Jean, Emily Christian Kerruish was an inspired guess, even if it turns out to be wrong. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

I agree with Sue that John Christian, Ballaterson, hatter, must be the father of James Joughin’s second wife Margaret. He would have been about 23 at the time of Margaret’s birth, a likely time to be having an illegitimate. There surely wouldn’t be more than one John Christian, hatter, of about the right age. It is also highly likely that the 1861 will that you found would be his. Men were/are not very good at acknowledging their illegitimate offspring, so if you were to look at the will, I bet you would find only Christians Ballaterson mentioned, the only Margaret being his sister, who married Ewan (Hugh) Callow, Ballaterson, and no mention of Mrs. Joughin.

Digression on Ballaterson

In her family trees and Maughold history Constance Radcliffe tells us that Ballaterson West was the Christian farm, and Ballaterson East the Callow farm. In July 1793 William Callow (1747-1809) put Ballaterson East up for sale in two parts. Robert Looney bought one part (White House) and Capt. Hugh Crow the other, which became Crowville. William had a younger brother Robert (1751-1831), who married Isabel Christian, Ballaterson (1758-1841). Isabel’s brother William (1760-1849) was the one that married Margaret Kerruish and became the father of those seven children listed in your posting of April 11. The eldest of those, Margaret, married her first cousin Ewan (Hugh) Callow, son of Robert Callow and Isabel Christian above. When we see these in the 1851 census, and presumably also in 1861, they are in West Ballaterson, because East has gone. Hugh Callow has moved in with his wife’s people, and become the head of the household, presumably because he is the farmer and married to the eldest of the Christian siblings.

Donna, thank you for those MIs, A61 and A62 from the FHS book. Ann Christian’s age does not tally. She would have been 85 in 1891, not 75. Could Jean look for the burial in 1891, or 1881 if it not there? Donna, did you also notice the next few graves?
A63 Margaret CALLOW alias CHRISTIAN, wife of EWAN CALLOW who departed this life the 26th February 1862 aged 71 years.
A64 EWAN CALLOW of this Parish who departed this life the 26th of September 1871 aged 77 years.
A65 JOHN WILLIAM RADCLIFFE of Ramsey and the Jalloo Born August 16th 1917… That’s Bill. If you were to look at the stone now you would probably find Constance as well.

(End of digression)

At this point I was going to return to Emily Christian Joughin and say that you have three women: Margaret Christian the daughter of John Christian, Ballaterson and second wife of James Joughin; Margaret Kerruish the mother of Emily Christian Kerruish; and the mother of Emily Christian Joughin; and evaluate the likelihood of these three being the same person. Now with Ann Morrison we have a fourth woman. The geography for her is very good, with her being right next to Robert Joughin in 1851, and her daughter Emily being baptised in Douglas instead of in the north. The timing of December 1851 is also better. What Margaret Kerruish has going for her is the middle name Christian that she gave to her daughter. Mrs. Emily Kelly had that middle name Christian, and passed it on to her eldest daughter. I know there are plenty of Christians around, but the name in combination with Emily is more unusual. Does Ann Morrison have a Christian connection?

Looking at past and future history, we have nothing on the second Mrs. James Joughin between her birth, whose approximate date and place we know, daughter of John Christian, hatter, and 1858, when she married. After that we find her in 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1883. What past and future history does anyone have for Margaret Kerruish and Ann Morrison, and their respective daughters? When this was last aired, in 2007, you told me, Sue, that when you spent all day trying to find an illegitimate child born in Braddan or Douglas c.1852 you followed up the three of them who seemed to be the most likely, and all three were accounted for in later censuses. Can you remember who the three were?

Also, Sue, what was odd about James Joughin’s second marriage? There was the 24-year disparity in age, not unheard of in those days. The witnesses were William Christian and James Killey. William Christian could be Margaret’s uncle, or that man’s son, whose grave, A61 at Maughold, Donna found. Both of these were alive at the time of the wedding, but so would dozens of other William Christians.