Ancestry of Keir Starmer

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THE ANCESTRY OF SIR KEIR STARMER

1 Sir Keir Rodney Starmer

b 2 Sep 1962, Southwark

Parents

2 Rodney Starmer of Oxted, Surrey, toolmaker

b 1935, Surrey

d 7 Dec 2018, Surrey

m 1960, Surrey

3 Josephine Anne Baker, nurse

b 1939, Surrey

d 2015, Surrey

Grandparents

4 Herbert Starmer of Woldingham, wheelwright

b 28 Sep 1905, Everton

d 11 Jul 1990, Surrey

m 7 Apr 1928, Caterham

5 Doris Edith Parsons

b 12 Jan 1907, Caterham

d 14 Jun 2001, Norfolk

6 Ronald Frank Baker of Reigate, fitter

b 29 Oct 1911, Merstham

d 11 Jan 1985, Surrey

m 18 Mar 1939, Croydon

7 Marjorie Jones

b 19 Oct 1915

Great-grandparents

8 Gustavus Adolphus Starmer of Godstone, gamekeeper

b 3 Aug 1882, Martin, Lincolnshire

d 28 Apr 1974

m 14 Aug 1905, St Bride, Liverpool

9 Katherine Mitchell

b 30 Dec 1885, Liverpool

d 1974, Surrey

10 Arthur Kenrick Parsons of Caterham, bricklayer

b 12 Feb 1878, Bletchingley

d 1937, Surrey

m 21 May 1904, Caterham

11 Emma Halsey

b 2 Jan 1879, Caterham

d 1969, Surrey

12 Frank Baker of Merstham, Surrey, mental nurse

b 30 Jan 1887, Merstham

bur 27 Oct 1953, Caterham

m 1911

13 Maud Louisa Stevens

b 29 May 1887, Reading

d 7 Oct 1955, Redhill

14 Ernest Jones, printer

b 1883, Bettws-y-Crwyn, Shropshire

Great-great-grandparents

16 George Starmer of Edlington and Finningley, farmer

b 31 Jul 1855, Mavis Enderby, Lincolnshire

d 13 Sep 1945, Surrey

m 16 May 1878, Welford, Northamptonshire

17 Matilda Buswell

b Welford, bap 16 Sep 1849, Welford

bur 22 Apr 1931, Finningley

20 William Thomas Parsons of Bletchingley and Caterham, bricklayer

b Bletchingley, bap 16 Jul 1843, Bletchingley

bur 4 Mar 1922, Caterham

m 13 Dec 1862, Nutfield

21 Elizabeth English

b 1838, Bletchingley

bur 30 Dec 1922, Caterham

22 John Halsey of Caterham, gardener

b ca 1838, Ilford

bur 19 Nov 1921, Caterham

m 24 Jan 1875, Caterham

23 Adelaide Cannell

b ca 1842, Costessey, Norfolk

d 1936, Surrey

24 Samuel Baker of Merstham, miller

b ca 1852, Uckfield

d 30 Dec 1907, Merstham

m 1872, Sussex

25 Ellen Sharwood

b 1852, Iden

d 13 May 1918, Leytonstone

26 Owen Stevens of Reading, labourer

b Upton Grey, Hampshire, bap 15 Mar 1863, Upton Grey

bur 19 Feb 1908, Reading

m 1 Aug 1885, Reading

27 Edith Farmer

b 1864, Reading

bur 1 Jan 1936, Reading

28 Jeremiah Jones of Knighton, coal carter

b 1841, Cascob, Radnorshire

bur 21 Jun 1924, Knighton

m 19 Jul 1869, Bettws-y-Crwyn

29 Frances Davies

b ca 1849, Beguildy

bur 7 Mar 1936, Knighton

Sources

Daisy Goddard, We found war veterans and healthcare workers within Keir Starmer's family tree

National probate calendars

1939 register

The Surrey Mirror, 3 Jan 1908

Caterham Mirror, 26 Jul 1990

National civil registration indexes

1851 census returns, Bletchingley (National Archives, HO 107/1600, fol. 27)

1881 census returns, Bletchingley (National Archives, RG 11/803, fol. 23)

1891 census returns, Merstham (National Archives, RG 12/580, fol. 100)

1891 census returns, Reading (National Archives, RG 12/997, fol. 35)

1891 census returns, Wimbledon (National Archives, RG 12/582, fol. 96)

1901 census returns, Knighton (National Archives, RG 13/5181, fol. 39)

1901 census returns, Merstham (National Archives, RG 13/624, fol. 135)

1911 census returns, Caterham (National Archives, RG 14/3248)

1911 census returns, Leyton (National Archives, RG 14/9663)

1911 census returns, Oxted (National Archives, RG 14/3263)

1911 census returns, Reigate (National Archives, RG 14/3225)

War Office records (National Archives, WO 363)

Bletchingley Methodist registers (Surrey History Centre, 4525/1)

St Luke, Whyteleafe, Caterham, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

St Bride, Liverpool, parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

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

Finningley parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Caterham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Knighton parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Nutfield parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Bletchingley parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Bettws-y-Crwyn parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Upton Grey parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

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

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

Death certificate for Ellen (Sharwood) Baker

Marriage certificate for Ronald Frank and Marjorie (Jones) Baker

Notes

The date of birth of Katherine (Mitchell) Starmer is given as 30 Dec 1885 in the 1939 register and as 30 Dec 1884 in the entry for her death in the civil registration indexes. At her marriage in 1905, she seems to have been unable or unwilling to provide details of her father as he is entered as “— Mitchell deceased” and no occupation is given for him. The most likely candidate for her in the 1901 census returns is a Catherine Mitchell, aged fifteen, working as a housemaid at a children’s home in Kirkdale (National Archives, RG 13/3465, fol. 79). This would be the Kate Mitchell, aged five, who was recorded in the Walton workhouse register of servants and apprentices as being assigned on 4 Sep 1891 to Miss Hornby (Liverpool Record Office, 353 WES/13/4). In 1891, Mary Hornby was the head of the orphanage or children’s home in Kirkdale at which Catherine Mitchell was living ten years later (National Archives, RG 12/2959, fol. 44). A Catherine Mitchell living at the time of the 1891 census at Fazakerley cottage homes was evidently the same person. She is stated to have been born at Everton but her age is obscured (National Archives, RG 12/2981, fol. 35). The records of the cottage homes show that on 29 Apr 1890, Catherine Mitchell was admitted. She was stated to have been born in 1886 and her mother is given as Mary E. of Walton workhouse (Liverpool Record Office, 352 SOC/1/1). The 1891 census returns for Walton workhouse include Mary Ellen Mitchell, said to be married, aged 22, a bookbinder, and born in Liverpool (National Archives, RG 12/2981, fol. 68).