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Janet Forbes 1523 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Tolquhan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 17 Feb 1596

Death Location: Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland

Father: Alexander Tolquhoun

Mother: Alison Anderson

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The story of Janet Forbes began in 1523 in Tolquhan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Janet Forbes passed away in 1596 in Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Janet Forbes began in 1523 in Tolquhan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • Janet Forbes passed away in 1596 in Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland.

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Janet Forbes's Ancestors

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Janet Forbes
1523 – 1596
Birth Place: Tolquhan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Forbes Laird van Tolquhoun
1500 – 1547
Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
Alison (Elizabeth Elison) Anderson
1501 – 1591
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Grandparents
❤️ (Sir Edmund Anderson, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,) KB
1480 – 1557
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
❤️ (Lady Magdalen Margaret) Smythe
1480 – 1550
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Janet Forbes in Tolquhan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Tolquhan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1596
17 Feb 1596
Age 73
Death of Janet Forbes in Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Tolquhan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1596
    Event Place: Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland

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