This ornate rectangular brass plaque for Edward William Kissack, the Rector of Bride from 1879 to 1890, is on a wooden block and is mounted on an interior wall of the Church.
At the top of plaque is a large decorated cross below which is the following inscription:
‘TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD WILLIAM KISSACK.
RECTOR OF BRIDE, 1879 – 1890.
BORN AUGUST 27TH. 1837.
ENTERED INTO REST APRIL 29TH. 1901.
“WHERE I AM, THERE SHALL ALSO MY SERVANT BE”’
The quotation at the foot of the plaque is from John 12:26 in the King James Version of the Bible.
The first reliable Census record showing Edward William is that for 1871 which records that he is the incumbent of St. Judes which is a Chapelry in the Parish of Andreas. He is married to Jane (30) who was born in Manchester. Also in the St. Judes Parsonage was John L. Ainsworth (5) who is the couple’s stepson and Annie Hannah (18) who is a domestic servant.
At the date of the next Census in 1881 Edward William and Jane are living in the Bride Rectory. The couple have five children, Annie La Mar (10), Edward V (8), Wilfred L (6), Harold R (3) and Henry B L (1).
Also at the Rectory in 1881 are Archibald E Clarke (20) who is a Boarder, Emily S Kindrick (21) a Governess, and two domestic servants Mary J Goldsmith (26) and Margaret Radcliffe (22).
After Jane’s death in 1887 Edward William remarries. His second wife Mary who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The publicly available Census records do not record where Edward William was in 1891 but he left the position of Rector at Bride the previous year and it is not clear whether he was still on the Isle of Man. Two of Edward William’s sons are recorded in this Census and both are Scholars at Clitheroe Grammar School in the County of Lancashire, England.
The 1901 Census record Edward William and Mary living at the Rectory in Chillenden in the County of Kent, England.
Also at the Rectory are Elaine L Lear (29) who is recorded as Edward William’s daughter, Edward V Kissack (27) who is shown like his father to be a Church of England Clergyman, Enid E Kissack (24), Harold R Kissack (23) a Bank Clerk, Henry B S Kissack (21) a Corn Merchant, Bernard K Kissack (19) a Student, Emily A N Kissack (17), Maud Thompson (34) a sick nurse, William L Kissack (26) another Church of England Clergyman, Charlotte F Steadman (35) a Cook/Domestic Servant and Harriet French (19) a Housemaid.
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