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Alexander Cockburn 1536–1563 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 June 1536

Birth Location: Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 September 1563

Death Location: Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Berwick

Mother: Lady 12GGFi

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Alexander Cockburn was born in 1536 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Ii Cockburn 8Th Laird Ormiston Lord High Sheriff Of Berwick And Lady Alison Sandilands Cockburn Of Calder Amp Ormiston 12Ggfi. Alexander Cockburn passed away in 1563 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Alexander Cockburn was born in 1536 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Ii Cockburn 8Th Laird Ormiston Lord High Sheriff Of Berwick And Lady Alison Sandilands Cockburn Of Calder Amp Ormiston 12Ggfi.
  • Alexander Cockburn passed away in 1563 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Alexander Cockburn's Ancestors

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Alexander Cockburn
1536–1563
Birth Place: Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John II Cockburn, 8th Laird Ormiston, Lord High Sheriff of Berwick
1503–1583
Clerkington, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Alison Sandilands Cockburn of Calder & Ormiston) 12GGFi
1510–1584
Calder, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
Grandparents
*Sir (James Sandilands, 7th Lord of Calder 13GGFi,) 13GGS1
1482–1567
West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marion (Forester) 13GGS1
1480–1562
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
GP Calder
1460–1494
GP Scrimgeour
1460–1481
*Archibald 14GGS1
1444–1494
*Margaret 14GGFi
–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Cockburn's Timeline

2 Records

1536
13 June 1536
Birth of Alexander Cockburn in Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1563
1 September 1563
Age 27
Death of Alexander Cockburn in Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 June 1536
    Event Place: Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 September 1563
    Event Place: Ormiston, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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