Isabel Blackwood

1773 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Isabel Blackwood
  Birth	1773	Houston and Killellan Parish, Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland   [1]
  Christening	16 May 1773	Barfillan, Houston and Killellan Parish, East Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	BLACKWOOD ----- WILLIAM BLACKWOOD/MARGARET MILLAR FR60 (FR60) U 16/05/1773 565 10 / 56 HOUSTON AND KILLELLAN See research notes added below. In light of this record she may have been a surviving twin. NameBlackwood SexMale Birth Date5 Father's NameWilliam Blackwood Father's SexMale Mother's NameMargaret Millar Mother's SexFemale Event TypeChristening Event Date16 May 1773 Event PlaceKillellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland Notes on Family Search Tree A note given to my grandfather Wilford Shields from his scottish cousins when he visited them in 1950. It is written by James Connell, Isobel's great grandson. It stated "I remember getting a half penny from Great grandmother when brother John was a baby.  She counted down 4 halfpennys on a chair that stood at the door in Millerstan House and said that is from your great grandmother and I will no be back to see you anymore as I a getting old.  She was over 80 to go and had on a black bonnet, black dress and black shawl.  They called her great grandmother Bella Blackwood. Alaine Maw1 #REF: Information submitted to Pedigree Resource File - CD 2, produced by         the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints colinmartin74 After studying out Isabela's information and through prayer and guidance I found Isabela and her family.  This took place in the winter and spring of 1995.  Found the information in Salt Lake City in May at the family history library but only after alot of study here in Lethbridge at the family history library. !Doc Film # 1041065. It read May 16th William Blackwood in Barfillan Margaret Millar his spouse had a _______ baptized named __________. Apparently the minister couldn't remember the sex or name.  But I know that it was Isobel because of an experience I had while studying this family line. !Doc baptism and endowments Logan Temple Record Endowment for the Dead Book F Page 380  #13909.   Proxy is Elizabeth Dow Shields. In a letter written by Isobel's grandson James Connel, he said she was referred to as Bell". Name could be spelled in records as Isobel, Isabel, according to how the record keeper thought to spell it. Last Changed: 26 August 2013 AlaineMaw1
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LHPS-1Z8
  Name	Isabel Shields  [4]
  _UID	5B28F02886204EA7B893408CF2F6609F34CD
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	(Research):Notes on Family Search Tree A note given to my grandfather Wilford Shields from his scottish cousins when he visited them in 1950. It is written by James Connell, Isobel's great grandson. It stated "I remember getting a half penny from Great grandmother when brother John was a baby.  She counted down 4 halfpennys on a chair that stood at the door in Millerstan House and said that is from your great grandmother and I will no be back to see you anymore as I a getting old.  She was over 80 to go and had on a black bonnet, black dress and black shawl.  They called her great grandmother Bella Blackwood. Alaine Maw1 #REF: Information submitted to Pedigree Resource File - CD 2, produced by         the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints colinmartin74 After studying out Isabela's information and through prayer and guidance I found Isabela and her family.  This took place in the winter and spring of 1995.  Found the information in Salt Lake City in May at the family history library but only after alot of study here in Lethbridge at the family history library. !Doc Film # 1041065. It read May 16th William Blackwood in Barfillan Margaret Millar his spouse had a _______ baptized named __________. Apparently the minister couldn't remember the sex or name.  But I know that it was Isobel because of an experience I had while studying this family line. !Doc baptism and endowments Logan Temple Record Endowment for the Dead Book F Page 380  #13909.   Proxy is Elizabeth Dow Shields. In a letter written by Isobel's grandson James Connel, he said she was referred to as Bell". Name could be spelled in records as Isobel, Isabel, according to how the record keeper thought to spell it. Last Changed: 26 August 2013 AlaineMaw1
  Person ID	I53579	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William Blackwood,   b. 1741, Inchinnan Parish, Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margret Miller,   b. 1750, Cardross, Argyll and Bute (Dunbarton), Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	26 Jun 1771	Houston and Killellan Parish, Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland
  Family ID	F18382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Shields,   b. 1769, Glasgow (Govan), Glasgow City, Scotland d. Abt 1849, Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1794	Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [5]
  	SHIELDS JAMES ISABEL BLACKWOOD/FR410 (FR410) 12/12/1794 563 10 / 469 ERSKINE
  Children	+ 1. James Henry Shields,   b. 4 Sep 1795, Glasgow (Govan), Glasgow City, Scotland d. 17 Mar 1888, South Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States (Age 92 years)   2. Janet Shields,   b. May 1797, Glasgow (Govan), Glasgow City, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Isabella Shields,   b. 1799, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 18 Sep 1887, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 88 years)   4. Jean Shields,   b. 1801, Glasgow (Govan), Glasgow City, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   5. Agnes Shields,   b. 1803, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 2 Nov 1862, Barnhill Poorhouse, Springburn, Lanark, Scotland (Age 59 years)   6. Barbra Shields,   b. 1806, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 1 May 1874, Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland (Age 68 years)   7. William Shields,   c. 6 Feb 1810, Glasgow (Govan), Glasgow City, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   8. George John Shields,   b. 16 May 1812, Glasgow (Govan), Glasgow City, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F18413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1773 - Houston and Killellan Parish, Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland Christening - 16 May 1773 - Barfillan, Houston and Killellan Parish, East Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 12 May 2024), entry for Isabel Blackwood, person ID LHPS-1Z8. (Reliability: 3). [S49] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)), accessed 12 May 2024), ---- Blackwood; Houston & Killellan Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland. (Reliability: 3). [S450] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA), "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1H7-JXJ : 16 September 2021), Blackwood, 1773., 1,60143::0. (Reliability: 3). [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 29 May 2024), entry for Isabel Blackwood, person ID LHPS-1Z8. (Reliability: 3). [S70] National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, Church Registers - Old Parish Registers Banns and Marriages, ((https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/)), accessed 12 May 2024), Jamaes Shields & Isabel Blackwood; Erskine Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland. (Reliability: 3).