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Alexander Gordon Sutherland 1578 – 1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1578

Birth Location: Dunrobin, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1636

Death Location: Draine, Moray, Scotland

Father: Alexander Gordon

Mother: Barbara Caithness

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In 1578, Alexander Gordon Sutherland entered the world in Dunrobin, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Alexander Gordon and Barbara Sinclair, D. of 4th Earl of Caithness. Alexander Gordon Sutherland passed away in 1636 in Draine, Moray, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1578, Alexander Gordon Sutherland entered the world in Dunrobin, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Alexander Gordon and Barbara Sinclair, D. of 4th Earl of Caithness.
  • Alexander Gordon Sutherland passed away in 1636 in Draine, Moray, Scotland.

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Alexander Sutherland's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Sutherland
1578 – 1636
Birth Place: Dunrobin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Gordon
1552 – 1594
Darnaway Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
Barbara (Sinclair, D. of 4th Earl of) Caithness
1535 – 1575
Darnaway Castle, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Gordon
1534 – 1571
Duffus, Moray, Scotland
Elizabeth Maxwell
1534 – 1600
Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Grant
1485 – 1553
Elizabeth FORBES
1487 – 1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Grant
1500 – 1528

Alexander Sutherland's Timeline

2 Records

1578
1578
Birth of Alexander Gordon Sutherland in Dunrobin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunrobin, Scotland, United Kingdom
1636
1636
Age 58
Death of Alexander Gordon Sutherland in Draine, Moray, Scotland
Draine, Moray, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Dunrobin, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Draine, Moray, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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