WEDDERBURN, ELIZABETH [SSNE 6119]

Surname

WEDDERBURN, WEDDERBORN, KINNAIRD

First name

ELIZABETH, ELISABET

Nationality

SCOT

Region

CRAIGIE, PERTH AND KINROSS,

Text source

Elizabeth Wedderburn was a daughter of John Wedderburn of Craigie. Around 1604-1605, Elizabeth married James Kinnaird [SSNE 1124] with whom she travelled to Denmark in the summer of 1615. Kinnaird became a burgess of Gothenburg around 1628 and they lived in that town throughout the 1630's. The couple had three daughters called Johanna [SSNE 2711], Barbara [SSNE 6880] and Elizabeth [SSNE 6436], and a son, Alexander.

Sources:

G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 1, p.579, vol. 7, pp.370-372; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.228; Goteborg Landsarkiv, W. Berg, Genealogiska anteckningar om Goteborgs-slakter, ser1, vol.2, p.318; Female.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ELSINORE

Arrived 1616-01-01

Departed 1627-12-31

Purpose MISC.

SWEDEN, GOTHENBURG

Arrived 1628-01-01

Purpose MISC.