Hi Sue
Thanks for your offer. I havent made a definite connection between the McCormicks in Ramsey as yet but have been doing a bit more digging.
I have James McCormick born County Down sometime between c1828/34 (owing to various records) who married Mary Creer 5/7/1851. They had one son James born Andreas 1853 who moved to Liverpool. (I have all the details on him).
James snr may have been the brother of Joseph McCormick, also born County Down in 1835 who married Ann Jane Cummings in Maughold 2/1/1868. (On IGI there does appear to be a match with a James and Joseph McCormick, corresponding birth dates, parents John McCormick and Anne Close, Dromore Parish, County Down Ireland). Joseph first appears in Andreas aged 15 as a farm servant, later became a butcher. Joseph and Ann had four children as far as I could see, Elizabeth (Lilly), Mary, Joseph and Alexander.
On rechecking my details on James I also thought that James had been in Andreas for 1851 Census and now cant find him! I had it it the back of my mind that he had also been a farm servant so will have to back track on him a little! He married Mary Creer July 1851 so either I am mistaken that he was there for Census or a whirlwind romance!
Sandra