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Cecilia Ruthven 1546 – 1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Wemyss parish, Fife, , Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jul 1589

Death Location: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland

Father: William Ruthven

Mother: Janet Halyburton

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Cecilia Ruthven was born in 1546 in Wemyss parish, Fife, , Scotland, the child of William Lord Sheriff of Perth Ruthven and Janet Halyburton. Cecilia Ruthven passed away in 1589 in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Cecilia Ruthven was born in 1546 in Wemyss parish, Fife, , Scotland, the child of William Lord Sheriff of Perth Ruthven and Janet Halyburton.
  • Cecilia Ruthven passed away in 1589 in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland.

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Cecilia Ruthven's Ancestors

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Cecilia Ruthven
1546 – 1589
Birth Place: Wemyss parish, Fife, , Scotland
Parents
William Lord Sheriff of Perth Ruthven
1500 – 1552
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Janet Halyburton
1510 – 1560
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
William Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Catherine Buttergask
1483 – 1547
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Patrick Halyburton
1475 – 1505
Dirleton, , Lothian, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1482 – 1505
, Midlothian, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Ruthven
1440 – 1528
Isabel Levington
1430 – 1509
George Halyburton
1450 – 1490
Mariot Dirleton
1455 –
James Morton
1454 – 1548
Margaret Balfour
1460 – 1499
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Patrick Ruthven
1431 – 1465
Cranstoun Ruthven
1434 –
Sir Livingston
1397 – 1460
Elizabeth Caldcotis
1396 –
JOHN Halyburton
1419 – 1454
JANET Seton
1414 – 1493
DIRLETON
Michael Balfour
1422 – 1500
Elizabeth Douglas
1430 –

Cecilia Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1546
1546
Birth of Cecilia Ruthven in Wemyss parish, Fife, , Scotland
Wemyss parish, Fife, , Scotland
1589
8 Jul 1589
Age 43
Death of Cecilia Ruthven in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Wemyss parish, Fife, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jul 1589
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland

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