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Maria Catherine Graham 1530 – 1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Falde, , parish, Scotland

Death Date: 1575

Death Location: Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: William Elgin

Mother: Isabella Armstrong

Spouse(s): John Duchray

Children(s): William Sterling

Maria Catherine Graham was born in 1530 in Falde, , parish, Scotland, the child of William Gordon 2 Hill Terrace Elgin and Isabella Margaret Armstrong. Maria Catherine Graham married John Graham of Dounans, 1st of Duchray, and had children including William Grahame II Laird of Polder Duchray and Glennie; 1st Earl of Sterling. Maria Catherine Graham passed away in 1575 in Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Maria Catherine Graham was born in 1530 in Falde, , parish, Scotland, the child of William Gordon 2 Hill Terrace Elgin and Isabella Margaret Armstrong.
  • Maria Catherine Graham married John Graham of Dounans, 1st of Duchray, and had children including William Grahame II Laird of Polder Duchray and Glennie; 1st Earl of Sterling.
  • Maria Catherine Graham passed away in 1575 in Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Elgin
1506 – 1544
Birth Location: Falla near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Isabella Armstrong
1500 – 1575
Birth Location: Balfour Hall, Markinch, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

John Duchray
1520 – 1618
Birth Location: Dunans, Perthshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Sterling
1560 – 1616
Birth Location: Duchray, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland
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Maria Graham's Ancestors

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Maria Graham
1530 – 1575
Birth Place: Falde, , parish, Scotland
Parents
William Gordon 2 Hill Terrace Elgin
1506 – 1544
Falla near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabella (Margaret) Armstrong
1500 – 1575
Balfour Hall, Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Richard Graham
1479 – 1513
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jonet Graham
1480 – 1506
Kincardine, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Thomas (Seventh Lord Mangerton) Armstrong
1495 – 1549
Mangerton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Maria Graham's Descendants

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Maria (Catherine) Graham (1530 – 1575) m. John (Graham of Dounans, 1st of) Duchray (1520 – 1618)
  1. 1. William (Grahame II Laird of Polder Duchray and Glennie; 1st Earl of) Sterling (1560 – 9 Jan 1616) m. Christine MacFarlane (1568 – 1625)
    1. 1. James Graham (1584 – 1640) m. Agnes Thomson (1586 – 1644)
      1. 1. Catherine (Agnes) Graham (17 Jan 1604 – 1677) m. John (A. Alexander, of) Eridy (Abt. 1593 – Oct 25, 1677) m. John (A Alexander of) Eridy (1593 – 11 Dec 1696) m. John (Craufurd) (Crawford) (22 Jul 1621 – 12 Jul 1661)
        1. 1. Alexander Alexander (abt 1650 – 01 JUN 1704) m. Margaret Falcouner (1650 Jan 31 – 28 Dec 1749)

Maria Graham's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Maria Catherine Graham in Falde, , parish, Scotland
Falde, , parish, Scotland
1575
1575
Age 45
Death of Maria Catherine Graham in Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Falde, , parish, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Langholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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