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Robert Ogilvie 1705–1797 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1705

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland

Death Date: 23 May 1797

Death Location: Virginia, United States

Father: William Gillespie

Mother: Margaret Cairn

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Robert Ogilvie was born in 1705 in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland, the child of William Oglesbee Ogilvie Gillespie And Margaret Cairn. Robert Ogilvie passed away in 1797 in Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Robert Ogilvie was born in 1705 in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland, the child of William Oglesbee Ogilvie Gillespie And Margaret Cairn.
  • Robert Ogilvie passed away in 1797 in Virginia, United States.

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Robert Ogilvie's Ancestors

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Robert Ogilvie
1705–1797
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Parents
William Oglesbee (Ogilvie) Gillespie
1671–1775
, Fife, , Scotland
Margaret Cairn
1671–
Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Grandparents
William Gillespie
1656–1775
Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Margaret Burn
1622–1630
St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
James Cairn
1650–
St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Helen Smyte
1652–
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Jr.
1646–1775
Christian Horn
1646–1871
James Burne
1598–1658
Janet
1600–1658
James Cairn
1644–
Alisone Mathesone
1646–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Williame Horne
1622–
Burne
1580–

Robert Ogilvie's Timeline

2 Records

1705
1705
Birth of Robert Ogilvie in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
1797
23 May 1797
Age 92
Death of Robert Ogilvie in Virginia, United States
Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1705
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 May 1797
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

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