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Roderick MacDonald 1521–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1521

Birth Location: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: Feb 1581

Death Location: Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Father: Alexander Glengarry

Mother: Lady 16GGM

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In 1521, Roderick MacDonald entered the world in Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Alexander Ronaldson Macdonald 6Th Chief Of Glengarry And Lady Margaret Jean Ross De Insulis Macdonald 16Ggm. Roderick MacDonald passed away in 1581 in Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

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  • In 1521, Roderick MacDonald entered the world in Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Alexander Ronaldson Macdonald 6Th Chief Of Glengarry And Lady Margaret Jean Ross De Insulis Macdonald 16Ggm.
  • Roderick MacDonald passed away in 1581 in Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

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Roderick MacDonald's Ancestors

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Roderick MacDonald
1521–1581
Birth Place: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Ronaldson MacDonald 6th Chief of Glengarry
1480–1560
Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Jean Ross de Insulis MacDonald,) 16GGM
1489–1523
Ross-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
John Macdonald
1420–1501
Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Janet Cameron
1433–1470
Ballegarno Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Lord (Alexander II MacDonald, 5th Chief Laird of Clan MacDonald of Glengarry, 2nd Lord of) Lochalsh
1476–1494
Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Lady (Millicent Frost) MacDonald
1478–1533
Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander MacDonald
1440–1460
Donald Cameron
1411–1460
Lady MacMartin
1392–1472
Lord Lochalsh
1448–1494
A Boireann
1448–1498
Elizabeth Frost
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Donald MacDonald
1386–1420
Allan Cameron
1390–1450
Lady Drummond
1395–1445

Roderick MacDonald's Timeline

2 Records

1521
abt 1521
Birth of Roderick MacDonald in Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1581
Feb 1581
Age 60
Death of Roderick MacDonald in Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1521
    Event Place: Glengarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1581
    Event Place: Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

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