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John Weir 1550 – 1650 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1550

Birth Location: Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: ABT 1650

Death Location: Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium

Father: David Weir

Mother: Isabell Tweddell

Spouse(s): Margaret Murdo

Children(s):

In 1550, John Weir entered the world in Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to David Wishart Weir and Isabell Tweddell. John Weir married Margaret Helen Murdo. John Weir passed away in 1650 in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium.

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Biography

  • In 1550, John Weir entered the world in Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to David Wishart Weir and Isabell Tweddell.
  • John Weir married Margaret Helen Murdo.
  • John Weir passed away in 1650 in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium.

Immediate Family

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Children(s)

John Weir's Ancestors

Self
John Weir
1550 – 1650
Birth Place: Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
David Wishart Weir
1533 – 1588
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Isabell Tweddell
1535 – 1588
Stirling, Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Malcolm (Longshoon) Weir
1516 – 1550
Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Leslie) Wishart
1516 – 1550
Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
George (Markham) Tweddell
1510 – 1570
Scotland
George Tweddell
1510 –
Great-Grandparents
Duncan Weir
1490 – 1550
Lady Hamilton
1500 – 1550
James Wishart
1478 – 1525
Elizabeth Learmonth
1477 – 1532
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Weir
1460 – 1531
Aegidia Somerville
1469 – 1510
Robert Hamilton
1440 – 1516
Margaret Mowat
1460 – 1520
John Wishart
1439 – 1519
Janet Lindsay
1460 – 1510
Robert Learmonth
1440 – 1482
Beatrice Martine
1445 – 1480

John Weir's Timeline

2 Records

1550
ABT 1550
Birth of John Weir in Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom
1650
ABT 1650
Age 100
Death of John Weir in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium
Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1550
    Event Place: Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1650
    Event Place: Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium

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