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Laurence Bruce 1546–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 January 1546

Birth Location: Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: August 1617

Death Location: Ulsta, Yell, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir ^'

Mother: Lady Elphinstone

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The story of Laurence Bruce began in 1546 in Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom. Laurence Bruce passed away in 1617 in Ulsta, Yell, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Laurence Bruce began in 1546 in Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Laurence Bruce passed away in 1617 in Ulsta, Yell, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir ^'
1502–1546
Birth Location: Cultmalindie, Shetland, Scotland
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Lady Elphinstone
1509–1564
Birth Location: Elphinstone, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Laurence Bruce's Ancestors

Self
Laurence Bruce
1546–1617
Birth Place: Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir JOHN BRUCE, 3rd of Cultmalindie ^'
1502–1546
Cultmalindie, Shetland, Scotland
Lady (Euphemia of Elphinstone) Elphinstone
1509–1564
Elphinstone, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (David De Brus or Bruce II, 7th Baron of) Clackmannan
1470–1506
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lady (Jane, Baroness of O'Lack,) Blackadder
1472–1572
Tull Allan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lord (\ Rt. Rev. Alexander I Elphinstone I Lord Elphinstone, Archbishop of St. Andrews, Lord high chancellor of Scotland, half-bro of Mary Queen of) Scots
1480–1513
Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret Erskine
1485–1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Rate
1440–1506
Lady Bruce
1445–1470
Sir Blackadder
1446–1508
Elizabeth Tulliallan
1446–1504
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Laurence Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1546
20 January 1546
Birth of Laurence Bruce in Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
1617
August 1617
Age 71
Death of Laurence Bruce in Ulsta, Yell, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ulsta, Yell, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 January 1546
    Event Place: Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 1617
    Event Place: Ulsta, Yell, Shetland, Shetland Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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