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Margaret Forbes 1428 – 1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 FEB 1428

Birth Location: Castle Forbes, Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland

Death Date: 1460

Death Location: Y, Somme, Picardie, France

Father: Alexander Forbes

Mother: Mary Douglas

Spouse(s): Alexander Meldrum, Alexander Meldrum

Children(s):

In 1428, Margaret Forbes entered the world in Castle Forbes, Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland, born to Alexander Forbes and Mary Elizabeth Douglas. Margaret Forbes married Alexander Meldrum, Alexander Meldrum. Margaret Forbes passed away in 1460 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France.

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Biography

  • In 1428, Margaret Forbes entered the world in Castle Forbes, Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland, born to Alexander Forbes and Mary Elizabeth Douglas.
  • Margaret Forbes married Alexander Meldrum, Alexander Meldrum.
  • Margaret Forbes passed away in 1460 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France.

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Margaret Forbes's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Forbes
1428 – 1460
Birth Place: Castle Forbes, Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Forbes
1380 – 1448
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Elizabeth) Douglas
1402 – 1460
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John with the Black Lips) Forbes
1332 – 1406
Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Margaret) Kennedy
1336 – 1385
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
George Douglas
1375 – 1402
East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary Stewart
1375 – 1457
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Forbes
1302 – 1361
Margaret Kent
1297 – 1349
John Kennedy
1310 – 1385
Mary Montgomerie
1310 – 1400
William Douglas
1314 – 1384
Margaret Stewart
1354 – 1398
John Stewart
1337 – 1406
Annabella Drummond
1337 – 1406
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander DeForbes
1286 – 1332
Mrs DeForbes
1290 – 1350
John Wake,
1268 – 1300
Lady Wake
1272 – 1309
Gilbert Kennedy
1290 – 1385
Neil Montgomery
1276 –
Elizabeth Cuninghame
1287 –
Archibald Douglas
1274 – 1333
Beatrice Lindsay
1296 – 1352
Thomas Stewart
1329 – 1361
Margaret Sinclair
1328 – 1418
Robert Stewart
1316 – 1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320 – 1355
Sir Drummond
1315 – 1373

Margaret Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1428
8 FEB 1428
Birth of Margaret Forbes in Castle Forbes, Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland
Castle Forbes, Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland
1460
1460
Age 32
Death of Margaret Forbes in Y, Somme, Picardie, France
Y, Somme, Picardie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 FEB 1428
    Event Place: Castle Forbes, Alford, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Y, Somme, Picardie, France

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