Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of George McRae
and Helen Eleanor (Sutherland) McRae
Sister of
Catherine (McRae) Vallance, William McRae, Margaret McRae, Marjory (McRae) Mowat, Philip Roderick McRae, Nehemiah McRae, Sarah Ann (McRae) Trolove and Richard England (Mc RAE) McRae
Wife of
William Harkness
— married
16 Aug 1849 in Nelson, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph George Harkness and James Hamilton Harkness
Died
at age 58
in New Zealand
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Biography
Isabella was born in 1823. She was the daughter of George McRae and Ellen Sutherland.
She married William Harkness 16 Aug 1849 at Pitfure, Waimea[1]
NELSON EXAMINER AND NEW ZEALAND CHRONICLE, VOLUME VIII, ISSUE 389, 18 AUGUST 1849, PAGE 100 At Pitfure, Waimea, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. T. D. Nicholson, Mr. W. Harkness, of Richmond, Waimea. to Miss Bella McRae, of Pitfure.[1]
She passed away in 1882.[2]
She is buried in the Richmond Cemetery, Richmond Find A Grave: Memorial #115045181
Research Notes
Children born and registered in New Zealand
- 1850/2979 Harkness Joseph George
- 1852/2753 Harkness NR (name not registered) maybe William Dickson Harkness
- 1854/3783 Harkness Helen
- 1856/5286 Harkness NR
- 1858/7031 Harkness NR
- 1860/8979 Harkness NR
Sources
- ↑ https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dmarriages (NZ marriage registration 1849/29)
- ↑ https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths (NZ death registration 1882/1442)
- "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
- Marriage Registration / 1849/29 / Isabella McRae & William Harkness
- Death Registration / 1882/1442 / Name: Harkness, Isabella / Aged: 58Y
- Marriage record
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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%
Mary (McRae) Aldersley
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