MARY ANN MYLREA

Conservatorship of brother JOHN MYLREA (Douglas)

Manx Sun, Saturday, October 27, 1888

A LUNATIC'S AFFAIRS.—Mr Cruickshank presented the petition of Mary Ann Mylrea for the appointment of a committee over the affairs of John Mylrea, petitioner's brother, a lunatic. The petitioner stated that at a Court held on the 25th December, 1886, John Mylrea, petitioner's father, and William Henry Corjeag had been appointed a committee. John Mylrea, the father, had since died, and petitioner asked that she should be appointed.

Mr Kneen opposed on behalf of Elizabeth Corlett, the heiress-at-law of the lunatic, and suggested the appointment of Mr Killip.

His Honor was inclined to think that it would be better to get an independent party, but suggested that some person living nearer the residence of the lunatic should be appointed in place of Mr Mylrea.

Mr Cruickshank withdrew the application.

NOTES

  1. Cronk Urleigh
  2. The individuals in this event were the children of John Mylrea & Margaret Barrie als Brew
  3. Specifically:
    • John born Michael 1849, their only son was intellectually damaged and listed in the 1881 census as an imbecile, and in this Court discussion, as a lunatic
    • Mary Ann born Michael 1854, who inherited almost her father's entire estate in 1887, married a theology student and later teacher, John Corkhill Watterson Cowley, in 1891
    • Elizabeth Corlett als Barrie who was the daughter of Margaret, the mother of the Mylrea children, from a previous marriage
  4. It is not apparent why Mr Corjeag was a guardian, but being the miller at the Shore mill, a prominent Primitive Methodist local preacher, a substantial land holder & heavily involved in local affairs, he might simply have been a well known person
  5. Not involved in the proceedings were:
    • Sister Emma was born Braddan 1846, married Daniel Kneen, a widower and stone mason, in 1883 and who was living at the time of this Court hearing
    • Two who died in infancy: Mary Ann 1852-1853 & Louisa 1860-1862
    • Margaret Jane Cleator als Barrie, the sister of Elizabeth Corlett, who had died in 1872
  6. John lived with his sister Mary Ann in Cronk Urleigh, and had done so since his father died in 1887. He remained with her until he died in 1905 although he spent a few years in Ballamona asylum in the 1890s
  7. Mary Ann was unmarried at the time of this petition but her husband later joined the committe overseeing John's wellbeing
  8. John, the subject of this petition, suffered an injury that caused his disability, in 1876 when he was living in Manchester. As a result he received 6/- weekly from the Manchester Joiner's Club
  9. In 1881 census, he was living with his parents and listed as a joiner (formerly). The word "imbicile" is added
  10. It is not clear why his half-sister sister Elizabeth Corlett would be his heiress-at-law over his sister, Mary Ann, although it is probably her mother's share of the family's property in addition to that she might have been entitled to as the step-daughter of John

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