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Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher 1457–1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1457

Birth Location: Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1552

Death Location: Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire

Father: Sir Eresby

Mother: Margaret Griffith

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In 1457, Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher entered the world in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England, born to Sir Robert Of Parham Knight Willoughby Eresby And Margaret Griffith. Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher passed away in 1552 in Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire.

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Biography

  • In 1457, Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher entered the world in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England, born to Sir Robert Of Parham Knight Willoughby Eresby And Margaret Griffith.
  • Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher passed away in 1552 in Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire.

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Margaret Christopher's Ancestors

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Margaret Christopher
1457–1552
Birth Place: Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Robert of Parham Knight Willoughby \ Eresby
1427–1465
Parham with Hacheston, Suffolk, England
Margaret Griffith
1425–1491
Tatenhill, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Hugh, (Knight,) Willoughby
1398–1448
Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire, England
Margaretha (Freville) Bingham
1401–1493
Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
John Griffith
1397–1471
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Catherine Tyrwhit
1397–1465
Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Willoughby
1357–1395
Isabelle Annesley
1383–1415
Baldwin Freville
1368–1416
Maud Scrope
1380–1418
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmond Willoughby
1342–1414
Alice Somerville
1336–1412
Sir Annesley
1364–1423
Benedicta Babington
1365–1426
Stephen, Scrope
1345–1406
Margaret Welles
1350–1422

Margaret Christopher's Timeline

3 Records

1457
1457
Birth of Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England
Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England
1552
18 Mar 1552
Age 95
Death of Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher in Sowerby Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire
Sowerby Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire
1552
1552
Age 95
Burial of Margaret Smythe Willoughby Christopher in Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire
Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1457
    Event Place: Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Mar 1552
    Event Place: Sowerby Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1552
    Event Place: Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, British Empire

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