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Margaret Trafford 1490 – 1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1490

Birth Location: Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 MAY 1540

Death Location: Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Edmund Trafford

Mother: Margaret Savage

Spouse(s): Thomas Gerard

Children(s): Margaret Gerard, Thomas Gerard, Peter Gerard, Anne Gerard, William Gerard, Catherine Gerard, Henry Gerard, James Gerard, Elizabeth Gerard

The story of Margaret Trafford began in 1490 in Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. Margaret Trafford married Thomas Gerard, and had children including Margaret Gerard, Thomas Gerard, Peter Gerard, Anne Gerard, William Gerard, Catherine Gerard, Henry Gerard, James Gerard, Elizabeth Gerard. Margaret Trafford passed away in 1540 in Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Trafford began in 1490 in Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Margaret Trafford married Thomas Gerard, and had children including Margaret Gerard, Thomas Gerard, Peter Gerard, Anne Gerard, William Gerard, Catherine Gerard, Henry Gerard, James Gerard, Elizabeth Gerard.
  • Margaret Trafford passed away in 1540 in Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Margaret Trafford's Ancestors

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Margaret Trafford
1490 – 1540
Birth Place: Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Edmund Trafford
1450 – 1514
Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Savage
1452 – 1525
Clifton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Trafford
1420 – 1488
Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Ashton
1431 – 1490
Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Katherine Stanley
1430 – 1498
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Trafford
1394 – 1457
Anne Tyldesley
1394 – 1470
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Trafford
1362 – 1394
Elizabeth Radcliffe
1364 – 1432
William Venables
1280 –
Katherine Grosvenor
1267 –

Margaret Trafford's Descendants

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Margaret Trafford (ABT 1490 – 10 MAY 1540) m. Thomas Gerard (ABT 1488 – 7 NOV 1523)
  1. 1. Margaret Gerard (ABT 1510 – 10 DEC 1564) m. Piers Legh (ABT 1485 – 6 DEC 1590) m. Piers Legh (CAL 1512 – 19 SEP 1585) m. Peter Legh (1514 – 1570) m. Piers Legh (1480 – 1541)
  2. 2. Thomas Gerard (ABT 1512 – ABT 1558) m. Jaine Leigh (1518 – 20 NOV 1575)
    1. 1. Thomas Gerard (1532 – 1601) m. Elizabeth Port (1540 – SEP 1601)
      1. 1. John Gerard (ABT 1552 – ) m. <Living>
      2. 2. Dorothy Gerard (ABT 1554 – ) m. Edmund Peckham (1550 – )
      3. 3. Mary Gerrard (ABT 1556 – ) m. John Jenison (ABT 1558 – 1608) m. John Jennison (ABT 1562 – )
      4. 4. Martha Gerard (ABT 1558 – ) m. Michael Jennison m. Michael Jennison (ABT 1564 – ) m. Michael Jenison (ABT 1560 – )
      5. 5. Thomas Gerard (1560 – 16 FEB 1620) m. Cecily Maney (ABT 1560 – 1628) m. Mary Ashton (1555 – ABT 1636)
        1. 1. John Gerard (1580 – 16 DEC 1655)
        2. 2. Thomas Gerard (4 OCT 1585 – 15 MAY 1641) m. Frances Molyneux (1585 – 28 FEB 1613) m. Frances Molyneux (1580 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Gerard (1586 – 15 MAY 1630) m. Thomas Barrett (ABT 1550 – BEF 1630) m. Frances Molyneux (1580 – ) m. Frances Molyneux (1585 – 28 FEB 1613)
        4. 4. Frances Gerard (ABT 1587 – )
        5. 5. Richard Gerard (ABT 1589 – )
        6. 6. Ann Gerard m. John Cox (<1587> – )
    2. 2. Catherine Gerrard (1533 – BEF 20 NOV 1575) m. Henry Torbocke (ABT 1510 – 8 MAR 1583) m. William Torbock (ABT 1526 – 1558) m. Robert Charnock (1540 – 12 JAN 1616)
    3. 3. Henry Gerard (ABT 1535 – 1571) m. Catherine Walsh (1525 – 1570)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Gerard (ABT 1536 – ) m. Robert Worsley (ABT 1533 – 1604/1605)
    5. 5. Margaret Gerard (ABT 1542 – )
  3. 3. Peter Gerard (1514 – 1550)
  4. 4. Anne Gerard (ABT 1516 – DEC 1564) m. Richard Radcliffe (ABT 1510 – 28 APR 1577) m. Richard Ashton (1513 – 4 AUG 1550) m. Richard Radcliffe (1522 – 28 APR 1577)
  5. 5. William Gerard (ABT 1518 – ABT 1558) m. Constance Rowson (ABT 1537 – AFT 1567)
  6. 6. Catherine Gerard (1520 – 1570) m. Robert Petow (1518 – 1573) m. Thomas Houghton (1518 – 1580)
  7. 7. Henry Gerard (ABT 1520 – 1584)
  8. 8. James Gerard (ABT 1522 – 1540)
  9. 9. Elizabeth Gerard (ABT 1522 – ) m. Richard Bold (1504 – 1559)

Margaret Trafford's Timeline

3 Records

1490
ABT 1490
Birth of Margaret Trafford in Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1540
10 MAY 1540
Age 50
Death of Margaret Trafford in Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
1540
15 MAY 1540
Age 50
Burial of Margaret Trafford in Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1490
    Event Place: Trafford Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 MAY 1540
    Event Place: Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 15 MAY 1540
    Event Place: Etwall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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