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William Anderson 1520–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 10 September 1547

Death Location: Fordell, Fife, Scotland

Father: George Fordell

Mother: Catherine Adamson

Spouse(s): Elisabeth Scott

Children(s): James Henderson

In 1520, William Anderson entered the world in Scotland, born to George Henderson Van Fordell And Catherine Adamson. William Anderson married Elisabeth Scott, and had children including James Henderson. William Anderson passed away in 1547 in Fordell, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1520, William Anderson entered the world in Scotland, born to George Henderson Van Fordell And Catherine Adamson.
  • William Anderson married Elisabeth Scott, and had children including James Henderson.
  • William Anderson passed away in 1547 in Fordell, Fife, Scotland.

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William Anderson's Ancestors

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William Anderson
1520–1547
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
George Henderson van Fordell
1490–1547
Fordell Castle, Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine Adamson
1496–1539
Fordel, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James (Henderson Van) Fordell
1450–1513
Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Helen Beattie
1476–1534
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Anderson's Descendants

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William Anderson (1520–10 September 1547) m. Elisabeth Scott (1525–10 September 1547)
  1. 1. James Henderson 1545–1611

William Anderson's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of William Anderson in Scotland
Scotland
1547
10 September 1547
Age 27
Death of William Anderson in Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Scottish Covenanters Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 September 1547
    Event Place: Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fordell, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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