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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Mealay..a place lost in time

The Braddan register says "Isabel Quine ny Mealey als Corkill to Conchan". It seems "ny Mealay" would mean "of .....with a place name

This is the family I have tried without success to find a place named MEALAY…to help me move this line upwards.

Nothing more is known about the parents
Thomas Quine who married Isabel Corkill (both born before 1761)
Children born Braddan
Margaret August 3 1777 (Buried Braddan 14 Aug 1794)
Matthias April 25 1779
William October 7 1781
Isabel Feb 15 1784. (Buried Onchan 4 Jan 1813)
Elizabeth December 27 1785
William October 7 1781 (probably died young before 1791)
William January 30 1791
John June 16 1793 (married Margaret Kelly in Braddan)

Lost in time....I have searched every inch of a 1910 map which shows many small places without success.