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Manx Genealogy Archive 1

Re: John Meyrick
In Response To: Re: John Meyrick ()

1841 census for Peel has
Jane Meyrick age 55 The Green
John Meyrick 15 fisherman
William Meyrick 10

are these your 2 brothers ?

the igi has William s/o John myrick + jane christian Ger 1825-02-27

Query is this Jane Christian widow ? of John (m Ger 03 AUG 1816 igi has Jane Cown - there is a MI in St Peter's Peel - Sacred To the memory of John COWIN of the Parish of Udell near Cockermouth in Cumberland who departed this life Febry 3rd --- aged 61 years.[is this John COWX ? - as no obvious match in Burial reg for a John Cowin but John Coux bur 5 Feb 1815]) - she is a widow in 1851 (there is a burial of a John Myrick Ger 11 May 1819 - another child ?) - in 1851 she is shown aged 66 as mother in law of susanna cowell (nee cowx) born 1813; Jane is presumeably bur Ger 8 Mar 1857 age 74 - something is wrong with ages