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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: Sir KB

Mother: Lady Smythe

Spouse(s): Alexander Tolquhoun

Children(s): Lady Atholl

In 1501, Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, born to Sir Edmund Anderson Lord Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas Kb And Lady Magdalen Margaret Smythe. Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson married Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun, and had children including Lady Janet Jeanette Campbell Countess Atholl. 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 Sir Edmund Anderson Lord Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas Kb And Lady Magdalen Margaret Smythe.
  • Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson married Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun, and had children including Lady Janet Jeanette Campbell Countess Atholl.
  • Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson passed away in 1591 in Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir KB
1480–1557
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Lady Smythe
1500–1550
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

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

Lady Atholl
1520–1546
Birth Location: Castle Balveny, Fife, Scotland
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Alison Anderson's Ancestors

Self
Alison Anderson
1501–1591
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Parents
Sir Edmund Anderson, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, KB
1480–1557
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Magdalen Margaret) Smythe
1500–1550
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (William Richard II) Smythe
1450–1527
Essex, England
LadyMargaret (Grivendale Yorkshire) Ward
1459–1520
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alison Anderson's Descendants

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Alison (Elizabeth Elison) Anderson (1501–20 Jan 1591) m. Alexander (Forbes, 6th Laird van) Tolquhoun (1500–10 Sep 1547)
  1. 1. Lady (Janet (Jeanette) Campbell, Countess) Atholl 1520–1546 m. Sir (John II Rattray of that Ilk, 8th Earl of) Rattray 1500–1513
    1. 1. Lady (Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of) Sutherland 1505–1566 m. Sir (Alexander I Gordon-Sutherland, X Earl of Sutherland, Master of Sutherland, Earl of) Sutherland 1505–1529 m. Sir (Henry I (Hendrik) Stewart (Stuart), 1st Lord) Methven 1495–1551 m. Sir (Hew (Hugh) Kennedy of) Girvanmains 1505–1565
      1. 1. John, (Sir Gordon, Lord Aboyn, 11th Earl of Sutherland, Gov and Lt of) Scotland 1525–1567 m. Lady (Helen Elizabeth Stewart of) Lennox 1520–1567
        1. 1. Sir (Alexander Gordon 12th Earl) Sutherland 1552–1594 m. Jean (Johanna Jane) Gordon 1546–1629

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1591
    Event Place: Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Scotland
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