Hi Adi,   Thank you for posting this information.      I just looked at one of the lists you offered, and saw the 2 surnames of my great-great-grandparents:    Evan CORKILL, born IOM, and Elizabeth QUAYLE, born Whitehaven.      Evan was a mariner, and his older brother, John CORKILL, was born 1825 and was also a mariner.       Both brothers married women from Whitehaven.     I know the father was also John CORKILL, and I know nothing about him.    So, I don't know if he was also a mariner.      I have the names of the parents of Elizabeth, but don't have it memorized.   I can look it up.    She came from a large family, so the Edward QUAYLE on the list could have been a relative.       (CORKILL and CORKHILL  are interchangeable names)   http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/whitehaven_shipping_f.html   John CORKILL, the son, would have been too young to be an owner or master of a ship in 1840.    So, it would have to be his father.       And,  IF  the same person,  that could be why his 2 sons married in Whitehaven and had their first child there.     They soon moved to Liverpool and remained there.        Betty                 (near Lowell, MA, USA)     (on Lists for 10 yrs.;   now an Admin for 9 Lists, including  CORKILL )

I have an Edward Corkhill A.B. 1853 Isle of Man onboard Abermaed of Swansea James Edward Corkhill 2nd Mate Cert-28625 1854 Isle of Man onboard One of Swansea and J.T. Quayle Deck hand /Bosun 1886 Ramsey I.O.M. onboard Argon and 3 entries for John Quayle Mate Cert-Nil 1843 Ramsey I.O.M. on board Britannia John Quayle Mate Cert-Nil 1843 Ramsey I.O.M. Britannia John Quayle Mate Cert-Nil 1843 Ramsey I.O.M. Britannia see my website www.swanseamariners.org.uk