Hi,
Yes indeed, we did both know Bill Lambden. He was a very good friend indeed, and one of those rare people who, if he realised you had a problem, would pitch in and help. He received a great deal of ill-informed criticism during his time as manager of the steam railway. Behind the scenes, and it HAD to be behind the scenes, he did a very great deal to ensure that the Port Erin line survived, and got no credit whatsoever for it. I think that at times it did hurt him, but what mattered more was that he succeeded, and he knew it. I have an immense admiration for Bill Lambden.

In that case, your aunt would be Gwelda Crowe.

As to Eliza Cowell/Corlett's daughter Ann, and the LaMothe connection, this must be the family of High Bailiff John Corlett LaMothe.
His 1896 account of the family refers to Dominique's son Frederick marrying Margaret Corlett of Glentrammon, and their eldest son, Frederick John Dominique LaMothe marrried Ann Cowle, only daughter of Thomas Cowle of Ballavair on 20 April 1830, their fifth child being High Bailiff LaMothe.

The interesting conclusion from that is that I would have a shared Corrin connection (Sukie Corrin and our William Corrin were brother and sister) with the children of F J D Lamothe thru their parents Henry Corrin & Susanna Quay, and a second link via Eliza Corlett/Cowle.

I have a hunch that if one could plot it all out, everyone with Manx roots going back more than 150 years is related to everyone else !

Do you have a detailed tree for Eliza Corlett/Cowle ?

Robert