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William CUNNINGHAM 1532 – 1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1532

Birth Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Oct 1580

Death Location: Lochinver, Sutherland, , Scotland

Father: John Cunningham

Mother: Margaret Fleming

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The story of William CUNNINGHAM began in 1532 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. William CUNNINGHAM passed away in 1580 in Lochinver, Sutherland, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of William CUNNINGHAM began in 1532 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • William CUNNINGHAM passed away in 1580 in Lochinver, Sutherland, , Scotland.

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William CUNNINGHAM's Ancestors

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William CUNNINGHAM
1532 – 1580
Birth Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
John Rankin Cunningham
1514 – 1596
Cunninghamhead (Ayrshire) Scotland
Margaret Fleming
1515 – 1550
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife,) Leslie
1476 – 1558
Rothes , Moray, Scotland
lady (Elizabeth Helen) Sinclair
1490 – 1549
Dunnotar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Marischal
1451 – 1527
Lady Gordon,
1462 – 1525
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William CUNNINGHAM's Timeline

2 Records

1532
1532
Birth of William CUNNINGHAM in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1580
18 Oct 1580
Age 48
Death of William CUNNINGHAM in Lochinver, Sutherland, , Scotland
Lochinver, Sutherland, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1532
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1580
    Event Place: Lochinver, Sutherland, , Scotland

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