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Helen Margaret, Skidmore Wallace 1512 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Cairnhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 25 May 1596

Death Location: Edinburogh, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Sir WALLACE

Mother: Janet EDMONSTONE

Spouse(s): Gavin Hamilton

Children(s): Jean Hamilton, James Hamilton, Robert Andrews, Adam Hamilton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Sir Orbieston, Gavin, Hamilton, Janet Hamilton, Lady Douglas, Lady Hamilton

According to available records, Helen Margaret Skidmore Wallace was born in 1512 in Cairnhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir James WALLACE and Janet EDMONSTONE. Following those early years, Helen Margaret Skidmore Wallace married Gavin Hamilton, and their family grew to include Jean Hamilton, James Hamilton, Robert Hamilton (parson of Torrens, Provost of St. Andrews, Adam Hamilton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Gavin Hamilton, Sir John Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Orbieston, Gavin, Bishop of Galloway Hamilton, Janet Hamilton, Lady Elizabeth Christiana Stewart Douglas and Lady Isabel de Hamilton. In the later years of life, Helen Margaret Skidmore Wallace died in 1596 in Edinburogh, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Parents

Sir WALLACE
1475 – 1538
Birth Location: Cairnhill, Scotland
SW
Janet EDMONSTONE
1477 – 1530
Birth Location: Beith, Ayrshire, , Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Gavin Hamilton
1512 – 1571
Birth Location: Orbiston, Scotland
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Children(s)

Jean Hamilton
1524 – 1640
Birth Location: –
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James Hamilton
1526 –
Birth Location: Rouchbank, Roucan, Fife, Scotland
JH
Robert Andrews
1531 – 1581
Birth Location: Orbiston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
RA
Adam Hamilton
1532 – 1568
Birth Location: Orbliston, Moray, Scotland
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Elizabeth Hamilton
1533 – 1596
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Gavin Hamilton
1535 – 1568
Birth Location: of, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Sir Orbieston
1535 – 1568
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Gavin, Hamilton
1540 – 1593
Birth Location: Hamilton Palace, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Scotland
GH
Janet Hamilton
1552 – 1573
Birth Location: Raploch, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
JH
Lady Douglas
1555 – 1598
Birth Location: Glamis, Angus, Scotland
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Lady Hamilton
1555 – 1634
Birth Location: Orbieston, Scotland
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1512
    Event Place: Cairnhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Ayr, & Stirling: - Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie, Register of Testaments, 1564-1800

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Poll Tax Returns, 1694

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 May 1596
    Event Place: Edinburogh, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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