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Gavin Dunbar 1486–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1486

Birth Location: Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Death Date: 30 APR 1547

Death Location: Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

Father: John Dunbar

Mother: Janet Stewart

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Gavin Dunbar was born in 1486 in Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland, the child of John Dunbar And Janet Stewart. Gavin Dunbar passed away in 1547 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Gavin Dunbar was born in 1486 in Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland, the child of John Dunbar And Janet Stewart.
  • Gavin Dunbar passed away in 1547 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.

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Gavin Dunbar's Ancestors

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Gavin Dunbar
1486–1547
Birth Place: Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Parents
John Dunbar
1448–1503
Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Janet Stewart
1460–1530
Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Dunbar
1425–1497
Westfield, Morayshire, Scotland
Isabel (Sutherland of) Duffus
1434–1505
Duffus, Elginshire, Scotland
Alexander Stewart
1434–1500
Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Douglas
1436–1486
Cavers, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
James Dunbar
1400–1430
Isabel Innes
1390–1425
Alexander Sutherland
1403–1482
Muriel Chisholme
1407–1474
William Stewart
1396–1479
Elizabeth Arnot
1410–1459
Archibald Douglas
1424–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Dunbar
1371–1415
Margaret Ogilvy
1372–1422
Alexander Innes
1360–1412
Janet Aberchirder
1365–1448
Henry Sutherland
1381–1431
Margaret Moray
1372–1480
John Chisholm
1375–1436
Catherine Bisset
1387–1419
John Stewart
1381–1420
Marion Stewart
1384–
John Arnot
1385–1450
Marjorie Balmuto
1394–1480
William Douglas
1395–1464
Margaret Stewart
1400–1432

Gavin Dunbar's Timeline

2 Records

1486
ABT 1486
Birth of Gavin Dunbar in Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1547
30 APR 1547
Age 61
Death of Gavin Dunbar in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1486
    Event Place: Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 APR 1547
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland

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