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Margaret Balfour 1465–1520 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1465

Birth Location: Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1520

Death Location: Scotland

Father: James Dunbar

Mother: Elizabeth Lady

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Margaret Balfour was born in 1465 in Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of James Dunbar And Elizabeth Margaret Ogilvy Lady. Margaret Balfour passed away in 1520 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Balfour was born in 1465 in Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of James Dunbar And Elizabeth Margaret Ogilvy Lady.
  • Margaret Balfour passed away in 1520 in Scotland.

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Margaret Balfour's Ancestors

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Margaret Balfour
1465–1520
Birth Place: Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
James Dunbar
1420–1504
Westfield, West Lothian, Scotland
Elizabeth (Margaret Ogilvy,) Lady
1425–1480
Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Patrick (Canmore Lord Dunbar van Mochrum en) Cumnock
1396–1437
Cumnocke, Ayshire, Schotland
Thomas (Dunbar 2nd Earl of) Moray
1371–1415
Morayshire, Scotland
John Kinoull
1395–1429
Kinoull, Perthshire, Schotland
Janet Seton
1401–1479
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Balfour's Timeline

3 Records

1465
1465
Birth of Margaret Balfour in Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland
Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland
1520
1520
Age 55
Death of Margaret Balfour in Northumberland, England
Northumberland, England
1520
1520
Age 55
Burial of Margaret Balfour in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1465
    Event Place: Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Margaret Balfour, person ID GV6T-18H.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Northumberland, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Margaret Balfour, person ID GV6T-18H.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Margaret Balfour, person ID GV6T-18H.

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