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Gavin Hamilton 1542 – 1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 October 1542

Birth Location: Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: August 1547

Death Location: Arran Island, Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Hamilton

Mother: Margaret Douglas

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Gavin Hamilton was born in 1542 in Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir James Michael Hamilton and Margaret Douglas. Gavin Hamilton passed away in 1547 in Arran Island, Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Gavin Hamilton was born in 1542 in Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir James Michael Hamilton and Margaret Douglas.
  • Gavin Hamilton passed away in 1547 in Arran Island, Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Gavin Hamilton's Ancestors

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Gavin Hamilton
1542 – 1547
Birth Place: Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir James Michael Hamilton
1515 – 1575
Brodick Castle, Arran Island, Firth of Clyde, Bute, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1511 – 1579
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James Micharl) Hamilton
1475 – 1529
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Betoun
1486 – 1522
Little Creich, Highland, Scotland
Sir (James) Douglas
1487 – 1548
Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Catherine) Stewart
1490 – 1544
Edinburgh, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1415 – 1479
Mary Stewart
1453 – 1488
Sir Betoun
Janet Duddingston
John Douglas
Janet Crichton
James Stewart
Marion Boyd
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1389 – 1441
Janet Livingston
1395 – 1439
James Stewart
Marie

Gavin Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1542
22 October 1542
Birth of Gavin Hamilton in Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1547
August 1547
Age 5
Death of Gavin Hamilton in Arran Island, Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Arran Island, Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 October 1542
    Event Place: Arron, Butshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 1547
    Event Place: Arran Island, Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

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