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Sir John, Iain Anderson 1500 – 1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1539

Death Location: Dowhill, Stobcross, Scotland

Father: Lord Anderson

Mother: Dame Smythe

Spouse(s): Magdaline Smythe

Children(s): Lt Anderson

According to available records, Sir John Iain Anderson was born in 1500 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Sir Edmond Anderson and Dame Margaret Smythe. Following those early years, Sir John Iain Anderson married Magdaline Smythe, and their family grew to include Lt Sir Ninian 'John' Anderson. In the later years of life, Sir John Iain Anderson died in 1539 in Dowhill, Stobcross, Scotland.

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Parents

Lord Anderson
1465 – 1547
Birth Location: Broughton, Buckinghamshire, England
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Dame Smythe
1485 – 1622
Birth Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Magdaline Smythe
1484 – 1575
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lt Anderson
1515 – 1559
Birth Location: Dowhill, Stobcross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1539
    Event Place: Dowhill, Stobcross, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1539
    Event Place: Dowhill, Stobcross, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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