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Bernard Gourlay Thompson 1506–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1506

Birth Location: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 23 September 1587

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: Sir Thompson

Mother: Lady Thomson

Spouse(s): Agnes Balzert

Children(s): Margaret 🌟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, William Thomson, Jhone Thomesone, Thomas Thompson, Beatrix\Beatrice Thompson*, Katherine (Spicer), Alice Thompson, Sir. (Tompson), Dortythe\Dorothy Thomson\Thompson, John Thompson, Richard Thompson, Rev. Magistri

Bernard Gourlay Thompson was born in 1506 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Stewart Ii Knight Balvaird Thompson And Lady Janet Gourlay Duddingston Thomson. Bernard Gourlay Thompson married Agnes Balzert, and had children including Alice Thompson, Beatrix Beatrice Thompson, Dortythe Dorothy Mary Thomson Thompson, Jhone Tomson Or Thomesone, John Alain Allan Thompson, Judith Thomson, Katherine Tomson Spicer, Margaret Alane Miller Thompson 13Th Ggm, Rev Richard Tomson Magistri, Richard Thompson, Sir Thomas Thomson Tompson, Thomas Of Glasgow Thompson, William Thomas Thomson. Bernard Gourlay Thompson passed away in 1587 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Bernard Gourlay Thompson was born in 1506 in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Stewart Ii Knight Balvaird Thompson And Lady Janet Gourlay Duddingston Thomson.
  • Bernard Gourlay Thompson married Agnes Balzert, and had children including Alice Thompson, Beatrix Beatrice Thompson, Dortythe Dorothy Mary Thomson Thompson, Jhone Tomson Or Thomesone, John Alain Allan Thompson, Judith Thomson, Katherine Tomson Spicer, Margaret Alane Miller Thompson 13Th Ggm, Rev Richard Tomson Magistri, Richard Thompson, Sir Thomas Thomson Tompson, Thomas Of Glasgow Thompson, William Thomas Thomson.
  • Bernard Gourlay Thompson passed away in 1587 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Children(s)

Bernard Thompson's Ancestors

Self
Bernard Thompson
1506–1587
Birth Place: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Stewart II, Knight Balvaird Thompson
1484–1587
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Janet GOURLAY Duddingston) Thomson
1534–1587
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (William Gourlay "9th King of) Kincraig"
1509–1560
Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Foreman
1510–1553
Kineraig, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Kincraid
1470–1509
Helen Gourlay
1470–1520
Robert Foreman
1471–1510
Jean Wemyss
1472–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bernard Thompson's Descendants

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Bernard (Gourlay) Thompson (1506–23 September 1587) m. Agnes Balzert (1506–17 November 1556)
  1. 1. Margaret (Alane (Miller) Thompson 13th GGM) 🌟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1525–1594
  2. 2. William (Thomas) Thomson 1549–1648
  3. 3. Jhone (Tomson or) Thomesone 1545–1585
  4. 4. Thomas (of Glasgow) Thompson 1545–1587
  5. 5. Beatrix\Beatrice Thompson* 1530–1552
  6. 6. Katherine (Tomson) (Spicer) 1528–1600
  7. 7. Alice Thompson 1527–1567
  8. 8. Sir. (Thomas Thomson) (Tompson) 1531–1648
  9. 9. Dortythe\Dorothy (Mary) Thomson\Thompson 1529–1582
  10. 10. John (Alain (Allan)) Thompson 1544–1585
  11. 11. Richard Thompson 1528–1603
  12. 12. Rev. (Richard Tomson,) Magistri 1554–1603

Bernard Thompson's Timeline

2 Records

1506
1506
Birth of Bernard Gourlay Thompson in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
1587
23 September 1587
Age 81
Death of Bernard Gourlay Thompson in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1506
    Event Place: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 September 1587
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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