Thank you both for your responses today. It’s puzzling that the burial of Elizth Apppleton (nee Quine) is not in the online burial index for the Isle of Man, either under Appleton or Quine.
Her marriage to John Appleton in 1859 was at the parish church of Malew, and I understand that Castletown is close by. Their marriage lines indicate that John was then a soldier at Castletown barracks.
Accidental death, a fatal illness, or death in childbirth seem to be the most likely causes of Elizth’s death during the sixteen month span between her wedding day (15 Nov 1859) and when her husband, John, remarried (28 March 1861). Elizth’s parents are shown as living in Castletown in the 1861 census, so I would have expected her burial to be in the Castletown / Malew area.
I don’t know if there was a hospital on the Isle of Man in the mid 19th century, but the idea that Elizth could have been sent to Liverpool for hospital treatment is an interesting one, especially in view of the death registration of an Elizth Appleton there in the first quarter of 1861.
Corporal John Appleton was discharged from the Army on 1 January 1861 – after 22 years service –he was then aged 41.
Described as “widower”, John remarried (to Catherine Curphey, aged 28, at Kirk Braddan, near Douglas, on 28 March 1861) and a few days later, when the 1861 census took place, he and his new bride were lodging in Portland Street, Liverpool, but there was no baby with them. They subsequently relocated to Birmingham, before starting a family there the following year.
ROB
