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Isabella Black Greenshields was born on September 16, 1856, in Montreal, Quebec. Her father John Greenshields was a Montreal merchant. In 1883 she married Thomas Edwards Greenshields of Liverpool, England. He worked at his father’s firm Greenshields & Co. Shipowners and General merchants. They had three children during their marriage. She died on April 23, 1929, in Axminster, Devon, England.