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Subject John Isbister
Birth 1863 Harray, Orkney.
Marriage 1896
Death 1953 British Columbia, Canada.
Father David Isbister (1830-1907)
Mother Betsy Kirkness (1831-1907)
Spouse Mary Manson
Birth 1864 Harray, Orkney.
Death 1948 Burnaby, Canada.
Father John Manson (1840- )
Mother Margaret Brass (1844- )
Three Children
2/F Margaret Isbister
Birth cir 1898
3/M Victor Isbister
Birth cir 1900
1/M Alfred Isbister
Birth 1903 Stromness Orkney
Marriage cir 1930 Doris May Boyce
Death 1965 Vancouver, BC, Canada
Subject Robert Harvey Isbister
(surname changed to Isbester on arrival in Canada)
Birth 1871 Harray, Orkney.
Marriage 1909 Ontario, Canada.
Death 1953 Ontario, Canada.
Father David Isbister (1830-1907)
Mother Betsy Kirkness (1831-1907)
Spouse Florence Harriet Knight
Birth 1877 Ontario, Canada.
Death 1946 Ontario, Canada.
Father Joshua Knight (1845- )
Mother Ellen Reeve (1850- )
Six Children
1/M Robert Harvey Isbester
Birth 1911 Mantoulin Island Ontario, Canada.
Marriage 1935.
Marriage cir 1940
Death 1976 Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
2/F Florence Helen Isbester
Birth 1915 Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.
Marriage 1942 Ewart Elrick Skene (1911-1984) son of Albert Skene and Lydia Hepburn.
Death 2002.
3/M David Isbester
Birth 1917 Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.
Wife still living.
Death 1966 Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.
4/M Jethro Isbester
Birth 1917 Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.
Wife still living.
Death 2001.
5/M George William Isbester
Birth 1919 Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.
Marriage 1947 Margaret Jean Ewing (1922-1953) daughter of John Douglas Ewing and Janet Alexina Dargavel.
Death 1962.
6/M Bruce Camerson Isbester
Birth 1920 Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.
Wife still living.
Death 1978.