Brew of Jurby, Isle of Man

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The following information has been kindly submitted by Sue Pedersen of Sydney, Australia, and shows her research into the Brews from Andreas, Bride and Jurby. Others who are related or have also added data, include Jim Smith, Debra Tosh, and Keith Wright.

The following databases are related to this family, but it is recommended you start with the first of these, "Brew of Andreas", for a full explanation of the family lineage.

BREW of Jurby

Ellinor BREW als KELLY als SKALY died Jurby 11 Dec.1720, Arch will 1720/21 (53)

Archdeacon Will 1720/1 #53, Jurby:

‘Jourby: This is affirmed to be the last will of Elinor Brew als Skealey who departed this life the 11th of December 1720, being of perfect mind and memory at doing the same. Item, she left to her son Thomas Kelly four shillings legacy. Item, to her daughter Margat[or Mary] Kelly four shillings besides a red petticoat and apron of linen woolsey as legacy. Item, she left to her daughter Alice Brew three pounds, besides a little wheel and her own chest with all her shaped clothes and cloth, except a speckled petticoat she left to her sister Cathrin Christian as legacy. Item, she left to her children Philip and William Brew twenty shillings apiece. Item and Lastly, she left and bequeathed all her goods unto her husband John Brew and he to pay all debts to the witnesses six pence apiece. Witnesses where of are: Elinor Tear als Koley, Elinor Camal als Kelly. The Executor sworn in Court in form of Law. The goods and children in the father’s hands who hath given pledges William Vandy & Daniel Kewn."

…To her son Thomas Kelly four shillings legacy…to her daughter Margaret Kelly four shillings besides a red petticoat and apron of linen woolsey as legacy… to her daughter Alice Brew three pounds, besides a little wheel and her own chest with all her shaped clothes and cloth, except a speckled petticoat she left to her sister Cathrin Christian as legacy…she left to her children Philip and William Brew twenty shillings apiece. Lastly, she left and bequeathed all her goods unto her husband John Brew and he to pay all debts to the witnesses six pence apiece.

Witnesses: Elinor Tear als Koley, Elinor Canel als Kelly. The Executor sworn in Court in form of Law. The goods and children in the father’s hands……

[Thomas Kelly, son of William Kelly & Ellenor Scaley bapt.10 Feb.1693 in Jurby; Margaret bapt.7 Mar.1699 Jurby.]

Living children of John Brew and Ellinor Skaly [previously married to William Kelly] were:

• Philip [‘Male’ bapt. 5 Oct.1710  Jurby] See Family 1 of Ballamenagh, Jurby, below.

• William bapt.12 Nov 1713 Jurby

• Alice, married Daniel CLARK 2 Dec 1745 Jurby, Epis decree Alice CLARK als BREW 1748-1  Jurby  0106379, husband Daniel Clark. Philip Brew, the uncle, guardian to only son Thomas Clark.

3. John Brew b.1684 marriage (2):

(2) Marriage Jurby parish register: to Catherine TEAR 18 Feb 1720/21.

Andreas Northside Sales, May 1733: John Brew residing in Jurby (wife Cath Teare) and son Philip sold land in Andreas to Pat Cormode.

Catherine TEAR was buried in Jurby 28 February 1737/38. Her will named her husband, John Brew, and her step-children:

Archdeacon Will 1738 #59, Jurby, of Catharine Brew als Teare, died 26 February 1737/8 :

"Jurby: The last will and testament of Catherine Brew als Tear, who departed this life the 26th of February 1737 being sick in body but present in mind and memory at the making hereof. First, she committed her soul to God and her body to Christian burial. Item, she left to her brother Cesar Tear ten shillings, and to her brother Thomas in Ireland, ten shillings if he will come for them to the Island, and if he will not come, then her said brother Cesar is to have the said ten shillings. Item, she left to her sister Jane twenty shillings, and the said legacies not to be paid until next Candlemas. Item, she left to her stepson William Brew her part of the cow that was betwixt them. Item, she left to Philip Brew one sheep and lamb, and a she lamb to his child. Item, she left to her stepdaughter Alice Brew a pewter dish, her best clothes used upon holy days, the smoothing iron, her little wheel, and the rim of the big wheel. Item, she left to Catherine Tear a pewter dish. Item, she left to Cesar his children her wearing clothes. And twelve pence to each the witnesses of her will. Lastly, she constituted and appointed her loving husband John Brew sole Executor of all the rest of her goods moveable and immoveable whatsoever. Witnesses: Thomas Cleater, William Sayle.

At a Consistory Court held in KK Michael, March 23rd, 1737/8 : The witnesses have proved the above will in form of Law, before us John Cosnahan, Edward Moore.

At a Chapter Court 30th May 1738 : John Brew the Executor sworn in Court in form of Law and gave pledges Ceasar Tear & John Craine.

February 2nd 1738/9 : Patrick Kelly enters a claim against the Executor of Cath: Brew als Tear for the sum of fourty shillings and craves the Law.

February 24, 1738/9: Philip Brew acknowledges to have received from the Executor of Cath: Brew als Tear the sheep and lamb bequeathed to himself with the she lamb left to his child, before me Edw: Moore."

3. John Brew b.1684 marriage (3):

(3) Marriage Jurby parish register: to Margaret SKILLICORN 9 November 1738 .

[Margaret SKILLICORN was baptised in Jurby 9 June 1710, the daughter of Daniel SKILLICORN and Ann MCYLCREEST. Daniel SKILLICORN b.c. 1684, married Ann MCYLCREEST Jurby 15 August 1709, and was buried 14 March 1739/40 . Ann was buried 12 December 1756 . (Ann’s brothers were possibly Patt MCYLCREEST of Jurby b.c.1685, and Thomas MCYLCREEST of Jurby b.c.1687). Margaret SKILLICORN had siblings Christian, b.c.1712, and Jony, baptised 1715.]  

Baptisms Jurby: Children of John BREW and Margaret SKILLICORN:

1. Jane, 2 July 1739, mentioned in Admins in 1756 and 1768. In May 1762 Jane Brew sold her share of “Ballamenagh” Jurby, to Phill Brew.

2. Phillip, 1741, mentioned in Admins in 1756 and 1768

3. Margaret, bapt.15 June 1743. Mentioned in Admins in 1756 and 1768. Jurby Northside Sales: Oct.1766 Margt Brew (father John Brew deceased) sold land to her brother Phill Brew. [A Margart BREW married John KINREAD 22 Jun 1776 Jurby.]

4. Isable, 21 March 1746, buried 30 April 1758 "daughter of John Brew", mentioned in 1756 Admin

5. John, 8 May 1748, mentioned in Admins in 1756 and 1768

6. Patrick, 21 July 1751, mentioned in Admins in 1756 and 1768 See Family 2, below.

Jurby Northside Sales:

3. John Brew b.1684 was buried in Jurby on 9 April 1756 .

Jurby Northside Sales:

Margaret BREW als SKILLICORN, widow, was buried in Jurby on 16 August 1785  

Family 1, of Ballamenagh, Jurby

[Philip [‘Male’ bapt. 5 Oct.1710  Jurby] eldest living son of John Brew and Ellinor Skaly died aged 73 5 June 1783.

Philip Brew's 1783 will left land called "Faice Vaston or Vastin's Flat" to his wife Margaret [Quayle], plus 3 pounds to his son John and 9 pounds to his daughter Margaret.

He left Thomas "the farm's husbandry gears" and 20 shillings.  

Philip BREW married Margaret QUAYLE 9 Mar 1735 German. Margaret’s will Lonan 1754.

Their children:

• John b.1737

• Jane b.1739

• Margaret b.1742

• Thomas 1746-1816 [will]

Thomas Brew and Catharine CLARK married Dec. 19, 1778 , Jurby.

Northside Sales, Jurby: 14 May 1811 Thomas Brew and wife Catherine Brew [als Clarke], Ballameanagh, to son Phillip.

This was the land Philip 1710-1783 bought from Margaret Brew als Skillicorn shortly after John's death, presumably to add to the share of the same land which he already owned [by inheritance?].

When Thomas 1746-1816 died he left his two daughters Catherine and Elizabeth ten pounds each "out of the money due to him from Jane widow of his son Thomas". Son Thomas "Junr of the Ballameanagh in Jurby" had died in 1815. He left his daughter Ann 20 shillings. His wife Catherine was sole exec.

The children of Thomas Brew and Catharine CLARK:

• Thomas [2] 1783-1815 [will] marr. Jane/Jean STEPHEN [7 May 1812 Contract of Marriage between Thomas Brew [Junior] of Ballameanagh, to Jane Stephen.]

• Philip 1786-1813 [died a bachelor, 1813 admin. to father Thomas].

• Jane b.1790 married Patrick STEPHEN Oct. 6 1811 Jurby.

• Catherine b.1794 [was left ten pounds in 1816 will, as was Elizabeth 1797-1819]

• Elizabeth 1797-1819 [1819 admin. of her estate to Jane (Brew) STEPHEN].

• Ann [left 20 shillings in father’s will]

In the 1851 census Jane Brew born Jurby was a widow aged 68, a farmer of 9 acres, Jurby, Ballameanagh. She died 17 Nov.1864: in her 1841 will she mentioned her brother Thomas Stephen of Ramsey, and the property Close y Quale, Lezayre, which she left to her grandson Thomas Christian when he turned 24 [he signed for it 4 Aug.1866]. Daughter Ann marr.24 Sept. 1831 Jurby to Cornelius Christian. Son Cornelius Richard Christian was b.1832, and Thomas b.1836.

4. Patrick BREW, baptised 1751, married Alice JOUGHIN [1764-1799] of Andreas on 17 January 1786. Their children were:

1. Patrick, baptised Andreas 6 February 1786. See notes

2. John, baptised in Andreas 6 July 1788. See notes

3. George, baptised in Jurby 6 June 1790

4. Anne, baptised in Jurby 25 March 1792

5. Thomas, baptised in Jurby 1794, died 1799

6. William, baptised in Jurby 1796, died 1799

7. Elisabeth, baptised in Jurby 17 January 1798, buried in Andreas 1854. See notes

Notes

• Alice JOUGHIN was the 4th child of John and Ann JOUGHIN of "Lettis" [Leodest?] of Andreas. Her siblings were Cath., baptised 1750, John, baptised 1755, Ann, baptised 1760, who married Philip FARGHER, Joney, who married (1) John SAYLE and (2) John CORLETT, and Philip, baptised 1770

• Alice died in Andreas on 10 December 1799. The administrators of her estate divided her assets between her underage children: John, George, Pat, Ann and Elizabeth. Their guardians were named as their father Patrick Brew and their uncles John JOUGHIN and Philip FARGHER (husband of Ann JOUGHIN)

• Patrick married (2) Mary MYLCHARANE 21 February 1801 in Jurby and had 4 more children baptised in Jurby. They were:

1. Jane, baptised 30 January 1803, doesn’t appear in her mother’s 1833 will [Did she move to Whitehaven and marry SEDDON? See "gt granddaughter" Jane SEDDON and her husband Thomas Brew of Ramsey : Petition]

2. Catherine, baptised 28 March 1804, died 1809? [A Cath Brew was buried in Jurby in 1809], doesn’t appear in her mother’s 1833 will

3. Thomas, baptised 26 March 1806, died 1816? [A Thomas Brew was buried in Jurby in 1816], doesn’t appear in his mother’s 1833 will

4. Robert, baptised 17 June 1810, “in America” in his mother’s 1833 will

• When Mary died on 5 November 1833, aged 57, her only child apparently surviving was Robert (baptised 1810) in America to whom she left £5, but that "if he doesn't come for it" it should be given to her husband's daughter Elizabeth, her executor (the wife of Charles SAYLE).

• Patrick “from Andreas” was buried in Jurby on 18 May 1833. His will of 22 April 1833 bequeathed £2 to each of his granddaughters Mary and Catherine Brew (daughters of son George Brew, who had died in 1832), sheep and horned cow to wife Mary alias MYLCHARANE, 10 shillings to his son John, 5 shillings to his daughter Ann, sole executrix daughter Elizabeth, wife of Charles SAYLE

• Elizabeth married Charles Sayle in Andreas on 29 December 1833. Their children were:

1. William Sayle, baptised in Jurby in 1835

2. Charles Sayle, baptised in Jurby in 1837

3. John Thomas Sayle, baptised in Andreas in 1839

4. Frederick Sayle, baptised in Andreas in 1844

• Noteworthy entries in the Andreas Parish Register are:

1. “Son of Patrick Brew” buried Andreas 21 November 1799

2. “Son of Patrick Brew” buried Andreas 24 November 1799

3. “Alice Brew als Joughin” buried Andreas 10 December 1799

Additions to Family 2

Patrick bapt. 21 July 1751 , youngest child of John BREW & Margaret SKILLICORN

Northside Sales: 14 October 1812 Pat Brew and wife Mary [als Mollycharran*] to Pat Brew their son, two parcels of land, one in the Parish of Lezayre known as the Croft and the other known as  the Meadow in the Parish of Ballaugh.

*Mycelraine [spelt various ways], his stepmother.

14 October 1812 Pat Brew and wife Mary [als Mollycharran] to Pat Brew their son, two parcels of land, one in the Parish of  Lezayre known as the Croft and the other known as the Meadow in the Parish of Ballaugh.

5. George BREW, 1790-1832, (See notes) married Margaret RADCLIFFE, 1789-1820, in Jurby on 25 January 1817. Margaret was the daughter of Philip RADCLIFFE & Ellinor CHRISTIAN of Andreas. They had two children:

1. Catherine, born 1817/18, appeared in her mother’s Admin in 1821

2. Mary Anne, baptised in Jurby 12 March 1819

Notes

• Margaret RADCLIFFE was baptised in Andreas on 18 October 1789 and was buried in Jurby on 16 February 1820, aged 31. Her Admin [LDS: 0106422] states she “died on or about Ashwednesday in the year 1819", and her two children Catherine and Marianne and their father George Brew were named

• Margaret RADCLIFFE’s parents married in Andreas on 12 January 1789. Her father Philip RADCLIFFE [baptised in Andreas 12 October 1760, son of John RADCLIFFE and Joney SAYLE] died on 9 March 1796 (Will). Her mother was Ellinor CHRISTIAN [baptised Andreas 30 May 1762, daughter of Richard CHRISTIAN and Ellinor TEARE]. She also had a brother Thomas who was baptised 13 July 1794

• Margaret RADCLIFFE's brother Thomas was baptised on 13 July 1794. When their grandfather John RADCLIFFE died in 1802, their guardians were named as their "uncle's son" Thomas RADCLIFFE, and John HARRISON, husband of their father's sister Ann. 

• Mary Ann BREW married John CORKILL in Jurby on 5 November 1842, and was buried in Lonan on 24 February 1867, aged 46

5. George BREW, farmer, remarried in Andreas on 26 April 1823, to Isabella KINLEY, who was the daughter of Christopher KINLEY and Isobel KERMOD and baptised in Rushen on 13 August 1797. George and Isabella's children were:

1. Isabella, baptised in Jurby, 11 April 1824, appears as a 15 year-old servant in the TAGGART household in Ballaglass, Maughold, in the 1841 census

2. Elizabeth, baptised in Jurby, 24 January 1826, aged 14 in the 1841 census

3. Jane, baptised in Bride, 28 June 1828, aged 12 in the 1841 census

4. Thomas, baptised in Bride, 7 March 1830, aged 10 in 1841 census. See Brew of Ramsey

5. Edward, born Bride 1837/38 [In the 1851 census, Isabella's son, aged 13, born Bride - but no baptism found, and Edward also not found in the 1841 census]

6. Alice Jane, baptised in Ramsey, daughter of Elizabeth Brew, 27 April 1845 [no father given]

Notes

• George BREW, farmer "from Bride", was buried 30 August 1832 in Jurby. He left no will, and I have been unable to find out what happened to Catherine, or to his daughters by Isabella after the 1841 census. Isabella, aged 40, washerwoman, Elizabeth, aged 14, Jane, aged 12, and Thomas, aged 10, appear in the 1841 census in Ballure Road, Ramsey, where they apparently moved to after George's death. By 1851, Isabella, Thomas, and Isabella's younger children had moved to Little Cross in Ramsey, and George's sister-in-law Alice, widow of his brother John Brew, and her family, were living in Ballure Road, Ramsey.

6. Mary Anne BREW, 1819-1867, married John CORKILL, 1820-1894, the son of Thomas CORKILL ("Thommy Ballagorry") and Margaret CREECH of Maughold, from the CORKILL Ballagorry Mooar family, in Jurby on 5 November 1842. Their children were:

1. Margaret Ann, baptised 3 December 1843 in Marown, probably married John CHRISTIAN in Maughold on 23 September 1864. She was "underage" at marriage, father John CORKILL. Their grave is alongside Margaret's sister Eunice Elizabeth CORKILL's grave in Maughold. Their only son, William Henry CHRISTIAN, was living in Montreal, Canada, at the time of his mother's death in 1906

2. John Thomas, 1846-1849

3. George William, 1847-1849

4. Susanna, 1850-1907, remained unmarried

5. Louisa Mary, 1851-1896

6. Jemima, 1854-1936, married (1) Thomas GELLING, who was killed in a mining accident in 1880, and (2) John James LEWIN

7. Eunice Elizabeth, 1856-1936, married James Edward CORKILL, and her twin:

8. John Titus, baptised 1856, married Anne SKILLICORN

9. George Thomas, 1859-1911, married Margaret SAINSBURY

Further Notes on Particular Individuals and their Descendants

• Patrick BREW (1786-1864)

Patrick BREW was baptised in Andreas on 6 February 1786, and married Jane CASHIN / CASSON. He was buried in Jurby in 1864, “Joiner and farmer” of West Craig Intack Lezayre.

Their eldest daughter, Jane, 1808-1861, married John MOUGHTIN in Lezayre in 1850, and was buried in Jurby. Their only daughter, Caroline Mary MOUGHTIN, was baptised in Andreas on 15 September 1852.

Patrick's other children were: William, baptised in German 9 October 1814; Mary, baptised in Jurby 11 May 1817; Margaret, baptised in Jurby 11 June 1820; Thomas, born ca. 1821; Ann, baptised in Jurby 5 August 1823. In Patrick's 1864 will, Thomas, William and Margaret were all "beyond seas". Also named was grandson James Brew KEIR, and the balance of his estate was left to his executrix Jane BREW als SEDDON, the wife of Thomas BREW of Ramsey.

Caroline Mary MOUGHTIN, the only daughter of Patrick Brew's daughter Jane, appears in the 1871 census: Caroline MOUGHTIN, servant, aged 18, born Lezayre, in household of Anne KERR, widow, aged 41, Lodging House Keeper, and son John Edward KERR.

Caroline Mary MOUGHTIN married George Henry WOOLVETT in Maughold on 16 September 1871. Daughter Caroline Sarah was baptised in Ramsey on 6 September 1872.

Burials in Ramsey: Priscilla Jane WOOLVETT, Ivy Lane, buried 2 August 1878, aged 4 months; Lena WOOLVETT, buried 10 December 1880, aged 1 year 3 months

1881 Census: 2 Ivy Lane, Ramsey, Caroline M. WOOLVETT, Head, Mariner’s Wife, aged 28, born Lezayre, with daughter Caroline S. WOOLVETT, aged 8; Joseph CLAGUE, relative, aged 21, boot and shoe maker; Alice J. CLAGUE, relative, aged 18.

"C. WOOLVETT" was the informant for Thomas Brew's death in Ramsey in 1882. Her address was then 15 Waterloo Road. She is recorded as "sister-in-law", but she was actually Thomas Brew's first cousin.

• John BREW (1788-1849)

John BREW was baptised in Andreas on 6 July 1788, married Alice E[A]NNETT, and was buried in Ramsey in 1849, aged 62. He received 10 shillings in his father's 1833 will. Their children were:

1. Christiana, baptised in Lezayre 11 December 1808

2. John, baptised 8 September 1816, died 1879, farmer and butcher of Ramsey who married Catherine KENNISH. They had 10 children, all baptised in Ramsey

3. William, baptised in Ramsey 23 August 1818

4. Catherine, baptised in Ramsey 5 November 1820

5. Ann, baptised in Ramsey 19 March 1826

6. Mary

7. Margaret Elizabeth

1841 Census: Port-e-Vullen Village, Maughold, John BREW, Ag. Lab., aged 60, with wife Alice, aged 55, son John, aged 23, daughters Cathrine, aged 19 and Ann, aged 13, all born on the Isle of Man, and Elizabeth, aged 5, born in England.

1851 Census: Ballure Road, Ramsey, Alice BREW, Head, widow, aged 66, born Douglas, son John, married, aged 34, butcher, born Ramsey and his wife Catherine [KENNISH], aged 28, Alice’s daughter Catherine, unmarried, aged 30, born Maughold, and granddaughter Catherine, aged 1, born Maughold.

1861 Census: Ballure Road, Ramsey, Beach Cottage, Alice BREW, aged 70, with Catherine, daughter, unmarried, aged 30 [sic]. Alice was buried in Ramsey in 1864, aged 79. Catherine married Thomas CALLOW in 1867.

John Brew of Ramsey (1788-1849) left a will - a combined will made with his wife Alice. The assets weren't distributed until after Alice's death in 1864. The "updated" information on the children shows eldest daughter Christian HOLDEN was in Buffalo, New York; Mary COWLE was married to Robert COWLE - her second marriage. Her first marriage was to ANDERSON; Margaret T?urton, previous marriage to T?raves [difficult to read]; Elizabeth PROUDFOOT; Ann SAYLE married to William SAYLE of Maughold; Catherine Brew was left the house they had recently [in 1849] bought in Kirk Maughold Street in Ramsey, commonly known as "John Sayle's house".

Debra Tosh adds, My great grandfather, William Sayle (1847-1922), came to America when he was 17. He is the son of William Sayle (1814-1901) and  Anne Brew (1826-1897). My gggrandmother Anne was from Ramsey and  my ggrandfather William was from Maughold. They married 10 February 1844 and had 9 children. Alice Margaret (1844) married a John Allen, Thomas Sayle died young, William Sayle came to America, Emma (1852), Sophia Elizabeth (1854), Anne (1856 - possibly came to America and married Frank Henry Norton, my grandfather was named after him), Eve Jane (1858 married Robert Christian), Isabella (1863), David (1864), Assinath (1868-1870), John (twin of Assinath). I don't know if David had children, but John lost all of his that we know of in infancy. Also, I'm not sure if all the girls married or what happened to them. Another strange find was my gggrandmother Anne was not buried in the Sayle plot in the Maughold cemetery, but was buried with her parents a few rows away. When my ggrandfather came to America, he travelled from Buffalo, NY to Cleveland, OH. There he met Ella Kaneen (her parents were from the IOM), and they immigrated to Kansas in 1876. They had 10 children. My grandfather (their 8th child) had three boys, and my father is the remaining one alive. I have 2 male cousins and three brothers so the Sayles name is still alive and well.

1861 Census: Ballure Road, Ramsey, John BREW, Head, married, aged 44, butcher, wife Catherine, aged 34, John, aged 13, Catherine, aged 10, William, aged 9, Alice, aged 6, Robert, aged 4, Edward, aged 1, Anne, aged 1 month.

1871 Census: 7 Ballure Road, John, Head, married, aged 56, butcher, with wife Catherine, aged 47, son John, aged 22, farmer, Catherine, aged 20, William, aged 18, butcher, Alice aged 16, scholar, Robert, aged 14, scholar, Edward, aged 12, scholar, Margaret, aged 9, scholar, Frederick, aged 4.

John BREW was buried in Ramsey in 1879, aged 62 [Will, E, 1879 (177)]

1881 Census: 7 Ballure Road, Catherine, head, widow, aged 56, with son John, unmarried, farmer, aged 33, William, unmarried, butcher, aged 29, Robert, unmarried, grocer, aged 24, Maggie, unmarried, aged 19.

1891 Census: 5 Ballure Road, Ramsey, Catherine Brew, widow, aged 67, own means, with son William aged 39, butcher, son Robert aged 34, grocer, sister-in-law Kitty 50, own means, Frederick aged 40, bank clerk, with Martha CALEY, servant, aged 17

Catherine BREW, widow, was buried in Ramsey in 1905, aged 81 [Will, E]

William BREW, butcher, was buried in Ramsey in 1904 [Admon, E, 1905 (3)]

Robert BREW was buried in Ramsey in 1914, aged 57 [Will, E, 1914 (147)]

John BREW was buried in Ramsey in 1918, aged 71

Edward BREW, Superintending Engineer Summerland, was buried in 1926, aged 67 [1926 Will (283) E]

Frederick BREW, Retired Bank Agent Summerland, was buried in Ramsey in 1933 [1933 Admin. (140) E]

Lucy, wife of Frederick BREW, was buried Summerland, Ramsey 1931 [1931 (277) E]

Catherine BREW, spinster, of Beaumont Road, Ramsey, [1935 Will (140) A]  

For additional information about this family, see James A. Brew's Maughold and Ramsey.

• George BREW (1790-1832)

George BREW was baptised on 6 June 1790 and buried on 30 August 1832, aged 42 “from Bride”.

1841 Census: Ballure Road, Ramsey, Isabella BREW, head, married, aged 40, Washerwoman, born Isle of Man, with Elizabeth, aged 14, Jane, aged 12, Thomas, aged 10.

1851 Census: Little Cross, Ramsey, Isabella BREW, head, married, aged 49, Charwoman, born Rushen, with son Thomas, unmarried, aged 20, sailor, born Bride, Edward, son, aged 13, scholar, born Ramsey, Alice, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born Ramsey.

1861 Census: 24 King Street, Ramsey, Isabella BREW, widow, aged 65, Charwoman, born Rushen, with son Edward, unmarried, aged 20, butcher, born Ramsey, Alice, unmarried granddaughter, aged 15, apprentice milliner, born Ramsey. Note: Alice Jane Brew, baptised 27 April 1845 in Ramsey has "mother Elizth. Brew". In the 1851 census she is listed as daughter of Isabella Brew. In the 1861 census she is listed as granddaughter of Isabella. If she was the daughter of Elizabeth Brew [b. 1826], born when Elizabeth was 19, where is Elizabeth in 1851? And where was Edward in 1841 [son of Isabella, aged 13 in 1851]?

1871 Census: 24 King Street, Ramsey, Isabella BREW, widow, aged 78, Charwoman, born Rushen. Not found in 1881 census.

To continue on this family line, please see Brew of Ramsey.

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