Thomas KERMODE ^3,13,14

   Another name for Thomas was Tom KERMODE.

   User ID: 3095.

  Noted events in his life were:

• RESIDENCE (Land, Census etc): 45/20, 1841, Rushen Parish IOM.

• Disability: Blind from young because of Smallpox.

• RESIDENCE (Land, Census etc), 1881, Bradda Pt Erin RN IOM / IM9 6PL.

• Occupation: Fisherman, 1881.

from the work of Dr John Clague - Music collector

"I took it down from the singing (voice) of Tom Kermode, Bradda. He lost the sight of his eyes after small-pox when he was very little, and was obliged to use his ears in place of his eyes. He had a wonderfully good memory, and he was good to sing, and he knew the Manx language very well. The greater par)t of the words and songs that I have taken down from his singing, and I spent many happy hours in writing them down. Although he was blind, he continued at his work as a fisherman for many years. He had great intelligence, and I owe him a great deal for the knowledge he has given me of the life of the Manx at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He deserves this to preserve his memory." Manx Reminscences (1911)

Thomas married Mary CAINE on 8 Nov 1862 in Rushen Parish IOM. (Mary CAINE was born in 1837 in Rushen Parish IOM, died in 1921 in Cronkbourne Village BN IOM and was buried on 16 Aug 1921 in St Brendans BN IOM/ / OS 364 768 + 366 774.)