers etc if my Alexander came from Doncaster or Montrose in Scotland.In Sarah Caine's will she states she has an Aunt Cath Pikeman overseas, curious. Thanks again