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Walter Oliphant Smith 1523 – 1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 May 1566

Death Location: Guildhall, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: Laurens Oliphant

Mother: Margaret Sandilands

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The story of Walter Oliphant Smith began in 1523 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. Walter Oliphant Smith passed away in 1566 in Guildhall, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Oliphant Smith began in 1523 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Walter Oliphant Smith passed away in 1566 in Guildhall, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Walter Smith's Ancestors

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Walter Smith
1523 – 1566
Birth Place: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Laurens Lord Oliphant
1505 – 1566
Calder, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Sandilands
1515 – 1609
Torphichen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert (Third Lord Erskine Fourth Erskine of Mar Lord Erskine) Flodden
1458 – 1513
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isabel Elizabeth Campbell, of Glenoroch,) Argyll
1462 – 1516
New Byth, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (James Sandilands, 7th Laird of) Calder
1482 – 1530
Calder (Lanarkshire) England
Lady (Janet "Jean" Johanna) Fleming
1502 – 1562
Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland)
1473 – 1513
Agnes Stewart
1480 – 1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland)
1451 – 1488
Margaret Scotland)
1456 – 1486
James Buchan)
1442 – 1499
Margaret Murray
1446 – 1512

Walter Smith's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Walter Oliphant Smith in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
1566
9 May 1566
Age 43
Death of Walter Oliphant Smith in Guildhall, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Guildhall, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 May 1566
    Event Place: Guildhall, London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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