Born in Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Shields
and Agnes Ferrier Robertson
Sister of
Elizabeth (Shields) Wilkie, Agnes Louise (Shields) Donnelly, David Shields, Christina Shields, Katherine Shields, Jessie Shields, Robert John Victor Shields, Alexander Shields, James Thomas Shields, Mary Anne Wilhelmina Shields, Barbera Shields and Annie Robina Shields
Wife of
George Hindaugh Muir
— married
1874 in Donald Victoria
Mother of
Alexander David Muir, Robert Shields Muir, Stewart Muir, George Muir, John Roderwick Muir, James Henry Muir, Isabella Jane Muir, Arthur William Muir and Agnes Muir
Died
at age 75
in Donald, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
Isabella (Shields) Muir was born in Scotland.
Isabella (Shields) Muir came free to the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)
Birth
Isabella was born about 1851, she was the daughter of Agnes Ferrier Robertson (1826-1911) and Robert Shields (1815-1884) Name: Isabella Shields Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Relationship: Daughter Father: Robert Shields Mother: Nancy Shields Gender: Female Where born: Markinch, fifeshire Parish Number: 426 Civil Parish: Dysart Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps: View related Ecclesiastical Parish Town: Pathhead County: Fife Address: Back Street ED: 9 Page: 24 Household Schedule Number: 111 Line: 17 Roll: CSSCT1851_88 Household Members: Name Age Robert Shields 34 Nancy Shields 24 Isabella Shields 1 Margaret Deywart 7 Mo
Immigration
Isabella aged 2 immigrated to Australia with her parents Agnes (26) and Robert (34) ands siblings Elizabeth (4) and Agnes (infant). The arrived in May 1853, at Melbourne aboard the ship Dea, having departed from LIverpool. [1]
Marriage
Isabella married George Hindaugh Muirv 1853–1946 in Victoria in 1873. [2]
She passed away in 1925. [3]
Research Notes
The name Nancy is interchangeable with the name Agnes. Whats in a name
Sources
- ↑ Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]; Series: VPRS 7666Ancestry Document Viewer: Passenger Manifest
- ↑ Marriage Record: 1886 / 1873 Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages: Victoria, Australia (Name: Isabella SHIELDS and George MUIR0
- ↑ Death Record: 1267 / 1925 Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages: Victoria, Australia (Name: Isabella MUIR); (Place: DONALD, AUSTRALIA); (MOTHER: Agnes ROBERTSON); (Father: Robt SHIELDS).
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