Born in Barony, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Robb
and Isabel (Gray) Robb
Wife of
John Thomson
— married
13 Jan 1846 in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mother of
Elen Thomson
Died about
at about age 47
in Calcutta, India
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jan 2015
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Biography
Baptised in Barony on the date above In the 1841 Census they were living in Shettleston, Barony (now a suburb of Glasgow).
- ROBB Jas M 65 Independent LKS (born in Lanarkshire)
- ROBB Isobella F 50 LKS
- ROBB Wm M 25 Hill Clerk LKS
- ROBB Isobella F 20 LKS[1].
In the 1851 Census they were living in Green Head, Shettleston.
- ROBB James Head M M 75 Proprietor Of Houses LKS Barony
- ROBB Isabella Wife M F 65 LKS Glasgow
- ROBB Willm Son W M 38 Coal Hill Clerk LKS Barony
- ROBB James Grnson U M 6 Scholar LKS Barony[2].
Note that William was a widower with son, James.
Isabella moved to Michigan and then on to India where she died the next year. Buried in Scottish Cemetery in Calcutta
Sources
- Family records
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1SZ-3QF : 2 January 2015), James Robb in entry for Isobel Robb, 08 Apr 1816
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DNA Connections
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:
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:
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~3.12%
Ruth (Brady) McGettigan
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A702650 [compare], Ancestry member awd088
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~3.12%
Ross Robb :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rjrobb41
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~3.12%
Donald Balhoff :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member do40009
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~3.12%
Luke Hones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DG9941613 [compare], Ancestry member lukehones
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Rejected matches › Isabel (Robb) Bain (bef.1815-abt.1870)
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