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Alison Anderson 1501–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 January 1591

Death Location: Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir KB

Mother: Lady Smythe

Spouse(s): Alexander Tolquhoun, John Barnes

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

Alison Anderson was born in 1501 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Edmund Anderson Lord Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas Kb And Lady Magdalen Margaret Smythe. Alison Anderson married Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun, John Barnes, and had children including John Forbes, Lady Katherine Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Patrick Forbes, Willem Forbes Laird Van Tolquhoun. Alison Anderson passed away in 1591 in Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alison Anderson was born in 1501 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Edmund Anderson Lord Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas Kb And Lady Magdalen Margaret Smythe.
  • Alison Anderson married Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun, John Barnes, and had children including John Forbes, Lady Katherine Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Patrick Forbes, Willem Forbes Laird Van Tolquhoun.
  • Alison Anderson passed away in 1591 in Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Alison Anderson's Ancestors

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Alison Anderson
1501–1591
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Edmund Anderson, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, KB
1480–1557
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Magdalen Margaret) Smythe
1480–1550
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alison Anderson's Descendants

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Alison Anderson (1501–20 January 1591) m. Alexander (Forbes, 6th Laird Van) Tolquhoun (1500–10 September 1547) m. John Barnes (10 Jan 1478–Bef. 1560)
  1. 1. Willem (Forbes Laird van) Tolquhoun 1513–1596 m. Elizabeth Keith 1522–1604 m. Janet Cargill 1508–1528
    1. 1. Margaret Forbes 1557–1622 m. George Sinclair 1552–1620
      1. 1. Sir (William Sinclair 2nd Laird of) Mey 1578–1636 m. Lady (Katharine Ross of) Balnagowan 1585–1603
        1. 1. Sir (JAMES Sinclair of Mey, 1st) Baronet 1590–1662 m. Elizabeth Stewart 1590–1684 m. Elizabeth (Leslie, of) Lindores 1603–1662 m. Anna Sinclair 1630–1633
    2. 2. Isabel Forbes 1547–1622
    3. 3. Lily (Christian) Johnston 1547–1622 m. John (Johnstone, of Annadale of That) Ilk 1544–1587 m. George (Johnston Lord of) Caskieben 1544–1593 m. SIR (George) JOHNSTON 1544–1593
  2. 2. John Forbes 1520–1537
  3. 3. Lady (Katherine) Forbes 1512–1587
  4. 4. Margaret Forbes 1518–
  5. 5. Patrick Forbes 1521–

Alison Anderson's Timeline

6 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Alison Anderson in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1523
abt 1523
Age 22
Alison Anderson was married in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1525
1525
Age 24
Alison Anderson was married in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
1531
Abt. 1531
Age 30
Alison Anderson was married in ,,, Scotland, United Kingdom
,,, Scotland, United Kingdom
1547
Bef. 1547
Age 46
Alison Anderson was married
None
1591
20 January 1591
Age 90
Death of Alison Anderson in Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: abt 1523
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1531
    Event Place: ,,, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Bef. 1547

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 January 1591
    Event Place: Bruntoun Dynnenow Fife, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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