Some time ago Frances gave me some possible leads on part of my LYNCHEY (or similar) family on the IoM.
These were two deaths and burials during the cholera epidemic in 1832.
They were the burials of MICHAEL CLENCHEY AGE 65 + 14 YR. Wm (? son) on 25 & 28 September
And from her Cholera page www.manxnotebook.com/famhist/genealogy/cholera.htm inter alia “On Monday, in Castletown, ...Michael McLINCHEY At Castletown, on Thursday, Son of Michael McLUCHY “
There is no record of these burials on Brian Lawson’s list. Probably because of the epidemic the records were less than at other times.
Also as this family was most probably Roman Catholic they would not have been part of the Established Church congregation.
Are there any records of Roman Catholics in the Malew/Castletown area covering this time period?
Not necessarily death or burial records but general records of who belonged to that faith??
The spellings could well be due to accent or to the clerk’s level of education. Then again even though my GGG grandmother was tried and convicted, with a son Thomas, as Sarah LYNCHEY the family name could have been anything Irish.
Some convicts changed their names, date and ship of arrival when in Australia; they could have done the same to protect family before their trial.
Can anyone assist please?

Cheers

Peter
Melbourne