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Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson 1501–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Jan 1591

Death Location: Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Edmund Anderson

Mother: Lady Smythe

Spouse(s): Alexander Tolquhoun

Children(s): Lady Forbes, Willem Tolquhoun, John Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Patrick Forbes

In 1501, Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, born to Edmund Anderson And Lady Magdalen Margaret Smythe. Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson married Alexander Forbes Laird Van Tolquhoun, and had children including John Forbes, Lady Katherine Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Patrick Forbes, Willem Forbes Laird Van Tolquhoun. Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson passed away in 1591 in Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1501, Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, born to Edmund Anderson And Lady Magdalen Margaret Smythe.
  • Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson married Alexander Forbes Laird Van Tolquhoun, and had children including John Forbes, Lady Katherine Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Patrick Forbes, Willem Forbes Laird Van Tolquhoun.
  • Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson passed away in 1591 in Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Anderson
1480–1557
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Smythe
1480–1550
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Alexander Tolquhoun
1500–1547
Birth Location: Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
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Children(s)

Lady Forbes
1510–1570
Birth Location: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Willem Tolquhoun
1513–1596
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeen, Scottland, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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John Forbes
1520–1537
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JF
Margaret Forbes
1518–
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MF
Patrick Forbes
1521–
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alison Anderson's Ancestors

Self
Alison Anderson
1501–1591
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Parents
Edmund Anderson
1480–1557
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Magdalen Margaret) Smythe
1480–1550
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alison Anderson's Descendants

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Alison (Elizabeth Elison) Anderson (1501–20 Jan 1591) m. Alexander (Forbes Laird van) Tolquhoun (1500–10 September 1547)
  1. 1. Lady (Katherine) Forbes 1510–1570 m. Sir (George, Lord High Chancellor and Regent of Scotland, 4th Earl of Huntly, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire Gordon) I 1513–1593
    1. 1. Johanna (Gordon Countess of) Bothwell 1544–1629 m. James (Hepburn Herzog von Orkney Earl von) Bothwell 1536–1578 m. Alexander II 1552–1594
      1. 1. Johanna Gordon 1574–1615 m. Hugh MacKay 1561–1614
        1. 1. John (MacKay of Braegaul, Divlet and 1st of) Strathy 1592–1645 m. Agnes Sinclair 1597–1676
    2. 2. Duke (Alexander 3rd Laird) Gordon 1549–1580
    3. 3. Alexander Gordon 1532–1609
    4. 4. James Gordon 1553–1641
    5. 5. Lady (Jean) Gordon 1546–1629
    6. 6. Margaret Gordon 1544–1600
  2. 2. Willem (Forbes Laird van) Tolquhoun 1513–1596
  3. 3. John Forbes 1520–1537
  4. 4. Margaret Forbes 1518–
  5. 5. Patrick Forbes 1521–

Alison Anderson's Timeline

2 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
1591
20 Jan 1591
Age 90
Death of Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson in Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland
Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1591
    Event Place: Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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