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Ninian Bruce 1535–1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1582

Death Location: Kinniard, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Andrew Powfoulis

Mother: Lady Napier

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Ninian Bruce was born in 1535 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Andrew Bruce Of Powfoulis And Lady Janet Napier. Ninian Bruce passed away in 1582 in Kinniard, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Ninian Bruce was born in 1535 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Andrew Bruce Of Powfoulis And Lady Janet Napier.
  • Ninian Bruce passed away in 1582 in Kinniard, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Ninian Bruce's Ancestors

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Ninian Bruce
1535–1582
Birth Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Andrew Bruce of Powfoulis
1508–1570
Auchanbours, Perth, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Napier
1514–1570
Merchiston, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (William) Bruce
1486–1584
Scotland
Dame (Agnes) Lyndesay
1490–1535
John (Napier (4th Laird of) Merchiston)
1500–1513
Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Janet ("Jeanette") Chisholm
1487–1542
Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Earshall)
1451–1504
Janet Stewart
1465–
Archibald Merchiston)
1449–1521
Catherine Douglas
1460–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Stenhouse
1420–1488
Margaret Forrester
1422–1451
Sir Rosyth)
1444–
Mariot Rosyth)
1435–1483
John Napier
–1488
William Douglas
1439–

Ninian Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Ninian Bruce in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
1582
1582
Age 47
Death of Ninian Bruce in Kinniard, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinniard, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1582
    Event Place: Kinniard, Scotland, United Kingdom

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