Hi Sylvia
yes i too have looked at that possibility it seems perfectly logical BUT i am dealing with MY cowleys and they drive me nuts!!!
I haven't found the parents of william cowley 1811 hopefully very soon i will have access to a k/m film at the local LDS
my grandmother was olive cowley 1900 douglas (illeg)mother catherine isabella born k/german abt1831 lived lonan
her parents thomas cowley born abt 1831 marown lived lonan and margaret cowley born abt 1835 k/michael - sister of catherine
(quiggin)
thomas cowleys siblings
james 1841 died 1846
john 1833 marown married charlotte kneale(als quayle)1853 santon
children
alfred 1856 married mary ann cowin
elizabeth 1859
thomas LACE born to charlotte 1843 bride
henry 1867
mary 1863 married john quine bootmaker douglas
william 1838 lonan as far as i know he didn't marry
mary ann 1836 (busy lady) married john kinley 1870 no children (wid)
married robert quine 1875 (wid)
children william thomas 1875 & eliza isabella 1878
married robert collister 1883 blacksmith douglas
he had children from his first marriage but i dont think they had any
margaret cowleys siblings
john 1829 k/m married hester watterson
children
hester 1854
hester 1857
john corkhill waterson cowley 1857
catherine 1832 married william quiggin
not found any children
elizabeth jane 1834 married william christian farmer k/m
i think they had about 8 children
eleanor 1839 married james hannah farmer k/m no children that i know of
william 1843 married louisa oates 1884
again no children that i know of
so you see not a moore in sight and yet catherine quiggin has her as a cousin in both the 1871 & 1881 census
i have also got a copy of william quiggins will and catherine ann moore has witnessed it
!BURIAL: 29 May 1878 Kirk Michael Burial Registers 1610-1981 Book
page 107: William aged 67 yrs Shogh-Lague buried 29 May 1878.
!EPISCOPAL WILL Kirk Michael 1878 #126 FHL Film #0106486:
The humble petition of Catherine Quiggin widow William Quiggin, Henry
Gill, James Quiggin, Ann Gill, Ann Cannell and Jane Caine next of kin of
William Quiggin late of Shalghage in the parish of Michael farmer.
Sheweth:
That the said William Quiggin died on or about the day of May intestate
that his estate consists principally of farm stock growing crops on
which require immediate care and supervision.
That it is necessary to carry on the general work of the farm or to
arrange for an immediate sale of the stock or otherwise there may be
considerable loss to the estate.
That your petitioners are therefore desirous that administration of the
estate and effects of the said William Quiggin may be forthwith granted
to petitioners or to some fit and proper person nominated by them.
Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray a hearing hereof and that your
Worship may be please to grant administration of the estate and effects
of the said William Quiggin to one of your petitioners or to some fit and
proper person nominated by them.
And petitioners will pray. Rich. Sherwood for Pet.
Ordered that this petition do come on to be heard at a Special
Ecclesiastical Court to be held at Douglas on Saturday the 15th day of
June 1878 at 12 o'clock noon. Whereof all proper parties and persons are
to have due and lawful notice. R. Jebb
Large inventory taken - not recorded here in this will.
I Catherine Quiggin widow of the late William Quiggin do hereby admit to
have audited the foregoing accounts of William Killip administrator and
hereby declare the same correct an further do hereby acknowledge to
have received from the said administrator the sum of two pounds
nineteen shillings and ten pence my distributive share of the personal
estate of the said William Quiggin to which I am entitled as his widow.
This Sixth day of August 1881
Catherine Quiggin
Witnessed by Catherine Ann Moore
Know all men by these presents that Matilda Caine of Manchester
daughter of the late Daniel Caine of Ballanea in Michael doth own and
acknowledge to have received from William Killip administrator of the
estate and effects of the late William Quiggin of Shalgaguie the sum of
thirty pounds fifteen shillings and ten pence being the amount to which
she is entitled under the will of the late Elizabeth Banks of Ballanea in
Michael of whom the said Willliam Quiggin was executor with all
interest up to this date and she doth hereby release and discharge the
said William Killip as such administrator and the estate and effects of
the said William Quiggin from all further claim liability or demand in
respect of her share of the estate of the said Elizabeth Banks.
Witness her name this the Sixth day of June 1879.
Matilda Cain
Witnessed by Catherine Kinvig
We authorized the Sherwood Advocate to present a petition to the
Ecclesiastical Court in our names in order to have administration of the
estate and effects of William Quiggin late of Shalghage in Michael
granted to William Killip of the said parish petition to be presented at
Douglas or elsewhere and if necessary we authorized application to be
made for a special court for the purpose.
Witness our names this 7th day of June 1878
William Quiggin
Henry Gill
James Quiggin
Ann Gill
Catherine Quiggin
Ann Cannell
Jane Caine
Witnessed signatures of Wm Quiggin and Henry Gill
Wm L. Clarke
Margaret Kinely
Lizzie Gill
John Caine
i will keep searching
i am going to check out the quiggin side
Thanks for taking an interest
Lesley