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From: Soheyr Azar <>
Subject: [NCCUMBER] Isle of Mann/Leslie
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 14:06:54 -0400

Hi List,
Recent information indicates the family of our John D. LESLIE b. 1816 in
Cumberland Dist. may have originally come from the Isle of Mann. We know
there were a number of Scots from the Isle of Skye in the Cumberland area,
but this is the first we have found on the Isle of Mann. Is anyone
familiar
with other families from the Isle of Mann that might have any history of
migration from that area?
Regards,
Evelyn Leslie

Hi, Evelyn:

My husband's Looney line was Manx from Man. They came to PA/MD in 1730's,
migrated to VA, then NC, then SC, then GA. My g-g-grandfather came from Man
to GA in the 1830's, but apparently he was Scotch-Irish, not Manx. With
these two tie-ins I am interested in all Manx information. We have been to
that lovely Isle twice and loved it. To have an idea of the way your Manx
ancestors lived (as well as Irish and Border country Scotch-English), watch
the movie Waking Ned Devine, filmed at the Manx historical village of
Cregneash. I know I'm not really answering your question, but would be
interested in any answers you get.

The Manx were/are a seafaring people. "Leslie" is not listed as a Manx name
in Surnames of the Manks by Quilliam. I think you have the same problem I
do of a non-Manx Manx immigrant. You may want to join the Manx genealogy
list, linked to the IOM (Isle of Man) website at www.isle-of-man.com. There
are many helpful people there who will do some lookups. Lots of great
genealogy information links as well at the Manx Notebook site. But most
records for Man are not on-line, computerized, and often not indexed. The
LDS church has copied the parish records and they are available through
them.

The official census records start in 1841, but there were various censuses
done earlier, but they are usually very generalized without names of
households.
There as lists of householders in Castletown in 1730 and Castletown and
Andreas in 1757. Marriage, baptisms, burial records, deeds and some other
records can go back as far at the 1600s. I have a guide to records if you
care to know more, but for many of them you have to GO there to search. Any
idea
WHERE on Man the ancestor came from?

The Manx Society and Case Western University have a lot of Manx immigrant
information, since many Manxmen immigrated to Ohio.

Teresa in Louisville, KY, interested in all thing Manx

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