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Robert Balfour 1519–1577 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1519

Birth Location: Burleigh, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 29 Nov 1577

Death Location: Scotland

Father: David Balfour

Mother: Agnes FORRESTER

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Robert Balfour was born in 1519 in Burleigh, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Balfour And Agnes Forrester. Robert Balfour passed away in 1577 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Balfour was born in 1519 in Burleigh, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Balfour And Agnes Forrester.
  • Robert Balfour passed away in 1577 in Scotland.

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Robert Balfour's Ancestors

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Robert Balfour
1519–1577
Birth Place: Burleigh, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David Balfour
1484–1530
Burliegh
Agnes FORRESTER
1490–1569
Corstorphine Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John (de) Balfour
1420–1460
Montquanie, Kilmany, Fife, Scotland
Michael Balfour
1453–1513
Montquanie, Kilmany, Fife, Scotland
Duncan ((Sir) 1st of Garden, 6th of Torwood) FORRESTER
1440–1488
Sterling, Carden or Garden, Scotland
Margaret ((daughter of Provost of Stirling)) Forsythe
1450–1499
Harthill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Laurence Balfour
1360–1429
Lady BOSWELL
1368–
John Balfour
1420–1460
John Balfour
1420–1460
Mathew FORRESTER
1410–1487
Margaret Yair
1420–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Michael Balfour
1330–1395
Helen Abernathy
1338–1375
Laurence Balfour
1360–1429
Lady BOSWELL
1368–
Laurence Balfour
1360–1429
Lady BOSWELL
1368–
Yair Carsie
1400–1467
Constance
1402–1432

Robert Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1519
Abt 1519
Birth of Robert Balfour in Burleigh, Fife, Scotland
Burleigh, Fife, Scotland
1577
29 Nov 1577
Age 58
Death of Robert Balfour in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1519
    Event Place: Burleigh, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 18 Sep 2024), entry for David BALFOUR, person ID LH1Y-W24.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1577
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 8 Sep 2024), entry for Robert BALFOUR, person ID LH6M-1XG.
    [2] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch</i>, accessed 18 Sep 2024), entry for David BALFOUR, person ID LH1Y-W24.

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