Born about in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Hunter
and Mary (McCafferty) Hunter
Sister of
Margaret Hunter, Hannah Hunter, Mary Jane (Hunter) Beamer, Emily (Hunter) Stephenson, James A Hunter, Samuel Hunter and Eliza Comwell Hunter
Wife of
Richard Brokaw
— married
about 1859 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah McDowell Brokaw, David Hunter Brokaw, Nellie Brokaw and Emma Hunter (Brokaw) Douglas
Died
at about age 41
in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Isabella Hunter was born in 1840.[1] She was the daughter of James Hunter and Mary McCafferty of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Isabella Hunter was married to Richard Brokaw circa 1859.[2][3] The couple were enumerated in the 1860 Census with a young daughter under the age of one year. By 1870, the family had expanded to include five children aged 10 and under.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M448-J8M : 12 April 2016), Isabella Hunter in household of James Hunter, East Deer, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 118, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Our Brokaw - Bragaw Heritage, compiled by Elsie Foster and Gerald Parsons, 1968. p 130.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXG1-Q8N : 18 February 2021), Isebella Brokaw in entry for Richard Brokaw, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZL7-KTH : 29 May 2021), Isabella Brookaw in entry for Richard Brookaw, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6G-4KG : 20 February 2021), Bella Brokaw in household of Richard Brokaw, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 170, sheet 419B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,095.
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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:
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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~0.78%
~6.25%
Alexandra (Kissinger) Florimonte 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M097275 [compare], yourDNAportal ALEc00dd192
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A876449 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mark Kissinger :
23andMe, GEDmatch M471975 [compare]
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