Isabella (Boyd) Wilson came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
Isabella Boyd was born about 1817 in Newry, County Down, Ireland.
She married John Shanahan in June 1840 in Limerick, Ireland.[1] She arrived in New South Wales, Australia in November 1840 per Royal Consort.[2]
After John's death in 1859, she married James Wilson in May 1860.[3]
She passed away in 1891.[4] She was buried in the Branxton Catholic Cemetery however there is no headstone to mark her burial place.[5]
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com, Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02411 / 05, www.ancestry.com
↑ Ancestry.com, New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896, State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5316; Reel: 2134; Item: [4/4787], www.ancestry.com
↑ NSWBDM 1956/1860, marriage of Isabella Shanahan and James Wilson, district of Maitland, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, https://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au
↑ NSWBDM 6923/189, death of Isabella Wilson, district of Greta, NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, https://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Isabella by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Isabella: