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Margaret Balfour 1538 – 1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Michael Balfour

Mother: Christiana Bethune

Spouse(s): James Balfour

Children(s):

In 1538, Margaret Balfour entered the world in Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Michael Burleigh Balfour and Christiana Beaton Bethune. Margaret Balfour married James Balfour. Margaret Balfour passed away in 1590 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1538, Margaret Balfour entered the world in Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Michael Burleigh Balfour and Christiana Beaton Bethune.
  • Margaret Balfour married James Balfour.
  • Margaret Balfour passed away in 1590 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Balfour's Ancestors

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Margaret Balfour
1538 – 1590
Birth Place: Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Michael Burleigh Balfour
1515 – 1577
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christiana (Beaton) Bethune
1521 – 1579
Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
David Balfour
1484 – 1531
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Forrester
1502 –
Scotland, United Kingdom
David (John) Bethune
1485 – 1534
Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Hay
1495 –
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Michael Balfour
1460 –
Margaret Muschet
1465 –
Duncan Forrester
1476 –
Margaret Forrester
1483 –
David Bethune
1466 – 1505
Janet Duddingston
1467 – 1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Michael Balfour
1422 –
Margaret
1428 –
James Muschet
1451 –
Elizabeth Oliphant
1455 –
Mathew Forrester
– 1487
Gudeman
1367 –
John Bethune
1440 – 1507
Marjory Boswell
1443 – 1506
Stephen Duddingston
1448 – 1488
Deborah Creich
1450 – 1480

Margaret Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Margaret Balfour in Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1590
1590
Age 52
Death of Margaret Balfour in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Burleigh Castle, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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