Ancestry of Theresa May

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THE ANCESTRY OF THERESA MAY

1 Theresa Mary Brasier

b 1 Oct 1956, Eastbourne

Parents

2 Hubert Brasier of Wheatley, Oxfordshire, clergyman

b 20 Aug 1917, Wandsworth

d 12 Oct 1981

m 16 Jun 1955, Reading

3 Zaidee Mary Barnes

b 18 Jul 1928

d 6 Jul 1982

Grandparents

4 Tom Brasier of Wandsworth, soldier and clerk

b 1880, Wimbledon

d 18 May 1951, Wandsworth

m 25 Sep 1909, Independent chapel, Fareham

5 Amy Margaret Patterson

b 1878, Plaistow

d 1967, Oxford

6 Reginald James Barnes of Reading, travelling salesman

b 16 Nov 1892, Southampton

d 1970

m 24 Jul 1917, Reading

7 Violet Jenny Welland

b 15 Feb 1894, Reading

d 29 Feb 1988

Great-grandparents

8 James Brasier of Wimbledon, builder

b 14 Sep 1840, Limpsfield, Surrey

d 4 Feb 1917

m 22 Jun 1865, Rodmell, Sussex

9 Sarah Jane Barnes

b ca 1839, Rodmell

10 David Patterson of Wimbledon, butler

b 9 Mar 1852, Kennet, Clackmannanshire

d 5 Nov 1893, Coombe, Surrey

m 13 Jul 1875, Glasgow

11 Jane Poole

b 22 Jun 1851, Southwark

12 William James Barnes of Southampton, cabinet maker

bap 26 Jul 1857, Southampton

m 9 Mar 1884, Shirley, Hampshire

13 Maud Mary Anderson

bap 4 Oct 1863, Southampton

14 William Richard Welland of Reading, store porter

b ca 1861, Reading

d 26 Feb 1932

m 31 Jul 1886, Earley, Berkshire

15 Mary Maria Naish

b 20 Feb 1860, Stanton St Bernard, Wiltshire

d 15 Jan 1951, Reading

Great-great-grandparents

16 Richard John Brasier of Limpsfield, carpenter

b 11 May 1811, Greenwich

d 6 Mar 1897

m 15 Aug 1831, Lewisham

17 Ann Needle

b 6 Jul 1809, Walton-on-Thames

d 31 Dec 1899

18 Edward Barnes of Rodmell, butcher

bap 12 Mar 1809, Rodmell

bur 11 Jul 1878, Rodmell

m 2 Apr 1833, Rodmell

19 Jane Hollingdale

bap 3 Sep 1815, Rodmell

bur 29 Mar 1895, Rodmell

20 Alexander Paterson of Kennet, labourer

b 13 Dec 1813, Clackmannan

d 4 Feb 1860, Kennet

m 24 Nov 1837, Clackmannan

21 Margaret Watson

b ca 1816

d 26 Oct 1884, Kennet

22 George Poole of Southwark, tailor

b 29 Jan 1819, Welford, Northamptonshire

23 Jane Bryan

b ca 1826, Westminster

24 Edward Barnes of Southampton, cabinet maker

bap 8 Nov 1829, South Stoneham

d 18 May 1890, Southampton

m 6 Mar 1853, Hackney

25 Charlotte Marsh

bap 26 Jun 1825, Brighton

d 4 Sep 1869, Southampton

26 James Anderson of Southampton, mariner

bap 15 Oct 1815, Southampton

m 6 Jan 1848, Southampton

27 Sarah Elizabeth Etheridge

bap 1 May 1831, Southampton

28 William Welland of Reading, grocer

bap 20 Aug 1820, Haslemere, Surrey

d 19 Aug 1867, Reading

m 25 Oct 1852, Stoke next Guildford

29 Mary Adams

bap 14 Jul 1822, Empshott, Hampshire

d 22 Feb 1897, Reading

30 James Godding Naish of Stanton St Bernard, agricultural labourer

bap 20 Nov 1836, Etchilhampton, Wiltshire

m 22 Oct 1859, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire

31 Ann Marshall

bap 17 Nov 1839, Alton Barnes

Sources

Roy Stockdill, From Domestic Servants to Prime Minister: Theresa May’s Family Fortunes

National probate calendars

1939 register

Soldiers’ documents from pension claims (National Archives, WO 364)

1851 census returns, Limpsfield (National Archives, HO 107/1600, fol. 209)

1851 census returns, Rodmell (National Archives, HO 107/1643, fol. 784)

1861 census returns, Reading (National Archives, RG 9/747, fol. 35)

1861 census returns, Southampton (National Archives, RG 9/674, fol. 133)

1861 census returns, Southampton (National Archives, RG 9/677, fol. 20)

1861 census returns, Southwark (National Archives, RG 9/314, fol. 181)

1861 census returns, Stanton St Bernard (National Archives, RG 9/1290, fol. 16)

1871 census returns, Southampton (National Archives, RG 10/1192, fol. 23)

1871 census returns, Southampton (National Archives, RG 10/1187, fol. 140)

1891 census returns, Reading (National Archives, RG 12/997, fol. 113)

1891 census returns, Southampton (National Archives, RG 12/916, fol. 25)

1891 census returns, Wimbledon (National Archives, RG 12/604, fols 83-84)

1901 census returns, Reading (National Archives, RG 13/1149, fol. 100)

1911 census returns, Reading (National Archives, RG 14/6581, RG 14/6603)

Berkshire Marriages Index (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Hampshire Baptisms (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Kent Baptisms (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Reading Mercury, 24 Aug 1867, 27 Feb 1897

The Reading Standard, 19 Jan 1951

The Westerham Herald, 6 Jan 1900

The Surrey Advertiser, 11 Nov 1893

Stanton St Bernard parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

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

Alton Barnes parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

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

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

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

Walton-on-Thames parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

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

St George the Martyr, Southwark, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

Brighton parish registers (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XC39-WYT)

Clackmannan parish registers (online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)

Divorce files (National Archives, J 77/579/17689)

England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980 (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQL-G41N)

England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980 (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQ2-BB42)

England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980 (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGQL-QGTH)

Rodmell bishop’s transcripts (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DR59-LVJ)

Rodmell bishop’s transcripts (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DR59-JSY)

Statutory marriage record of David Patterson and Jane Poole

Statutory death record of Alexander Paterson

Statutory death record of Margaret Watson

Death certificate for Charlotte (Marsh) Barnes

Welford Independent registers (National Archives, RG 4/1283)

England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007 (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCT-5188)