Isle of Man Family History Society Journal Volume iv no 1 Jan 1982

• On the Trail of the Cretneys
• Catholic records - request for help
• Thomas Caine of Braddan IoM (Feb 7 1852)
• Displayed on the Walls of Castle Rushen
• The Computor and the Family Historian
• The Brews of Kirk Andreas
• Memorials. of God's Acre - Corrin
• Memorials. of God's Acre - Callin
• Strays - Thorley
• Christian Family Chronicles
• Strays - Forbes

THE BREWS OF KIRK ANDREAS

In 1515, Brews had 2 holdings in Andreas

I Thomas and Donald MacBrew had the Craig quarterland and paid 14s 1d rent. These Brews disappeared from the Craig before 1643 and it passed to the Sayles.

II John and Patrick MacBrew paid 19s for 2 lontes and 2 quarterland of the Guilcaugh and 1s for part of another of the 2 quarterlands which made up the treen of Guilcaugh. These Brews held their lands for 13 generations, till 1818, when, through lapsed mortgages, the Drinkwaters took it over.

Here is a brief account of the later generations:
Willian Brew, 8th of the Guilcaugh, succeeded 1660, died 1682, married Margaret Christian, widow of John Sayle of the Craig.

James

James, 1677-1735

John, 1713-1769, married Margaret, daughter and eventual heiress of Arthur Cowle, Miller, of the Kella Veg, Lezayre

James, 1747-1818, Captain of Sulby (1789), M.H.K. (1790), married 1771 to Elizabeth Crebbin, (died 1807), daughter of Reverend William Crebbin, Vicar of Jurby by Christian, daughter of Robert Brew of Ballavarran, Jurby.

William, 1783-1812, Cornet, Manx Yeoman Cavalry (1804), Lieut.,R.M.F. (1808), Advocate in Castletown, tenant of Ronaldsway. Married 1804 to Margaret Callow, daughter of William Callow of Ballaglass, Kirk Maughold, High Bailiff of Castletown, by Sarah, daughter of Sir George Moore, S.H.K.

William Edward, born 1805, Lost the Guilcaugh and the Kella Veg, emigrated but returned and was living unmarried in the Crofts, Castletown in 1871. One of his cousins died as recently as 1913 (Emily).

Other Brew's at this period were:

William Brew, acquired pert of Balladorgan in 1608. His son John was in Ballaquane, Balladorgan in 1643. John settled intacks in Jurby on his daughter Katherine and her husband James Teare. He sold part of Balladorgan to William Keig in 1669, to William Crebbin in 1670 and to James Quirk in 1676. In 1683 William Brew settled his land in Balladorgan on his daughter Alice and her husband Donald Cormode. In 1705 Alice and Donald had 1/8 quarterland. Philip Brew had (a different) quarterland called "The Small Quarter" in Balladorgan in 1705.

In 1690, Philip Brew and his wife Ann Crebbin and her father John Crebbin sold part of Mullenlowne to Deemster Christian and a part to John Skinner. John Crebbin was the son of William Crebbin and his wife Ann (Kneale?) heiress of Mullenlowne.

In 1705, William Brew and Donald Lace paid £4.10s for Ballasteen in Ballahestine, compounded for by John Lace is 1643.

Several Brew wives left bequests to the church. They were:-
1. Margaret Christian alias Brew, died 1761
2. Alice Lace alias Brew, died 1765
3. Ann Brew alias Martin, died 1778, of Ballacrebbin.

Other Brews were

Philip Brew of the Lhane (born circa 1640 ?) whose son and heir Philip(born Circa 1686) was of the Lhen in 1719 and of Connah-Bwee in 1729.The younger Philip's mother Esther Sayle who died a widow in 1757 and left a numerous family baptised 1719-1737. of these, only Margery(bap. 1736) was remarkable. She had a son, Christopher by Christopher Wade of Ireland, and when called upon to prove her marriage, absconded in 1762. Her son (unkindly called 'Lumper') died in 1767.

Philip of Conneh-bwee's brother Richard's family also flourished at the Lhen. He had three children baptised 1720-1721, as well as an illegitimate son William (1719) by Joney Tear.

Philip of Conneh-bwee's son and heir, Richard of the Lhen (bap. 1719,died 1784) married 1756 Joney Camaish (died 1779) and had 3 children baptised 1757-1765. Their daughter Ann (1765) was mistakenaly described as a child of Ann Camaish. Their son William (bap. 1760) died 1773.

There was a younger Philip, (born circa 1655) of Knockbeg. He and the elder Philip of the Lhen had 21 children between than, baptised in 1667-1712. (one of then, by Margaret Cannell in 1682, was illegitimate).

Philip of Knockbeg had a son and heir William of Knockbeg.- (bap. 1684,died 1759) who had, by his wife Margery, 10 children baptised 1710-1721. William's son and heir Thomas (bap. 1714, died 1781) married 1738 to Esther Cowle (died 1783) and had seven children all baptised 1738-1762.

Both the elder Philip at the Lhen and Philip of Knockbeg had sons named William, baptised in 1688 and 1684 respectively. One of these sons was William, a tailor, who married Ann Tear and had three children, baptised in 1721-1739.

William of Knockbeg died 1804, aged 65 years. His son Thomsas. of Knockbeg died 1832, aged 75 years, leaving a widow, Judith Joughin, who died 1847 aged 75 years. Their names are painted an a large board in the church as benefactors.

Philip Brew of Wallett, born Circa 1690-1700, died 1758, married 1723 to Bridget Camaish of Jurby. John of Wallett who died in 1776 was presumably their son. Another son Stephen (died 1769) married 1755 to Joney Teare of Jurby and had two sons baptised 1757 and 1760. Stephen whose will was proven in 1769, had a second wife, Margaret Kelly, where son William was baptised in 1766. She also had a daughter Jony Stephen left two sons by his first wife, Philip and Stephen, both miners. His brothers John and Thomas were executors. Stephen Brew Senior's uncles were John and Richard Brew and William Garrett, husband of Bahee Brew. Arthur Brew claimed £3.8s.8d from the estate. (Arthur Brew 1723-1789 was a younger brother of John of the Guilcaugh, died 1769).

William Brew of Ballacrebbin (born circa 1690-1700 ?) son of Philip Brew and Ann Crebbin, heiress of Ballacrebbin (they were married before 1690) married in 1729 to Ann Martin who died 1778 and had two daughters baptised 1732-35. The elder, Mary, was his heiress and married Charles Lace, Captain of Andreas (1716-1780), brother of Deemster Daniel Lace.

William Brew (born circa 1700 ?) married Christian Kermode. Their son Richard (bap. 1728) married Ellinor Teare and had three sons all baptised 1760-1774.

Michael Brew (born circa 1745) (probably son of Michael, bap. 1715, son of William) married in 1773 to Ellinor Killip and had three children baptised 1776-1782 (and another in 1776, when Michael was mistakenly called Richard).

All these families had gone away by 1867, according to Wood's Atlas. A family flourished at Ballaclucas in 1867, but were not noticed in a Directory of 1889, yet apparently of Jurby in 1971.

Brews were in Ballacolum before 1850. James Brew of Ballacolum died 1886 aged 37 yrs. His nephew James Brew died 1880, aged 8 yrs (Tombstone).These were apparently the same family as were in Ballaclucas.

In 1971 there were 27 Brews in Andreas according to the Voter's Register, flourishing at Cronk, Smeale, Ballawhanton, The Lhane, Ballakimmey and Ballaghane. Ballacolum and Ballaclucas were owned then by the Brews of the Brews of the Loughan in Jurby (two old bachelors), and Goshen, St. Jude's was owned by John Sydney Teare Brew of Close Chairn, Lezayre. Mr. H.K. Brew (one of the Ballure family of Maughold) was parish clerk in 1958.

J.A. Brew

Thomas Caine of Braddan, Isle of Man

Thomas Caine was born February 7th, 1852 at Marown, Isle of Man, the son of William James and Mary Ann (Creator) Caine. He attended the Church Day School and then he was apprenticed as a carpenter, making dowels and coffins. He told me he left the Isle of Man and went to Barrow-in-Furness, England, and worked there as a shipbuilder. The other children of William James and Mary Ann were

Mary Born 1840
Jane Born 1842
Daniel Born 1847 (came to USA and settled in Missouri)
William Stephen Born 1850 (came to USA and settled in Missouri)
Catherine Born 1855

Thomas Caine came to Philadelphia about 1872 and said the last house he visited before sailing was the home of Hall Caine, who was a "cousin".

One day while walking home from work in Philadelphia he noticed a young woman sitting on the steps of a house he passed regularly. I do not know the details of their introduction and courtship, but they were married by a Methodist minister, Rev, F. Kirkpatrick, on the 25th December 1875.

My grandmother Christina MacGaw was born at Tail Mill, Merriot, Somerset,England, October 7th, 1855. Her parents were James and Sarah (Mackey MacKie) MacGaw. Christina had left her father and step-mother to come here to live with her sister, Ellen and her husband John Drayton. They had a china shop in Philadelphia.

Sometime around 1887, Thomas and Christina came to live in Germantown, a suburb of Philadelphia. their children were:

Rebecca Maud born 22nd Sept 1876 died 17th Feb 1961
Charles Albert born 24th Oct 1878 died 17th Jul 1922
Walter Thomas born 10th Dec 1880 died 10th Mar 1958
William James horn 15th Apr 1883 died 12th May 1885
Edna Christina born 10th Aug 1885 died 23rd Dec 1944
Ellwoot Samuel born 9th Aug 1887 died 1st Aug 1962
Reuben Douglas born 5th Jul 1890 died 27th Aug 1946
Sidney Edward born 4th Jul 1892 died 23rd May 1969
Leonidas MacGaw born 7th Mar 1896 died 8th Jul 1929
Wesley Philip born 12th Jun 1898 died 11th May 1905
(there was a child between Leon and Wesley, who lived only a day or two)

Thomas plied his trade of carpentry in the Germantown area and was in demand as an expert cabinet maker. He became a citizen of the United States on the 13th December 1897. He was a member of Local 122, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and a member of the Seymour Court 270, Foresters of America. On the 25th December 1925, Thomas and Christina celebrated there50th wedding anniversary surrounded by six children and 20 grandchildren. It was a gala day

On 20th April 1926, Thomas died and was buried in the Chelten Hills Cemetery, German town with the pastor of St. Stephens Methodist Church officiating. Christina lived a long while after that, dying on 13th January 1953, at Fort Washington, Pa and also was buried at Chelten Hills with a Methodist service. There is a news item telling that my grandmother at 91 years of age, was presented with an orchid for being the mother of 11 children. and having 30grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

My mother, Rebecca Maud married 28th June 1905, to James David Bradely of Germantown, and I, Rebecca Maud was born on 26th May 1906, and my brother James Caine on 25th July 1907. My brother has one daughter and two granddaughters.

I have extensive records of the Caine children and their descendants, many of whom are to be found scattered throughout the States. I cherish the letters from my great-grandfather to his son, and letters from his sister Catherine Faragher of Barrow-in-Furness, England. Thomas Caine's mother Mary Ann was baptised 22nd July 1827, in the Parish Church of St. Matthews, and daughter of William and Ann (Carfull) Cleator, and she died at Ballafletcher, Braddan, on21st December 1884 and is buried in Kirk Braddan Cemetery. I found her grave when I was in the Island a few years ago. William James was born in 1814, and baptised on 6th May 1814 at Marown. He died at his daughter ' Catherine 's home in Barrow-in-Furness and is buried there. His death was 9th November 1893.Catherine in her black bordered letter to her brother Thomas says she would have taken him back to the Isle of Man for burial but, "there is no boat sailing from Barrow in winter".

We know Daniel and William Stephen came to the States prior to 1872 and settled in the State of Missouri, but based on the letters from their father to my grandfather they were poor letter writers and we know practically nothing about them in Missouri. We do have a letter from the Grand Lodge of Missouri telling us they had been Master Masons and that Daniel died in 1910and William Stephen in 1929.

We think that my grandfather's sister Mary married a Kissack. I have a photo of a Florence Kissack, and we believe that Jane married a Comish.

I am proud of my Manx heritage and would welcome any information about this Caine family of mine, their antecedents and descendants.

R. Maude Bradley (Granddaughter of Thomas Caine)

DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS OF CASTLE RUSHEN, CASTLETOWN.........

1872 Mary Green, aged 52 yrs, for stealing a boy's blue Whitney overcoat was sentenced to five penal servitude.
1873 Thomas Cain, aged 15 yes, for stealing half a crown was sentenced to five years penal servitude.
1875 William Blow for driving a horse and cart faster than a common walk sentenced to 2/6d fine or 10 days in prison.

ON THE TRAIL OF THE CRETNEYS

For nearly two years I have attended the monthly meetings of our Society, hoping I would meet or hear of someone who was tracing the same family as I was. But no such luck. At our Christmas Social evening, other members commented with satisfaction about their good fortune. No one seemed to be looking' for 'Cretney's'. Out of the blue, our librarian, Noreen Cottier casually remarked 'I write to a Will Cretney in Cleveland, Ohio and I have got an address of a Cretney family in Ontario.. even more surprising another member Mrs. Ivy Sutton, added " I had a great-aunt Cretney and I've got Cretney relatives in America, too."

I quickly wrote letters to Cleveland and Ontario and the excitement when the first reply came from Ontario. The writer, June Pelc was a grand daughter to a John Henry Cretney, who had emigrated with a brother from the Isle of Man, but unfortunately she knew nothing about her grandfather's family, except that he had a brother Joseph, sisters Lydia and Nellie, the latter being a Mrs. Hughes who lived on the island.

Feeling a little disappointed I eagerly awaited a reply to a Cleveland enquiry. At last it came, but not only from Will Cretner, but other members of his family to whom he had relayed my enquiry.

I felt I has struck Gold - it was "MY CRETNEY'S-. The writers were the descendants of two of my great- grandfather's brothers and a nephew, who had emigrated to the United States of America in the 19th century. To put it mildly, I was "over the moon" when Ned and Mona (Cretney) Clafin forwarded me a short family tree compiled by another relative, Hazel Reddell. But more excitement was to follow when I received a letter from Hazel, and a copy of a book about the town of Ridgeway, Wisconsin.The name "Cretney" appeared in it over and over again with Family photographs, and a brief history of Robert and Hannah Cretney contributed by Hazell.

From the book and subsequent correspondence, I have discovered the stories of the two "missing" sons of Thomas and Jane Cretney of Tosaby, St. Marks.

John Cretney, born 1836, the third child of Thomas and Jane, emigrated in the late 1850's. He travelled overland and purchased land on the outskirts of the small town of Ridgeway. He started farming, married another emigrant, Catherine Ennett, and raised their family of six children, Joseph , Alfred Thomas, Edith, Frederick, Bertha, and George. As young men, Joseph and Frederick moved to Leadville, Colorado and worked in the lead mines. Joe married Etta Bobbins and had one daughter, Hazel. In later life, he moved to live in Washington, whilst Fred and his wife, Mabel Farwell raised a son and daughter, Warrenn and Winifred. Edith, the eldest daughter, joined her brothers in Leadville and became a schoolteacher, marrying Will Barnes and having a daughter Wilhemina. The younger daughter, Bertha did not marry and died aged thirty years. Alfred Thomas, first became a teacher, then bought a drugstore and became part-owner of a lead mine in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. He married Lillie Ray Jones and had four children, Alfred, Gwendolyn, Sarah and Lillian. The youngest son, George, who did not marry, lived with his parents on the farm. When his father died in 1930 at the grand age of 34 [sic 94] years, George continued to farm until his own death in 1945,and the farm was then sold.

Robert Cretney, the youngest son of Thomas and Jane, married at the age of 22 years, to Hannah Gelling, daughter of William Sinclair Gelling of Pawshen, Marown. Following their wedding, they travelled to America to join brother John, and lived with him for most of their first year in their new country, their first child being born in September 1870. They then made their home on a 170 acre farm, just two miles southeast of Ridgeway. Nine children were born to them during the years 1870-1898.Of these, one died in infancy, whilst Emily and William Sinclair died during adolescence. The remaining children all grew up on the Homestead farm. Thomas, the eldest son a carpenter and builder, being responsible for the building of the Catholic Church and many houses and stories in Ridgeway. He became a Wisconsin Assemblyman and in later years turned to inventing - conceiving one of the first traffic guides, which was sold to cities throughout the country. He married Elizabeth Arthur and had five children, Thomas, Wesley, Mildred, Mabel, and Helen.

The first daughter, Rebecca Jane married Ira J. Powell and lived on a farm adjoining the Cretney farm. They reared four children, Amanza, Ira, Robert, and Marian.

Effie, the socond daughter and her husband Oscar Harris also farmed nearby, where, they too had four children, John, Robert, Franklin,and Thomas. They later owned and operated the Harris Garage. The youngest son, Earnest was a farmer, builder and contractor. He and his brother, Thomas, built many schools, churches, banks, shops etc., throughout Iowa county. Ernest married Gladys Lewis and they had four children, Dorothy, Robert, Ernest, and Thomas, the latter died in infancy, whilst Dorothy was killed in an aircrash in 1942, aged 26 yrs. the youngest daughter, Gladys, became a teacher in the rural schools of Iowa and married Roy Lynch, who lived and farmed at Brigham. He raised and trained horses both for himself and others. They had two children, Helen and Robert. Gladys is the only one of Robert and Hannah's children alive today.

James, the third son, at the age of 17 years took over the Cretney farm when his father died in 1902. He married Mary Jane Evans and raised their family of five children, Hazel, Robert Gelling, David, James, and Mary Jane. He developed pedigree herds of Holstein cattle and built a new home on the farm in 1926. Unfortunately, he died just after its completion, his wife also dying within three years. The family of young children moved into Ridgeway and the farm was rented to their Uncle Ernest. However, in 1932 they all moved back, and the three boys, Robert, David, and James, managed it together before war called them all into the American services. in his demobilisation, Robert bought the farm from his brothers and sisters and operated it until his death in1978, thus ending over a hundred years of Cretney ownership.

The part played by the Cretney family in the building of the town of Ridgeway is commemorated by the naming of one of its thoroughfares,"Cretney Street".

Another emigrant to America from the Cretney family of Tosaby was Thomas Arthur, the second son of Lillian and Christian Ann ('Collister) Cretney, William, a brother to John and Robert had stayed on the family farm following the death of his father. Thomas Arthur settled in Cleveland and married Ethel Redfern, daughter of William Redfern and Eliza Collister who had also emigrated. For a number of years he was a test driver for a motor company, and then became an automobile dealer, firstly in 'Buicks' and then 'Fords'. He established a number of Ford agencies and was affectionately known as "Mr. Ford" of Cleveland. Thomas and Ethel had three children, Mona, who became the wife of Edward Claflin, whose ancestor, originally McTachlan had emigrated from Inverary as an indentured servant in 1643. Another ancestor, Matthew Henderson, had come from Scotland in the mid 1700's to "bring Presbyterianism to the Heathens of Pennsylvania ". Wilfred and George, their two sons both married and reared families.

Following our conservation at the Christmas Social, Mrs. Sutton produced a few months later, a family history written by a James Wilson Jenkinson, whose grandfather, William Jenkinson had been born at Coniston, Cumberland, but had come to work in the Foxdale Mines, when he married the daughter of a wealthy farmer, who disapproved of the match. Their eldest son, George Wilson Jenkinson also became a miner, and married Ann Cowell, a schoolmaster's daughter. They lived at Stuggadhoo, Marown and raised a family of eight children. (Three other children died as infants) Thomas Jenkinson, their first born became a fisherman and miner, a common combination. In 1875, he married Margaret Cretney, who was a daughter of James Cretney and his wife, Catherine Kelly. Margaret and her brothers and sisters were second cousins to Thomas Cretney of Tosaby ,St. Marks, mentioned earlier in this story. Margaret and Thomas Jenkinson, following their marriage, travelled to Whitehaven and settled eventually in Dalton-inFurness, although they spent a few years in Colorado, where one of my Thomas' uncles lived, together with four of his own brothers.

In the subsequent years many of Margaret's nephews and neices emigrated to either the United States of America or Canada, all the men worked in the mines. One of her nephews, who settled in Ontario, was John Henry Cretney, the grandfather of my first correspondent, June Pelc. I found it ironic that she knew nothing of her grandfather's family, but along with Mrs. Sutton's information, she could complete for me a missing branch of my Cretney family tree.

MARGARET CREGEEN.

CATHOLIC RECORDS

Mr. Leslie Brooks, writes:
'In the past 30 or so years greatly increasing attention has been given to the History of Catholics in England, even by International Historians. I therefore have the aim of establishing an English Catholic History Society, and am writing to all Family History Societies to ask if:
1. Any Catholics interested in the subject would contact me with names and addresses.
2. Any members with details of their own Catholic ancestry (grandparents or further back) to let me know what information they have. Incidentally, one of our own members, Mrs. Clarke, has most kindly agreed to transcribe the Registers of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Douglas. It will be no light or short task, but we hope ultimately to transcribe all our Manx Catholic Registers. In expressing the Society's gratitude to Mrs. Clarke, we invite any others interested in the total project to contact the Secretary.

THE COMPUTOR AND THE FAMILY HISTORIAN

Most of our local members will recall Paul Gregson of Daly City. California, and his talk to us on May 29 last, when on a visit to his native Douglas. Residing as he now does in the so-styled Silicon Valley of California, Paul has long learnt how to tame the Computor to the service of his interests. He and his wife own and operate five schools in eight buildings with a staff of forty, and use Computor systems in their complex administration.

In his article Paul shares with us not only his conviction of the importance of a family-historian being able to see his ancestors' lives in the context of general history, and so to that end has do set about compiling an Almanac of the important events in our Island's history, based largely on the histories of Moore and Kinvig. But he also alerts the family-historian to the wonders that the Computor can work by way of its tapes, and the instant modifications that can be made to such texts. altering or adding new data as it comes to hand. How well we all realise that at any moment we may find our researches need radical change, and indeed are rarely ever complete.

Think then of all that magical electronic dot and the keyboard can set your margins, type out or type in what you must, and the text magically rearranges itself. Press a button, and the latest version appears typed in its new format.

Paul types into his own computor-stored almanac the events in his family's life as he discovers them. He has chosen for his almanac events that gave the feel of conditions influencing his Manx farming ancestors. But he would like to add such milestones as when control of will probates passed from ecclesiastical to civil authorities, and when the civil registrations of BMD came into effect. Indeed there are many similar time-lines in the operations of the diocesan and parochial courts and land legislation that would also enrich our understanding of our family's stories.

R. Kissack.

THE MANX GENEALOGISTS' ALMANAC

[note some of these entries are either too simplistic or questionable - FPC]

1710

Lord Derby assessed the commons (mountain lands) In order to enforce payment of a rent instead of a nominal charge (for grazing, quarrying. and cutting turf). The assessors were prevented by landowners whose leaders John Kewley and 43 others were fined and imprisoned.

1724

Rioting when the governor and party were in the mountains with a client, to sell the enclosed commons (intacks).

1755

Epidemic of ? Burial Register of Kirk Andreass "93 All those above marked thus "C" died of the Chin-cough which this all over the country was very severe". Entry by Robert Brew. curate. Of 19 recordered deaths 9 were so identified, - 47%.

1764

Smallpox epidemic.

1765

The revestment Act of the Imperial Parliament.
A committee ordered highways to be widened, where requisite to eighteen feet.

1772 and 1773

Epidemic of Smallpox.

1776

Highway width to be 8 yards, propriotors of quarterlands to send four men each for road repair; propritors of houses one man each, when required.

1778

Joseph CLAGUE born at Ballagtave Farm, Lonan. (+)

1780

Epidemic of Smallpox.

1792

The first issue of the first newspaper "Manks Mercury and Brisccoe's Douglas Advertiser" (ceased publication 1801).

1793

Joseph CLAGUE SR. died in Castletown, heir was son Joseph aged 16. (+)

1794

Kirk Braddan Burial Register has several consecutive pages of burials of young children. Epidemic of what ?

1799

Smallpox Epidemic.

1801

First publication of "Manks Advertiser" (ceased in 1845).

1803

"Mona's Herald" began publication.

1805

Introduction of vaccination against smallpox.

1808

Douglas streets were named.

From now until 1816 Manx farmers were very prosperous. (!)

1810

Construction began in Douglas on Duke Street and Sand Street (now Strand Street). They were then the western and northern limits of the town.

1812 - 1820

Manx grain exports exceeded Imports for the first time. (not sure on what this is based fpc)
After a poor harvest an attempt to export wheat led to a riot in Douglas The mob began to unload a vessel but soldiers from Castletown garrison arrived and arrested the ringleaders.

1814 - 1816

A series of bad harvests.

1814

Repeal of the Act of the Imperial Parliament of 1737 by which debts contracted out of the Isle of Man were not recoverable there. The effect was of the departure of many residents.

1815

The end of the Napoleonic Wars, causing the departure of the numerous troops stationed on the island.

1816

"The mud-walled cabin and thatched roof were giving place to erections of brick or stone with slated top" (?)

1821

February: The Keys petitioned the Governor that Free importation of foreign grain manifestly tends to ruin of agricultural interests.

Monday October lst: riots broke out in Peel. Manx (and English) ports had been closed against importation of foreign corn, meal, or flour.

Thursday October 4th.. another riot broke out in Douglas.

1825

Economic difficulties for Manx farmeres potatoe riots in Arbory and Rushen; march on Bishopscourt.
From now until 1837 there was substantial emigration to the United States

1827

A major failure in the herring season.

1832

First epidemic of Cholera ever known.
Tower of Refuge built on Conister Rock.

1837

Epidemic of Typhus, many died.

1839

Epidemic of Smallpox.

1840

Assimilation Act the Manx 14 pennies to the shilling became English 12 to the shilling. Riots, and a company of soldiers was brought from Liverpool.

1843

Houses in Douglas were assigned numbers.

1849

Cholera Epidemic.

1851

Smallpox Epidemic.

1852

Act of Tynwald preventing Smallpox vaccination.

1853

Failure of Holmes Bank.

By Act of the Imperial Parliament the Isle of Man was deemed to be part of the United Kingdom. [for customs purposes]

Abolition of pass" (costing 9d.) which until now had to be obtained in order to leave the Island. There seems to be no register of their issue, they were evidently revenue for the Duke of Athol.

1859

An Insular Telegraphic company began communications with England.

1860

The Lunatic Asylum Act provides for the valuation of real estate and for levying rates. Houses in Douglas were rated at 3/-.

1861

Joseph Clague died in May. Buried in New Braddan cemetary, plot number 2210. Extremely large red granite monument close to the church.(+)

1862

In June Douglas breakwater was constructed of wood.

1864

Epidemics of Smallpox and Typhoid fever.

1865

In February the three year old Douglas breakwater was destroyed in a storm.

Epidemics of Smallpox and Typhoid fever.

1866

Boards of Health were formed throughout the island.

1869

Houses in Douglas were uniformly numbered
Epidemic of Smallpox.

1871

Epidemic of Smallpox.

1871

Victoria Pier was opened. There was a big influx of visitors. the steam railway was completed between Douglas and Peel.

1874

Steamships began simmer service between Douglas and Barrow-in-Furness. The steam railway was completed between Douglas, Castletown, and Port Erin.

1875

Victoria Street, Douglas was built.

1876

Passage of an Act of Tynwald for the compulsory vaccination against Smallpox (which became effective in 1878).

1877

The steam railway was completed between Ramsey and St. Johns.
An Epidemic of Smallpox.

1878

Loch Promenade was built in Douglas.

1883

Horse trams began service in Douglas.

1886

The steam railway was completed between Foxdale and St. Johne.

1888

The White Hoe fever isolation hospital was built near the Nunnery.

1891

The Douglas Prison was finished on Victoria Road, replacing Castle Rushen.

1896

The town of Douglas was incorporated with a mayor and six aldermen serving six year terms , and eighteen councillors serving three year terms.
Electric trams started between Douglas and Ramsey.
Electric trams from Laxey to Snaefell.

1897

Cable car service started in Douglas, from the Jubilee Clock, up Victoria Street to a terminus at the present Murrays Road bus depot.

1898

Electric trams began service between Laxey and Ramsey.

PAUL GREGSON.

MEMORIALS OF GOD'S ACRE

CORRIN

CALLIN

STRAY

From North Cheshire Marriage register Index..-

28 August 1766, Edward THORLEY Lieutenant, p. Douglas, Isle of Man & Mary BAKER of Highfields this par. by Lic. at Audlem.

On the Microfiche there is only one THORLEY on record, and this the son of the above:-

Charles baptised 30 January 1763, son of Edward THORLEY and Mary BAKER at Douglas, St. Mathews.

CHRISTIAN FAMILY CHRONICLES

We have alluded before now to the magnificent production of the One-Name Society of Christian, called Christian Chronicles. In a recent issue was a list of all the christenings in the Isle of Man in the 17th century of John or Jo. Christians, which our Secretary has suggested we include in our Journal. Appended then are the 64 individuals, who were so named on our Island, in a single century, indeed to all intents in the second half of that century. It certainly impresses me, for I can only find five of my own ilk to have borne the name of John in that century.
Keys- B..... Births C..... Christenings

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R. KISSACK

Stray from Derby

Chapel en le Frithe, Marriage Register..... David FORBES, Douglas, Isle of Man, married Sarah WALKER PICKFORD, 2nd Sptember 1829. Both names have a 'w' beside them so presumably they were widowed previously. The only reference on our Microfiche is the birth of - John Edward FORBES, 3 July 1830. to the above couple.