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Janet Peterson 1802 – 1873 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 November 1802

Birth Location: Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death Date: about 1873

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Alexander Peterson

Mother: Fanny Cowan

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Janet Peterson was born in 1802 in Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Peterson and Fanny Cowan. Janet Peterson passed away in 1873 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Peterson was born in 1802 in Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Peterson and Fanny Cowan.
  • Janet Peterson passed away in 1873 in Scotland.

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Janet Peterson's Ancestors

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Janet Peterson
1802 – 1873
Birth Place: Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Peterson
1783 – 1858
Tweedsmuir, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Fanny Cowan
1782 – 1873
Torthorwald, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Humphrey Peterson
1745 – 1790
Tweedsmuir, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Melross
1751 –
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
James Cowan
1755 –
Kirkmahoe, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Janet Murray
1760 –
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Peterson
1720 –
Elizabeth Tweedie
1713 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Peterson
1698 –
George Tweedie
1688 –
Margaret Milner
1690 –

Janet Peterson's Timeline

2 Records

1802
16 November 1802
Birth of Janet Peterson in Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
1873
about 1873
Age 71
Death of Janet Peterson in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 November 1802
    Event Place: Irongray, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: about 1873
    Event Place: Scotland

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