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James Douglas Morton 1525 – 1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 June 1581

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Douglas

Mother: Lady Douglas

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Children(s):

James Douglas Morton was born in 1525 in Morton, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Douglas and Lady Elizabeth Morton Douglas. In 1581, James Douglas Morton passed away in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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George Douglas
1490 – 1552
Birth Location: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
GD
Lady Douglas
1500 – 1571
Birth Location: Pittendreich, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1525
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 2 June 1581
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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