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William 'of Nydie Fife' Forster 1550 – 1610 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Nydie, Fifeshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 1610

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland

Father: Nicholas Forster

Mother: Margaret Gallon

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William 'of Nydie Fife' Forster was born in 1550 in Nydie, Fifeshire, , Scotland, the child of Nicholas 'of Newham Forster and Margaret Gallon. William 'of Nydie Fife' Forster passed away in 1610 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • William 'of Nydie Fife' Forster was born in 1550 in Nydie, Fifeshire, , Scotland, the child of Nicholas 'of Newham Forster and Margaret Gallon.
  • William 'of Nydie Fife' Forster passed away in 1610 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland.

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William Forster's Ancestors

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William Forster
1550 – 1610
Birth Place: Nydie, Fifeshire, , Scotland
Parents
Nicholas 'of Newham Forster
1513 – 1560
Hunsden, Hertford, England, England
Margaret Gallon
1500 – 1586
Newham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas (Forster, Lord) Etherstone
– 1526
Etherstone, Northumberland, England
Lady (Elizabeth Fitzhugh , of) Featherstonhaugh
– 1535
Stenhope Hall, Durham, England
Percivall (Gallon) Gallon
1480 –
Isabell Clenhill
1480 –
Great-Grandparents
Sir Forster
– 1526
Lady Feathersto
1489 – 1535
Alexander Featherstonhaugh
1430 – 1508
Cicely Duckett
1443 – 1498
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Forster
– 1520
Joan DeElmedon
1416 – 1454

William Forster's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of William 'of Nydie Fife' Forster in Nydie, Fifeshire, , Scotland
Nydie, Fifeshire, , Scotland
1610
1610
Age 60
Death of William 'of Nydie Fife' Forster in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Nydie, Fifeshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1610
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland

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