Born about in Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of Thomas Cook
and Elizabeth Nizbet
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Allen Douglass Russell
— married
4 Mar 1849 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
James Russell, David Russell, William Allen Douglass Russell, Thomas Russell, Robert Russell, Isaac Russell, Frances Douglas Russell, Joseph Russell and James Russell
Died about
at about age 72
in Chester-le-Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jul 2018
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Contents |
Biography
Marriage
- First name(s): Robert
- Last name: Russell
- Banns year: 1849
- Banns date: 04 Mar 1849
- Marriage year: -
- Residence: Bothwell
- Spouse's first name: Fanny
- Spouse's last name: Cooke
- Spouse's residence: Bothwell
- Place: Bothwell
- County: Lanarkshire
- Country: Scotland [1]
Research Notes
I have relied on information contained in the England and Wales Census of 1871, which lists Frances as being a widow. It also shows her youngest son James as being 0 years old, so presumable that means her husband Robert died that year. It also lists other family members. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893" Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Marriages, Great Britain, Scotland, Archive reference OPR 625/4, Item 2, Year range 1820-1854, Page 102.
- ↑ LDS:"England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBZN-F4Y : 30 September 2019), Frances Russell, 1871. Added by Grant McDuling October 2019.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Fanny 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 Fanny:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Fanny 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 Fanny:
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~6.25%
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