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John Strachan 1429–1487 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1429

Birth Location: Thornton, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1487

Death Location: Thornton, Fife, Scotland

Father: Alexander, Strachan

Mother: Margaret Rose

Spouse(s): Margaret Stratton

Children(s):

John Strachan was born in 1429 in Thornton, Fife, Scotland, the child of Alexander Of Thornton Strachan And Margaret Rose. John Strachan married Margaret Stratton. John Strachan passed away in 1487 in Thornton, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Strachan was born in 1429 in Thornton, Fife, Scotland, the child of Alexander Of Thornton Strachan And Margaret Rose.
  • John Strachan married Margaret Stratton.
  • John Strachan passed away in 1487 in Thornton, Fife, Scotland.

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John Strachan's Ancestors

Self
John Strachan
1429–1487
Birth Place: Thornton, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Alexander, of Thornton Strachan
1395–1460
Thornton, East Lothian, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Margaret Rose
1397–1474
Kilravock Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Strachan
1365–1429
Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Margaret (De) Hay
1365–1398
Scotland
John Rose
1379–1454
Kilravock, Nairnshire, Scotland
Isabel Cheyne
1380–1455
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Strachan
1324–1390
Christian Maule
1324–
John Delahay
1332–1372
Margaret Logie
1333–1366
Hugh Kilravock
1365–1420
Katherine Fenton
1380–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Maule
1290–1365
Margaret Hay
1290–
Thomas Hay
1292–1335
Lora Cuningesburgh
1301–1367
John Logie
1299–
Jane Erskine
1304–
Hugh Rose
1345–1388
Joneta Chisholm
1350–
Thomas Fenton
1352–1452
Christina Bissett
1360–1455

John Strachan's Timeline

2 Records

1429
Abt 1429
Birth of John Strachan in Thornton, Fife, Scotland
Thornton, Fife, Scotland
1487
1487
Age 58
Death of John Strachan in Thornton, Fife, Scotland
Thornton, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1429
    Event Place: Thornton, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1487
    Event Place: Thornton, Fife, Scotland

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