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Margaretha Kerr 1540 – 1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 09 Jan 1581

Death Location: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Cessford

Mother: Lady Kerr

Spouse(s): Lord Home

Children(s): Margaretha Home

In 1540, Margaretha Kerr entered the world in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford and Lady Isabelle Kerr. Margaretha Kerr married Lord Sir Alexander Canmore Home, and had children including Margaretha Home. Margaretha Kerr passed away in 1581 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Margaretha Kerr entered the world in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford and Lady Isabelle Kerr.
  • Margaretha Kerr married Lord Sir Alexander Canmore Home, and had children including Margaretha Home.
  • Margaretha Kerr passed away in 1581 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Cessford
1510 – 1586
Birth Location: Newtown Saint Boswells, Scottish Borders, Scotland
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Lady Kerr
1515 – 1585
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lord Home
1530 – 1575
Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
LH

Children(s)

Margaretha Home
1565 – 1598
Birth Location: Berwickshire, Scotland
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Margaretha Kerr's Ancestors

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Margaretha Kerr
1540 – 1581
Birth Place: Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Lord Walter Kerr, Lord of Cessford
1510 – 1586
Newtown Saint Boswells, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Lady (Isabelle) Kerr
1515 – 1585
Ferniehirst Castle, Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Sir Knight Andrew) Kerr
1485 – 1526
Newtown Saint Boswells, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Agnes Crichton
1490 – 1543
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Lord (Sir Knight Andrew) Kerr
1485 – 1526
Newtown Saint Boswells, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Kerr
1465 – 1500
Christian Kerr
1465 – 1500
Robert Kerr
1465 – 1500
Christian Kerr
1465 – 1500
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Kerr's Descendants

1.
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Margaretha Kerr (1540 – 09 Jan 1581) m. Lord (Sir Alexander Canmore) Home (1530 – 11 Aug 1575)
  1. 1. Margaretha Home (5 Dec 1565 – May 1598) m. Sir (Lord George Keith, Knight of) Dunnottar, (02 Apr 1553 – 2 Apr 1623)
    1. 1. Lady (Anne Agnes) Keith (5 Dec 1586 – 30 May 1648) m. Lord (Willem (William)) Douglas (1580/82 – 7 Aug 1648)
      1. 1. William Douglas (9 Aug 1610 – 26 July 1682) m. Anne Mattle (20 Sep 1601 – 1670)
        1. 1. Robert Douglas (1640 – 1715) m. Mary Denison (1640 – 1694)

Margaretha Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Margaretha Kerr in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland
Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland
1581
09 Jan 1581
Age 41
Death of Margaretha Kerr in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Jan 1581
    Event Place: Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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