Isabella (Bain) Shearer (abt. 1814 - aft. 1881)

Born about 1814 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Sinclair Shearer — married 29 Jan 1841 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland

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Biography

Isabel (Bain) Shearer is a member of Clan MacKay.

This profile is part of the Watten, Caithness One Place Study.

Isobel Bain, daughter of John Bain and Isobel "Waiter", was baptised in Watten, Caithness, on 8 November 1818.^[1]

Isabella was named as the mother of George Shearer on the latter's 1844 birth record.^[2]

In 1851 Isabella was living with her parents at their home at Backless in Watten. Isabella's husband Sinclair was not living with them.

Census

Date: 1861

Place: Backless, Par. of Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Note: SUTHERLAND: Hugh 52 Farmer Of 8 Acres Employing 1 Man b Latheron; Son James 14 b. Watten; Sister-in-law: Isabella Shearer 42 dom. serv. b Watten; Serv. George Shearer 17 farm serv. b Watten

Date: 1871

Place: Backless, Par. of Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Note: SUTHERLAND: Hugh 62 farmer 6 ac b Halkirk ; Sister-in-law: Isabella BAIN 53 Housekeeper b Watten; Son James SUTHERLAND 14 (s/be 24) Labourer b Watten;

Date: 1881

Place: Backless, Par. of Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Note: Assumed to be the Isabella SHEARER living alone as a widow in Backless, aged 63 b Watten?

Marriage

Husband: Sinclair Shearer

Wife: Isabel Bain

Marriage:

Date: 29 JAN 1841

Place: Wick, Caithness, Scotland

Note: Also 25 Feb 1841 Watten. OPR: Sinclair SHEARER labourer Pultneytown to Isabella BAIN of Watten, Wit: Donald SHEARER Rosebank and Peter BAIN, teacher in Pultneytown.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBM2-NJ2 : 12 February 2020), Isobel Bain, 1818.
2. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBML-K4W : 10 February 2018), George Shearer, 25 Mar 1844; citing WATTEN,CAITHNESS,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 990,557.

See also:

• Title: EM BAIN/SHEARER Wick, Via Rootsweb Caithness Author: Joan KEDDIE-EARLE
• 1841 Census transcripts for Scotland via Ancestry.com
• 1861 Census transcripts for Scotland Repository
• 1871 Census transcripts for Scotland Repository: [
• 1881 Census transcripts for UK via Family Search/LDS CDs
• BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts, Compiler Address: GRO, SCT
• IGI extract: BAIN, CAI
• The Clan BAIN with its ancestral and related Scottish clans Author: A J LAWRENCE, Inverness Publication: Inverness, Scotland, Jul 1963