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William Dunbar 1755–1831 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Oct 1755

Birth Location: Croy & Dalcross

Death Date: 3 Sep 1831

Death Location: Elgin Pictou Nova Scotia Canada

Father: Hugh Dunbar

Mother: Margaret Rose

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William Dunbar was born in 1755 in Croy & Dalcross, the child of Hugh Cook Dunbar And Margaret 1726 Rose. William Dunbar passed away in 1831 in Elgin Pictou Nova Scotia Canada.

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Biography

  • William Dunbar was born in 1755 in Croy & Dalcross, the child of Hugh Cook Dunbar And Margaret 1726 Rose.
  • William Dunbar passed away in 1831 in Elgin Pictou Nova Scotia Canada.

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William Dunbar's Ancestors

Self
William Dunbar
1755–1831
Birth Place: Croy & Dalcross
Parents
Hugh Cook Dunbar
1725–1793
Cantrary Brae of Cantray Cray Parish, Inverness, Scotland
Margaret (1726) Rose
1725–
Grey Dalcross, Inverness-Shire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Cook) Dunbar
1699–
Kinloss, Moray, Scotland
John (Hugh (11th Laird of Holme)) Rose
1707–1746
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Griselda (Dunbar) (Sutherland)
1704–1793
Grey Dalcross, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Dunbar
1667–
Jean Lorimer
1675–
Alexander Rose
1670–1753
Helen Stennance
1678–1735
James Hempriggs
1680–1724
Elizabeth Hempriggs
1688–1756
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Dunbar
1645–1693
Margaret Wairden
1645–1728
Mary Kinnear
1655–1701
Sir Rose
1642–1671
Jean Innes
1652–1684
EarlJames Duffus
1655–1705
Dame Duffus
1659–1706
Sir. Hempriggs
1651–1711
Elizabeth Latheron
1655–1728

William Dunbar's Timeline

2 Records

1755
19 Oct 1755
Birth of William Dunbar in Croy & Dalcross
Croy & Dalcross
1831
3 Sep 1831
Age 76
Death of William Dunbar in Elgin Pictou Nova Scotia Canada
Elgin Pictou Nova Scotia Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Oct 1755
    Event Place: Croy & Dalcross
    Record Source: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Sep 1831
    Event Place: Elgin Pictou Nova Scotia Canada
    Record Source: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index

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