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William Oliphant 1545–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 May 1545

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 January 1593

Death Location: Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Laurens Oliphant

Mother: Margaret Sandilands

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William Oliphant was born in 1545 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Laurens Lord Oliphant And Margaret Sandilands. William Oliphant passed away in 1593 in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Oliphant was born in 1545 in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Laurens Lord Oliphant And Margaret Sandilands.
  • William Oliphant passed away in 1593 in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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William Oliphant's Ancestors

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William Oliphant
1545–1593
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, 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
Princess (Jeanette "JANET" "The Beautiful Scotswoman" Stewart, Lady of Edinburgh & Fleming, Baroness of Fleming & Biggar, 2nd Countess of Wigton, Governess of Mary Queen of Scots, Princess of) Scotland
1502–1562
Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James IV
1473–1513
Agnes Ramsay
1480–1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland)
1451–1488
Margaret Scotland)
1456–1486
James Stewart
1442–1499
Margaret Murray
1446–1512

William Oliphant's Timeline

2 Records

1545
8 May 1545
Birth of William Oliphant in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1593
16 January 1593
Age 48
Death of William Oliphant in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 May 1545
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 January 1593
    Event Place: Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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