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Walter Forrest 1597–1618 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1597

Birth Location: , Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: Aft. 1618

Death Location: , , Scotland

Father: James Forrester

Mother: Rachael Weir

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Walter Forrest was born in 1597 in , Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of James Thomas Forrester And Rachael Jeane Weir. Walter Forrest passed away in 1618 in , , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Walter Forrest was born in 1597 in , Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of James Thomas Forrester And Rachael Jeane Weir.
  • Walter Forrest passed away in 1618 in , , Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Forrester
1575–1624
Birth Location: St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Rachael Weir
1577–1624
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Walter Forrest's Ancestors

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Walter Forrest
1597–1618
Birth Place: , Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
James Thomas Forrester
1575–1624
St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Rachael (Jeane) Weir
1577–1624
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
William (James) Forrest
1550–1609
Fife, Scotland
James Weir
1546–1601
Stonebyres, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Rachel Carmichael
1549–1620
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Walter Forrest's Timeline

2 Records

1597
1597
Birth of Walter Forrest in , Stirlingshire, Scotland
, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1618
Aft. 1618
Age 21
Death of Walter Forrest in , , Scotland
, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1597
    Event Place: , Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1618
    Event Place: , , Scotland
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