Born in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Brooke Young
and Isabella (Chambers) Young
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Robinson Townsend DD
— married
1811 [location unknown]
Mother of
William Chambers Townsend DD and Mary Elizabeth (Townsend) Tuckey
Died
at age 80
in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jun 2023
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Biography
Isabella was born at Letterkenny in 1791. She was the daughter of Major General Brooke Young of the Royal Artillery, and Isabella Chambers.[1]
Isabella married Rev William Robinson Townsend in 1811. [2]
She died in 1872.
Isabella is buried in St Catherine's Church, Summergrove, Kinsale, and the inscription on her headstone reads “ISABELLA TOWNSEND WIDOW OF THE REV W.R.TOWNSEND RECTOR OF AGHADA AND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MAJOR GENERAL BROOKE YOUNG R.A. DIED 11TH JANUARY 1872. AGED 81 YEARS "EVER WITH THE LORD" 1.THESS.4.17. ERECTED BY HER CHILDREN IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE. ALSO HER DAUGHTER GEORGINA HILL WHO DIED 1ST MARCH 1897 AGED 76.”
Probate [3]
Sources
- ↑ Records of Officers' Services - Royal Artillery WO 76/360/11
- ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dm/IRE_DIOC_007246533_00287.pdf
- ↑ http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014890/005014890_00344.pdf
- Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, Vol 2 by William Maziere Brady, 1864, Pg 9
- Rev William Robinson Townsend
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