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Lady Katherine Forbes 1512–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 Jun 1587

Death Location: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Tolquhoun

Mother: Alison Anderson

Spouse(s): George Gordon

Children(s): Janet GORDON**, James No, John OK, Alexander Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Jean Gordon, Margaret Gordon

Lady Katherine Forbes was born in 1512 in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun And Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson. Lady Katherine Forbes married George Gordon, and had children including Alexander Gordon, James Gordon No, Janet Elizabeth Gordon, Jean Gordon, John Gordon Ok, Margaret Gordon. Lady Katherine Forbes passed away in 1587 in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Katherine Forbes was born in 1512 in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Forbes 6Th Laird Van Tolquhoun And Alison Elizabeth Elison Anderson.
  • Lady Katherine Forbes married George Gordon, and had children including Alexander Gordon, James Gordon No, Janet Elizabeth Gordon, Jean Gordon, John Gordon Ok, Margaret Gordon.
  • Lady Katherine Forbes passed away in 1587 in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Forbes's Ancestors

Self
Lady Forbes
1512–1587
Birth Place: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Forbes, 6th Laird Van Tolquhoun
1500–1547
Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alison (Elizabeth Elison) Anderson
1501–1591
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander (Elphinstone Lord) Elphinstone
1480–1513
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Berkeley
1476–1518
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
❤️ (Sir Edmund Anderson, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,) KB
1480–1557
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Magdalen Margaret) Smythe
1480–1550
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Forbes's Descendants

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Lady (Katherine) Forbes (1512–10 Jun 1587) m. George Gordon (1510–04 Apr 1593)
  1. 1. Janet (Elizabeth) GORDON** 1544–1600
    1. 1. Archibald Harris 1570–1624
      1. 1. Charles (Roger Herries,) Esquire 1600–1637
        1. 1. EDWARD (GARRUS) Harris 1620–1673
  2. 2. James (Gordon) No 1553–1641
  3. 3. John (Gordon) OK 1570–1610
  4. 4. Alexander Gordon 1549–1580
  5. 5. Alexander Gordon 1532–1609
  6. 6. Jean Gordon 1546–1629
  7. 7. Margaret Gordon 1540–1610

Lady Forbes's Timeline

3 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Lady Katherine Forbes in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1587
10 Jun 1587
Age 75
Death of Lady Katherine Forbes in Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1706
10 Jan 1706
Age 194
Lady Katherine Forbes was baptized in St Andrews and St Leonards,Fife,Scotland
St Andrews and St Leonards,Fife,Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1706
    Event Place: St Andrews and St Leonards,Fife,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jun 1587
    Event Place: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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