The Swift Family Tree » William Elder (1561-1604)
Personal data William Elder
Sources 1, 2, 3Source 1- He was born on February 15, 1561 in Dunfermline Burgh, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
- He died in the year 1604 in Lochinver, Sutherland, Scotland, he was 42 years old.Source 1
Attention: Died 9 months (??-??-1604) prior to the birth (??-??-1609) of child (John Elder) . - A child of John Elder and Effie Smeaton
Household of William Elder
He is married to Janet Wardlaw.
They got married on May 10, 1579 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, he was 18 years old.
Child(ren):
- Kaete Elder 1580-????
- Barbara Elder 1582-????
- Grizel Elder 1584-????
- Edward Elder 1588-????
- William Elder 1591-????
- John Elder 1609-????
Timeline William Elder
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Sources
- Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
- Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday February 15, 1561
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1561: Source: Wikipedia
- March 31 » The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.
- June 4 » The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
- July 2 » Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
- August 19 » Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
- August 24 » Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
- October 18 » In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima was fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen; resulting in a draw.
Day of marriage May 10, 1579
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1579: Source: Wikipedia
- January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
- February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
- June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
- June 26 » Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
- July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
- October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
Same birth/death day
- 1506 » Juliana of Stolberg, German countess († 1580)
- 1519 » Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida († 1574)
- 1557 » Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer († 1622)
- 1564 » Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1642)
- 1571 » Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (probable; d. 1621)
- 1612 » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal († 1676)
About the surname Elder
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Dean Swift, "The Swift Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/the-swift-family-tree/I222320612314.php : accessed May 1, 2025), "William Elder (1561-1604)".