Sir John Major

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THE ANCESTRY OF SIR JOHN MAJOR

1 Sir John Major

b 29 Mar 1943, St Helier, Surrey

Parents

2 Abraham Thomas Ball, alias Tom Major, actor and garden ornament maker

b 18 May 1879, Bloxwich, Staffordshire

d 27 Mar 1962, Brixton

m 4 Apr 1929, North Harborne, Staffordshire

3 Gwendolen Minnie Coates

b 12 Apr 1905, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

d 17 Sep 1970, Croydon

Grandparents

4 Abraham Ball, bricklayer

b 29 Jan 1848, Willenhall, Staffordshire

d 15 Aug 1931, Prees Higher Heath, Shropshire

m 27 Oct 1873, Willenhall

5 Sarah Ann Marrah or O'Marrah

b 12 Sep 1853, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

d 1 Apr 1919, Prees Higher Heath

6 Harry Sewell Coates, grocer

b 9 Mar 1881, Sutterton, Lincolnshire

d 20 May 1934, Gainsborough

m 29 Apr 1902, Woodhouse, Yorkshire

7 Ada Florence Moore

b 3 Mar 1877, Boston, Lincolnshire

d 28 Jan 1932, Gainsborough

Great-grandparents

8 John Ball of Willenhall, locksmith and provision dealer

b Willenhall, bap 1 Oct 1820, Willenhall

d 30 Dec 1900, Walsall

m 28 Oct 1844, West Bromwich

9 Caroline Smith

bap 30 Dec 1821, Pelsall, Staffordshire

d 1 Feb 1869, Willenhall

10 Thomas Leeson, alias O’Marrah, of Willenhall, boat loader

b ca 1825, co. Tipperary, Ireland

d 16 Jul 1903, Short Heath, Staffordshire

m 6 Jun 1852, Sedgley, Staffordshire

11 Margaret Thomas

b St Martins, Shropshire, bap 22 Jul 1832, Selattyn, Shropshire

d 18 May 1905, Willenhall

12 David Coates of Leeds, grocer

b 3 Nov 1841, Freiston, Lincolnshire

d 11 May 1909, Leeds

m 11 Jul 1872, Leake, Lincolnshire

13 Emma Sewell

b 2 Jan 1842, Stickford, Lincolnshire

d 9 Mar 1931, Gainsborough

14 William Moore of Boston, painter

b 17 Jul 1850, Spalding, Lincolnshire

d 4 Jan 1902, Boston

m 29 Apr 1875, Boston

15 Lucy Ann Crust

b 8 May 1849, Boston

d 12 Dec 1931, Gainsborough

Great-great-grandparents

16 Joseph Ball of Willenhall, locksmith

b Willenhall, bap 13 Nov 1785, Willenhall

d 6 Jul 1869, Willenhall

m 20 Feb 1809, St Peter, Wolverhampton

17 Ann Bournes

b ca 1789

d 1 Dec 1849, Willenhall

18 Francis Smith of Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, butcher and farmer

b ca 1793, Great Wyrley

d 30 Apr 1864, Great Wyrley

19 Mary

b ca 1792

d 30 Jan 1870, Great Wyrley

22 Peter Thomas of St Martins, stone mason

b ca 1760

d 1 Jan 1843, Whittington, Shropshire

23 Margaret

24 David Coates of Freiston and of Leake, blacksmith

b Leake, bap 30 Nov 1809, Leake

d 19 Sep 1871, Leake

m 17 Apr 1832, Freiston

25 Sarah Brocklesby

b Freiston, bap 18 Jan 1809, Freiston

d 9 Mar 1889, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire

26 Jonas Sewell of Stickford, cattle dealer

bap 26 Dec 1818, Stickford

d 4 Apr 1879, Stickford

m 29 Oct 1838, Leake

27 Eliza Mills

b Leake, bap 15 Jun 1817, Leake

d 27 Jan 1897, Hubberts Bridge, Lincolnshire

28 William Moore of Spalding and of Boston, carpenter

b Kettering, Northamptonshire, bap 10 Sep 1819, Kettering

d 6 Apr 1887, Boston

m 25 Dec 1840, Spalding

29 Rebecca Tasker

b Spalding, bap 10 Dec 1814, Spalding

d 31 Jan 1855, Boston

30 Samuel Richard Crust of Boston, corn porter

b Boston, bap 17 Dec 1818, Boston

d 17 Jan 1892, Boston

m 16 Oct 1843, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire

31 Lucy Palmer

b Boston, bap 23 Mar 1820, Boston

d 7 Aug 1881, Boston

Sources

Edward J. Davies, “The Ancestry of Sir John Major”, Genealogists’ Magazine, 29(2007-09):335-40

Wolverhampton Roman Catholic registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Kettering parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

The Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury, 18 Apr 1879