Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families
Nicholas Ramsay
Abt 1488 - 1555 (67 years)1. Nicholas Ramsay was born about 1488 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland (son of Alexander de Ramsay, IV and Nichole Kerr); died on 8 May 1555 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in Dalhousie, Midlothian, Scotland. Family/Spouse: Christian Ross. Christian was born about 1484 in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- George Ramsay of Dalhousie was born about 1515 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland, Europe; died on 2 Dec 1580 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland, Europe.
2. Alexander de Ramsay, IV was born in 1464 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland (son of Lord Dalhousie Alexander Ramsay and Elizabeth Isabella Douglas); died on 9 Sep 1513 in battle of Floden, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England, (present day United Kingdom) (killed in battle). Alexander married Nichole Kerr on 22 Mar 1503 (MARR) in Hawkhead, Renfrew, Scotland. Nichole was born about 1470 in Samuelston, East Lothian, United Kingdom; died on 2 Jan 1528 in Castle Dalhousie, Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Nichole Kerr was born about 1470 in Samuelston, East Lothian, United Kingdom; died on 2 Jan 1528 in Castle Dalhousie, Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh, Scotland. Children:
- 1. Nicholas Ramsay was born about 1488 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 8 May 1555 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in Dalhousie, Midlothian, Scotland.
Generation: 3
4. Lord Dalhousie Alexander Ramsay was born in 1436 in Dalhousie, Midlothian, Scotland (son of Sir Alexander Ramsay (Sheriff of Edinburg)); died on 16 Mar 1482 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Alexander married Elizabeth Isabella Douglas in 1464 (MARR) in Kilmaurs, Ayr, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Douglas and Douglas) was born about 1448 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 1465 in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Isabella Douglas was born about 1448 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (daughter of Douglas and Douglas); died in 1465 in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. Children:
- 2. Alexander de Ramsay, IV was born in 1464 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in battle of Floden, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England, (present day United Kingdom) (killed in battle).
Generation: 4
8. Sir Alexander Ramsay (Sheriff of Edinburg) was born about 1413 (son of Sir Alexander Ramsay, Sr and Margaret DE RAMSEY); died on 2 Apr 1456. Children:
- 4. Lord Dalhousie Alexander Ramsay was born in 1436 in Dalhousie, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 16 Mar 1482 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.
10. Douglas was born about 1417 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 14 Nov 1463 in Abernathy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. married Douglas in 1446 (MARR) in Balgonie, Fifeshire, Scotland. was born about 1433 in Balgonie, Fifeshire, Scotland; died before 21 Feb 1497 in Meadowflat, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Douglas was born about 1433 in Balgonie, Fifeshire, Scotland; died before 21 Feb 1497 in Meadowflat, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Children:
- 5. Elizabeth Isabella Douglas was born about 1448 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 1465 in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland.
Generation: 5
16. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Sr was born in 1388 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland (son of Robert de Ramsay and Agnes); died about 1465 in Dalhousie Castle, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Alexander married Margaret DE RAMSEY in 1413 (MARR) in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Margaret was born in 1396 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1456 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
17. Margaret DE RAMSEY was born in 1396 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1456 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Children:
- 8. Sir Alexander Ramsay (Sheriff of Edinburg) was born about 1413; died on 2 Apr 1456.
Generation: 6
32. Robert de Ramsay was born in 1363 in of Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1417 in Cockpen, Midlothian. Robert + Agnes. Agnes was born in 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
33. Agnes was born in 1367. Children:
- 16. Sir Alexander Ramsay, Sr was born in 1388 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; died about 1465 in Dalhousie Castle, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.