 | "Never to Return" by
Hampton Creer (ISBN No 0 952 4019 7 5) is a detailed and graphic account of
the 200 Manx prisoners who were
deported to the penal colonies, starting from 1698 and ending in 1862. It
provides a powerful insight into what life was like in the Isle of Man
during this 300 year period. I do not know whether to be pleased or
disappointed, but the none of the crimes recorded in this book were
committed by anyone bearing the Creer name! Hampton Creer is a farmer
today living in the Isle of Man, and this book was written as a result of
some of the things he discovered in the Manx Museum whilst researching his
family tree. One of his ancestors, a Christian Hampton, was among the first
group of prisoners to be deported from the Isle of Man to Jamaica in 1698
and was never heard of again. |
| "History of Three Manxmen in
the Swan Valley" - is an account by John
McAllister Creer of three Manxmen, one of which was a John Creer, who left
the IOM at the beginning of the last century and settled in Western
Australia. This article was originally published in the IOM Family History
Society Journal and is reproduced here. |
| Australian Sea Captains - Newspaper
Clippings about a Creer family line that emigrated to Australia -
extracts kindly provided by Brad
Smith from Australia relating to various exploits and achievements of
his Creer pioneer forebears. Brad's website is here. There is also mention of the naval wartime
exploits of
Lieutenant Henty Henty-Creer** here. These are descendants of Gilbert Creer whose
family tree is shown here. |
| **
Breaking News** - It looks as if the wreck of the X-5
may possibly have been traced in a Norwegian Fjord in early September this year.
It should be stressed at this stage that this report is not confirmed in any
way and will not be so until more work has been done in the spring of 2004. See this news
report (in Norwegian) but with a photograph |
| The Affair of John Jabez Creer's
Will - I have recently (December 2003) had an article published
in the IOM Family History Society Journal. This account is also given here
for those who may not have access to this publication. |
Ballacreer - The Internet Home for Creer Family History Researchers
