Isabella McNair

Brief Life History of Isabella

When Isabella McNair was born on 9 December 1820, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Duncan McNair, was 38 and her mother, Isabell McGregor, was 37. She married David Wilkin Jr on 21 July 1839, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Nevada, United States in 1870. She died on 7 June 1877, in Woodbridge, San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 56.

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Family Time Line

David Wilkin Jr
1819–1891
Isabella McNair
1820–1877
Marriage: 21 July 1839
Jane Wilkin
1841–
Jewell Wilkin
1842–
Sarah Wilkin
1843–
Alice C. Wilkin
1847–
Jewell C. Wilkin
1854–
James G Wilkin
1852–
Francis Isabella Wilkin
1857–1905

Sources (11)

  • Isabella Wilkin in household of David Wilkin, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Isabella Mcnair, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Isabella Mcnair, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"

World Events (8)

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

Name Meaning

Scottish:

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir ‘son of sallow John’. This form is associated mainly with Ross-shire.

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Fhuibhir ‘son of the smith’, Mac an Fhuidhir ‘the stranger's son’, or Mac an Oighre ‘son of the heir’, which despite different pronunciation have all been suggested to explain this surname. It was sometimes also Anglicized as Weir . The surname evidently arrived late in Ireland, from Scotland.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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History of David Wilkin by Fern Brown Russon a Granddaughter

History of David Wilkin (Wilkie) David Wilkin was born in Enniskillen, Ireland on August 1, 1819. No record is yet found telling why or when the family moved, but in 1840, David Wilkin was in Pais …

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