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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: John Caird-Charlotte Averne

Ballafreer probably refers to the old quarterland farmhouse (home of the Kewleys) that had presumeably been rented out - a poetic description exists at www.manxnotebook.com/fulltext/im1839/p084.htm. Marown is within easy reach of Douglas but would have offered a much quieter and more pleasant place to live