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Thomas Kerr 1425 – 1481 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1425

Birth Location: Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 MAY 1481

Death Location: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Andrew Kerr

Mother: Mary Herries

Spouse(s): Margaret Somerville

Children(s):

Thomas Kerr was born in 1425 in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Andrew Kerr and Mary Margaret Herries. Thomas Kerr married Margaret Somerville. Thomas Kerr passed away in 1481 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Thomas Kerr was born in 1425 in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Andrew Kerr and Mary Margaret Herries.
  • Thomas Kerr married Margaret Somerville.
  • Thomas Kerr passed away in 1481 in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Thomas Kerr's Ancestors

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Thomas Kerr
1425 – 1481
Birth Place: Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Andrew Kerr
1377 – 1444
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Margaret) Herries
1390 – 1482
Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Kerr
1350 – 1399
Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christine Rutherford
1350 – 1460
Scotland, United Kingdom
John (de) Herries
1360 – 1420
Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Euphemia (de) Lindsay
1365 – 1405
Clydesdale, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Thomas Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1425
1425
Birth of Thomas Kerr in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1481
8 MAY 1481
Age 56
Death of Thomas Kerr in Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1425
    Event Place: Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 MAY 1481
    Event Place: Cessford, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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