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Margaretha Kerr 1447 – 1497 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1447

Birth Location: Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Oct 1497

Death Location: Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Kersheugh

Mother: Catharina Colville

Spouse(s): Thomas Smailholm

Children(s):

Margaretha Kerr was born in 1447 in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the child of Thomas Kerr of Kersheugh and Catharina Colville. Margaretha Kerr married Thomas Kerr of Smailholm. Margaretha Kerr passed away in 1497 in Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Kerr was born in 1447 in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the child of Thomas Kerr of Kersheugh and Catharina Colville.
  • Margaretha Kerr married Thomas Kerr of Smailholm.
  • Margaretha Kerr passed away in 1497 in Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Margaretha Kerr's Ancestors

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Margaretha Kerr
1447 – 1497
Birth Place: Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Kerr of Kersheugh
1430 – 1499
Auldtournburn, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Catharina Colville
1430 – 1484
Ochiltree Castle, Uphall, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Andrew Kerr
1420 – 1445
Margaret (Margery) Douglas
1425 – 1463
Robert Colville
1415 – 1456
Christian (Crichton Baroness) Erskine
1420 – 1478
Great-Grandparents
William Douglas
1398 – 1437
Robert Colville
1390 – 1450
Isabel Tilliol
1403 – 1438
Robert Crichton
1409 – 1478
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Edmonstone
1384 – 1460
MRS EDMONSTONE
Piers Tilliolff
1360 – 1435
Elizabeth Laton
1381 –
Robert Crichton
1376 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1385 – 1412

Margaretha Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1447
Abt 1447
Birth of Margaretha Kerr in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
1497
20 Oct 1497
Age 50
Death of Margaretha Kerr in Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1447
    Event Place: Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1497
    Event Place: Cessford Castle, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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