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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: John Mylrea b 1823
In Response To: John Mylrea b 1823 ()

the press gang had been abolished after the Napoleonic wars 25years earlier but the late 1830s and 1840s were were hard time on the Island - if you could reply following the thread rather than starting new posts it makes life easier for others to follow the topic. When a child was given 2 forenames it seemed quite common for them to use the second (I sometimes wonder if the first name was given for family political reasons)