Person:Isabella Palmer (6)

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Isabella Palmer
b.Abt 1799 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
d.13 Apr 1886 Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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m. 13 Feb 1791
  1. Mary PalmerAbt 1791 - 1792
  2. Jannet Palmer1793 - 1835
  3. William Palmer1795 - 1826
  4. Robert Palmer1796 - 1868
  5. Isabella PalmerAbt 1799 - 1886
  6. Agnes Palmer1800 - 1802
  7. Jean Palmer1802 - 1816
  8. Margaret Palmer1804 - 1871
  9. Samuel Palmer1806 - Aft 1881
  10. Mary Palmer1809 - 1891
  11. John Palmer1811 - 1881
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Name Isabella Palmer
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1799 Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Death[1] 13 Apr 1886 Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Burial[1] Old Girthon Cemetery, Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, ScotlandStone 183

Isabella Palmer never married and spent her adult life living with her maternal aunt and uncle, Charles and Janet McKeand, in Gatehouse of Fleet, a town not far from her birthplace of Balmaghie. She assisted in the post office which was run by her uncle; she was probably postmistress for a time after her uncle's death.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Old Girthon Stone 183, in Mitchell, Alison. The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright monumental inscriptions pre 1855. (Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2JL: Scottish Genealogy Society, c1990-)
    Vol 3 page 37.

    In memory of Charles McKeand, late postmaster and chief magistrate in Gatehouse of Fleet, died 16 Mar 1831 aged 62, by his widow, Janet Neilson, who died 1 Nov 1853, aged 79, highly respected, also her niece Isabella Palmer died Gatehouse 13 Apr 1886 aged 87.

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