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James Shaw 1575 – 1623 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1575

Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: February 1623

Death Location: Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: James Shaw

Mother: Marjory Kirkcaldy

Spouse(s): Margaret Meldrum

Children(s): Jonet Shaw

According to available records, James Shaw was born in 1575 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Shaw and Marjory Kirkcaldy. Following those early years, James Shaw married Margaret Meldrum, and their family grew to include Jonet Shaw. In the later years of life, James Shaw died in 1623 in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Parents

James Shaw
1550 – 1593
Birth Location: Sauchie, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Marjory Kirkcaldy
1550 –
Birth Location: Grange, Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Meldrum
1579 – 1623
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
MM

Children(s)

Jonet Shaw
1601 –
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1575
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: February 1623
    Event Place: Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
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