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Thomas Cubbon b 1845 in 1861

I've been looking at all the children of William Cubbon ( b circa 1811) and Ann Clucas (b circa 1811) ( married 22 Jan 1839 Braddan ):

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Father: William Cubbon, Mother: Ann
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1. Isabella Cubbon - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 27 OCT 1839 St Matthew, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

2. William Cubbon - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 07 MAR 1841 St Matthew, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

3. ISABELLA CUBBON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 27 OCT 1839 Saint Mathews, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

4. WM CUBBIN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 07 MAR 1841 Saint Mathews, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

5. Isabella Cubbon - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 27 OCT 1839 St Matthew, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

6. William Cubbon - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 07 MAR 1841 St Matthew, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

7. ELEANOR CUBBON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 28 JUN 1849 Saint Barnabas, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

8. CHARLOTTE CUBBON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 13 JUN 1847 Saint Barnabas, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

9. ANNE JANE CUBBON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 12 JAN 1843 Saint Barnabas, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

10. THOMAS CUBBON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 26 JAN 1845 Saint Barnabas, Douglas, Isle Of Man, England

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1841
Conchan district 7, page 8
Drumgold St
Isabella Gale 80 independent Y
Daniel Kelly 60 farmer Y
Charlotte Kelly 35 Ireland
Alexr Clucas 50 Y
Charlotte Clucas 50 Y
Jane 25 Y
John 20 cabinet maker Y
Wm 20 joiner Y
Philip 15 carpenter's app Y
Wm Cubbon 25 mason Y
Ann Cubbon 25 Y
Isabella Cubbon 1 Y
Wm Cubbon 3 months Y

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1851
Conchan district 3b, page 37
Queen St Douglas
Wm Cubbon head mar 39 mason b Braddan
Ann wife mar 39 (nee Clucas)
Isabella dau 11
William son 10
Ann dau 8
Thomas son 6
mother and children all b Douglas

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In 1851 daughter Charlotte b 1847 was with her maternal grandparents, Alexander Clucas and Charlotte alias Lee:

1851
Conchan district 8, page 52
Drumgold St
Alexander Clucas (indexed as Clarence) head mar 63 shoemaker b Marown
Charlotte wife mar 63 b Douglas
Charlotte Kelly cousin unm 48 huckster b Douglas
Jane Clucas dau unm 33 huckster b Douglas
Charlotte Cubbon niece 3 b Douglas

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Youngest daughter, Eleanor b 1849, had died in 1850.

William b 1811 must have died just a few days after the 1851 census was taken. By 1858, the children were orphans:

Braddan Old Yard South
#716
In memory of William CUBBIN who departed this life on the 7th of April 1851 aged 39 years
His end was peace
Also Eleanor daughter of the above who departed this life the 5th Nov 1850 aged 1 year and 5 months
Also in memory of Anne CUBBIN alias CLUCAS wife of the above named & mother of the said Eleanor who departed this life on the 16th September 1858 aged 47 years
(At Foot)
To the memory of Isabella GILL alias FELL widow of James GILL of Douglas who departed this life the 17th day of Decr 1841 aged 87 years

(MI kindly supplied by Donna)

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Isabella Gale who was the 80 year old in the 1841 household, and who was buried in plot #716, must have been connected but I haven't tried to figure out yet whether she was linked to Alexander Clucas or to Charlotte Lee, or where the Kellys fit into the picture.

By 1861, the 5 surviving children were spread between Clucas and Cubbon relatives, apart from the eldest, Isabella b 1839, who I think may be this one:

1861
Middlesex, Kensington St Mary Abbott, Kensington Town, district 21, pages 58+59
Edward Henry Corbould head mar 45 artist b London
Ann Middleton Corbould wife 32 b Douglas IOM (nee Wilson)
4 children b London
Maria A Thompson Wilson sister in law unm 21 visitor b Douglas IOM
Isabella Cubbin serv unm 21 house maid b Douglas IOM
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Isabella went on to marry James Mc Glashan 17 May 1864 Braddan, and I've found the family in the subsequent censuses.

In 1861, William b 1841 was with his mother's brother, James Clucas, and his family:

1861
Conchan district 5, page 5
Duke St
James Clucas head mar 47 tailor
Ann wife 45
Charlotte dau unm 20 bonnet maker
Annie dau unm 18 dressmaker
William son unm 17 tailor
James F son 9
Alfred son 7
Louis son 6
William Cubbin nephew unm 20 tailor
all b Douglas
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In June Q 1870, William married Ann Elizabeth Richardson in Chorlton, Manchester. I've found them in 1881 and widow Ann E in 1891 and 1901, but I haven't found them in 1871.

In 1861, Ann Jane b 1843 and Charlotte b 1847 were staying with Clucas relatives:

1861
Conchan district 7, page 55
Drumgold St
Charlotte Kelly head unm 55 ? provision dealer b Ireland
Jane Clucas cousin unm 38 provision dealer
Charlotte Clucas mother wid 73 assistant
Ann Jane Cubbon niece unm 18 assistant
Charlotte Cubbon niece 13 scholar
all b Douglas except C Kelly

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Ann Jane Cubbon married James Fell 23 Aug 1870 Douglas St George, and I've found them in the subsequent censuses. Charlotte Cubbon b 1847 is still a mystery. I'm wondereing whether she may have accompanied her brother, Thomas b 1845, and his wife to America in the late 1860s. Thomas and wife returned to England before the 1871 census, with their eldest child who was born in Brooklyn NY. Thomas married Anne Elizabeth Bannister Sep Q 1867 West Derby, Liverpool.

Deciding Thomas's whereabouts in 1861 is the main reason I've written this message. In the following censuses, he was living with his family in West Derby and his age and occupation were given as:

1871 --- age 26 soap and oil dealer.
1881 --- age 36 shopkeeper
1891 --- age 46 chandler tallow
1901 --- age 56 slater and plasterer.

Death from BMD:
Thomas Cubbon age 71 Sept Q 1916 West Derby 8b 565

It's definitely the same Thomas Cubbon b Douglas in those 4 censuses because he had a string of children with easy-to-track names.

So, to decide which Thomas Cubbon 1861 entry is his:

A tree compiler on Ancestry has chosen a 14 year old at King William's College. I believe that this 14 year old belongs to a different family (poss bap 17 Jan 1847 Onchan as Robert Thomas Cubbon to Joseph Cubbon and Rachael Marsden) who in the censuses look affluent enough to send him to KWC. He's Thomas R Cubbon in 1851, and is absent from the household in 1861. Another reason I don't think he's the right TC concerns the way the pupils are listed in the census. They seem to be in some sort of descending order of age, so I'm guessing that they were in upper school, lower school groups. On the same page as our 14 year old are 24 boys age 11-14, with just two 16 year olds amongst them (maybe in the wrong year group because of protracted illnesses ?) and I don't believe that KWC would have made the mistake of giving the age of a boy who was 16 years 3 months, as 14.

The 1861 entry which seems to be the right one is this:

1861
Conchan district 2b, page 45
6 Hanover St
Robert Cowell head mar 34 plasterer b Bride
Elizabeth wife mar 35 b St Anne
John son 10 b Douglas
Frances dau 8 b Manchester
Thomas Cubbon nephew 16 ap plasterer b Douglas
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In 1901, TC gives his occupation as slater and plasterer ---- a skill he learned as a teenager while living with his aunt and uncle ?

Robert Cowell was a prominent builder in Douglas according to the 1919 obituary ( in Manx Notebook memorial notices ) of his son, John Thomas Cowell, HM Receiver General. So the 10 year old John Cowell in the household above is JTC 1851-1919. His mother was Elizabeth Cubbon b Santon, and since there weren't many Cubbon children born in Santon in the 1820s, I think that this is her baptism:

ELIZABETH CUBBON Pedigree
Female

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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 07 JUL 1821 Santon, Isle Of Man, England

Death:
Burial:

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Parents:
Father: THOS CUBBON Family
Mother: MARGT KELLY

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Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

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I think these are probably Elizabeth's father and some of her siblings in 1841:

1841
CUBBON Thomas 60 San 1463/2 4 2

Santon district 1, page 1
Thomas Cubbon 60 hatter
Margaret 30
Elizabeth 20
Isabella 18
John 14
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This is probably the burial of her father:

CUBBON, Thomas 70 San 24 Oct 1847

Donna says there's no MI for him, but that the burial register indicates that he was a sumner.

Going back to the 1861 household of Robert and Eliz Cowell, in order for Thomas Cubbon b 1845 to be a nephew, Elizabeth would have been a sister of Thomas's father, William Cubbon b 1811. I'm having a problem with this, so any help would be appreciated. It would mean that Thomas Cubbon b 1778 would have been married first to a Mary Kelly, and then to a Margaret Kelly.

If this Thomas Cubbon were the one bap 10 May 1778 Braddan, he'd be a son of one of the two William Cubbon / Cath Gelling couples who were having children in the 1760s-1790s. These were discussed here a few weeks ago. The younger of the two couples didn't marry until 1781, so this Thomas would belong to the Cath Gelling who was the daughter of John Gelling and Ann Faile of Ballig. This Cath Gelling was a sister of Robert The Schoolmaster Gelling. Eric will no doubt put me right on this.

Any help with choosing the correct 1861 census entry for Thomas Cubbon b 1845 would be appreciated.

Jean C