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James "Velvet Eye" Somerville 1539–1623 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: Sep 1623

Death Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Charles Carmichael

Mother: Elizabeth Carmichael

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James "Velvet Eye" Somerville was born in 1539 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Charles Carmichael Carmichael And Elizabeth Katherine Carmichael. James "Velvet Eye" Somerville passed away in 1623 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James "Velvet Eye" Somerville was born in 1539 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Charles Carmichael Carmichael And Elizabeth Katherine Carmichael.
  • James "Velvet Eye" Somerville passed away in 1623 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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James Somerville's Ancestors

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James Somerville
1539–1623
Birth Place: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Charles Carmichael Carmichael
1519–1594
Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Katherine) Carmichael
1509–1552
Edinburgh, Midlothian,Scotland
Grandparents
Gavin Carmichael
1505–1568
Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Geils Crawford
1509–1552
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Meadowflat
1484–1567
Lady Bruce
1485–1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of James "Velvet Eye" Somerville in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1623
Sep 1623
Age 84
Death of James "Velvet Eye" Somerville in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1623
    Event Place: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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