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Elizabeth Shaw 1560 – 1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1560

Birth Location: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1625

Death Location: Newtownards, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Shaw

Mother: Jean Cunningham

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Children(s):

The story of Elizabeth Shaw began in 1560 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Elizabeth Shaw passed away in 1625 in Newtownards, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth Shaw began in 1560 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
  • Elizabeth Shaw passed away in 1625 in Newtownards, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Elizabeth Shaw's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Shaw
1560 – 1625
Birth Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Alexander Shaw
1540 – 1593
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jean Cunningham
1540 – 1585
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
❤️Sir (Alexander "John") Shaw
1500 – 1563
Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
❤️Lady (Elizabeth) Cunningham
1520 – 1570
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
John (J.) Leslie
– 1596
Altyre
Margaret Fleming
1515 – 1550
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Shaw
1480 – 1528
Alyson Home
1480 – 1528
George Rothes
1485 – 1558
Agnes Leslie
1500 – 1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Shaw
1480 – 1528
William Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Margaret Anderson-Morshead
1465 – 1987

Elizabeth Shaw's Timeline

2 Records

1560
abt 1560
Birth of Elizabeth Shaw in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1625
1625
Age 65
Death of Elizabeth Shaw in Newtownards, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Newtownards, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1560
    Event Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1625
    Event Place: Newtownards, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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