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Margaretha Home 1557–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1557

Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland

Death Date: May 1598

Death Location: Dunnottar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Reformation

Mother: Margaretha Kerr

Spouse(s): George Altrie

Children(s): Robert Keith, Sir Benholm, Jean Keith, Alexander Keith, Anna Queensbury, Margaret Keith

In 1557, Margaretha Home entered the world in Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, born to Lord Alexander Home 5Th Lord Of Home Warden Of The East Marches Steward Of Dunbar Bailie Of Coldingham Eccles And Dryburgh Reformation And Margaretha Kerr. Margaretha Home married George Keith 5Th Earl Marischal 2Nd Lord Altrie, and had children including Alexander Keith, Anna Keith Countess Of Morton Duchess Of Queensbury, Jean Keith, Lady Elizabeth Irvine Half Sister, Margaret Keith, Robert Alexander Keith, Sir James Keith Of Benholm. Margaretha Home passed away in 1598 in Dunnottar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1557, Margaretha Home entered the world in Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, born to Lord Alexander Home 5Th Lord Of Home Warden Of The East Marches Steward Of Dunbar Bailie Of Coldingham Eccles And Dryburgh Reformation And Margaretha Kerr.
  • Margaretha Home married George Keith 5Th Earl Marischal 2Nd Lord Altrie, and had children including Alexander Keith, Anna Keith Countess Of Morton Duchess Of Queensbury, Jean Keith, Lady Elizabeth Irvine Half Sister, Margaret Keith, Robert Alexander Keith, Sir James Keith Of Benholm.
  • Margaretha Home passed away in 1598 in Dunnottar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Margaretha Home's Ancestors

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Margaretha Home
1557–1598
Birth Place: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland
Parents
Lord Alexander Home 5th Lord of Home , Warden of the East Marches, Steward of Dunbar, Bailie of Coldingham, Eccles and Dryburgh, Reformation
1526–1575
Hume, Berwickshire, Scotland
Margaretha Kerr
1540–1580
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George (Canmore Home, 4th Lord of Home and Warden of the East Marches Privy) Councillor
1503–1548
Home Castle, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marlotta Home
1500–1563
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Walter (Sir Lord Kerr Van) Cessford
1510–1586
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isabella Lady of Ferniejurst) Ker
1520–1585
Ferniehurst Castle, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Haliburton
1475–1505
Christian Wawane
1462–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Home's Descendants

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Margaretha Home (1557–May 1598) m. George (Keith 5th Earl Marischal 2nd Lord) Altrie (1553–2 April 1623)
  1. 1. Robert (Alexander) Keith 1612–1648
  2. 2. Sir (James Keith of) Benholm 1585–1635
  3. 3. Jean Keith 1622–
  4. 4. Alexander Keith 1611–
  5. 5. Anna (Keith Countess of Morton Duchess of) Queensbury 1586–1648
  6. 6. Margaret Keith 1594–1615

Margaretha Home's Timeline

2 Records

1557
1557
Birth of Margaretha Home in Home, Berwickshire, Schotland
Home, Berwickshire, Schotland
1598
May 1598
Age 41
Death of Margaretha Home in Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1598
    Event Place: Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dunnottar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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