Hi Mary,

I have been having another look for place names where William Kerruish's ancestors might have been living in Maughold. When you wrote "William & Ann and son Daniel & Ann were buried side by side at Maughold" did you mean these Maughold burials:
William KERRUISH aged 80, College St, Ramsey, buried Apr 26 1865, and Ann KERRUISH aged 54, Ramsey, buried Mar 19 1845? My records don't show who was buried with whom.

I had a look at censuses to see whether I had the right William, and was surprised to see even more children! - Which is logical seeing that they married in 1816, but they don't seem to have had them all baptised.

In case you haven't already found these census entries, in 1841 Lezayre they are at Ballneclauge bane?
William Kerruish aged 55, Ag Lab., with Ann 45, William 12, Margaret 9 (we knew about her), Agnes 6, John 3 (another John!), Cathrine 1 (also knew about her).
In 1861 Ramsey, College St., William Kerruish Widr, 76, Labourer, b. Maughold, with Mary daur, Unm., 43, b. Andreas (another new daughter), Agnes daur Unm 25 b. Bride, John son Unm 22 Hostler b. Lezayre, Edward Martin Grandson 8 b.Ramsey, Catharine Martin Grand daur 3 b.Ramsey.

Catherine Ann Illegit daur of Agnes Kerruish bapt Parish Church Maughold 28 Aug 1859.
Edward illeg? son of Agnes Kerruish bapt Ramsey 27 Jan 1853 [IGI].

I wanted to find them in 1851 to be sure William was the right one, and b. Maughold, and eventually found him at Maughold St. Ramsey (under "Kenneth" in Ancestry index).
He is there aged 65 labourer b.Maughold, but recorded as marr. which must be wrong if Ann d.1845?
William is with Mary daur Unm aged 30 charwoman b.Andreas (so that fits with 1861),
John son Unm 23 (age wrong?) saddler b.Andreas, Agnes daur Unm 17 b.Bride, John Craine Grandson 13 Tailor b.Lezayre, Eliza Smith Grand daur 6 b.Ramsey.

John Craine bapt 26 Jan. 1838 Lezayre son of John Craine & Mary Kerruish [IGI]. Could be illeg?
Eliza Jane Kerruish bapt 16 March 1845 Ramsey illeg? daur of Mary Kerruish [IGI].

If I have the right burial the records consistently give a birth year of 1785/86 for William, and born Maughold.
- Frustratingly there are three possible Williams. Maughold bapts:
William son of Robert Kerruish/Jane Cashen bapt 22 Oct 1786.
William son of William Kerruish/Ann Joughen bapt 21 Feb 1787.
William son of Robert Kerruish/Margaret Harrison bapt 13 Apr 1787. Private baptism.

The first two are the closest to his age in the records. Do you know who his parents were?

Sue