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William Ramsay 1528–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1553

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Nicolas Home

Mother: Lady Ramsey

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

In 1528, William Ramsay entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Nicolas Home And Lady Isabel Livingston Ramsey. William Ramsay passed away in 1553 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1528, William Ramsay entered the world in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Nicolas Home And Lady Isabel Livingston Ramsey.
  • William Ramsay passed away in 1553 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicolas Home
1488–1555
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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Lady Ramsey
1505–1552
Birth Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland
LR

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Ramsay's Ancestors

Self
William Ramsay
1528–1553
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Nicolas Home
1488–1555
Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Isabel Livingston) Ramsey
1505–1552
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Alexander) Ramsay
1450–1506
VERIFIED- Home (Hume) Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland -Home Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th or early 13th-century castle held by the Home family, who became Lords and Earls.
Lady (Nicola Carr) (Kerr)
1458–1519
VERIFIED- Wedderburn Castle, near Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland -Wedderburn Castle has belonged to the Homes family of Wedderburn since the 15th century. Originally a fortification, converted by Patrick Home.
Great-Grandparents
Lord Canmore.
1428–1456
Lady Hepburn
1430–1425
George Samuelston
1430–1497
Mariëtte Sinclair
1450–1518
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Adam Hailes
1390–1445
Johanna Borthwick
1395–1464

William Ramsay's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of William Ramsay in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1553
1553
Age 25
Death of William Ramsay in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Scotland
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