Born about in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Walker
and Jane (Semple) Walker
Wife of
David Shearer
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jane Torrance (Shearer) Russell, Janet (Shearer) Cowan, William Hamilton Shearer, Mary (Shearer) Ballantyne, David Pollack Shearer and Agnes Ann (Shearer) Ballantyne
Died
at about age 85
in Singleton, NSW Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 21 May 2014
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Biography
Ellen (Walker) Shearer was an Assisted Immigrant to New South Wales.
Helen, daughter of Robert Walker & Jane Semple, was born on 28 June 1823 and baptised on 8 July 1823 in , Lesmahagow, Lanark, Scotland.[1]
Immigration
- Name: Helen Shearer
- Birth Year: abt 1824
- Age: 29
- Arrival Date: 2 May 1853
- Vessel Name: Fortune
- Origin Location: Montrose, Forfarshire
Death Records NSW
11453/1908 SHEARER ELLEN / father ROBERT / district SINGLETON
Helen's obituary in the Singleton Argus states her birthplace and date of birth.
Sources
- Births Deaths and Marriages NSW
- State Records NSW
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Baptism:
"Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013
Ancestry Record 60143 #4557577 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Helen Walker baptism on 8 Jul 1823 (born 28 Jun 1823), daughter of Robert Walker & Jane Semple, in , Lesmahagow, Lanark, Scotland.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen 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 Ellen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen 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 Ellen:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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