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James Gordon 1560 – 1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Birkenburn, Dumbennan, Kinnoir, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 January 1591

Death Location: Barnbarroch Colven Kirkcudbright, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Cairnburrow

Mother: Lady Gordon

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It was in 1560 that James Gordon was born in Birkenburn, Dumbennan, Kinnoir, Scotland, United Kingdom, a child of John Gordon III of Cairnburrow and Lady Elizabeth (Countess of Atholl) Gordon. James Gordon was deceased by 1591 in Barnbarroch Colven Kirkcudbright, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Cairnburrow
1541 – 1591
Birth Location: Cairnburrow, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JC
Lady Gordon
1543 – 1601
Birth Location: Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
LG

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1560
    Event Place: Birkenburn, Dumbennan, Kinnoir, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 January 1591
    Event Place: Barnbarroch Colven Kirkcudbright, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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