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Margaret Donaldson 1536 – 1636 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1536

Birth Location: Dunfermiline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1 Jan 1636

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: *William Session

Mother: Lady Dirleton

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Margaret Donaldson was born in 1536 in Dunfermiline, Fife, Scotland, the child of *William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of Session and Lady Janet Dyet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven, Dirleton. Margaret Donaldson passed away in 1636 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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  • Margaret Donaldson was born in 1536 in Dunfermiline, Fife, Scotland, the child of *William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of Session and Lady Janet Dyet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven, Dirleton.
  • Margaret Donaldson passed away in 1636 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Margaret Donaldson's Ancestors

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Margaret Donaldson
1536 – 1636
Birth Place: Dunfermiline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
*William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of Session
1500 – 1552
Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Dyet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven,) Dirleton
1510 – 1543
Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
*Willem (Lord) Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
*Catharina Buttergask
1483 – 1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Scotland
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Margaret Donaldson's Timeline

2 Records

1536
1 Jan 1536
Birth of Margaret Donaldson in Dunfermiline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermiline, Fife, Scotland
1636
1 Jan 1636
Age 100
Death of Margaret Donaldson in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1536
    Event Place: Dunfermiline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1636
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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