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THE ANCESTRY OF MARGARET THATCHER

 

1  Margaret Hilda Roberts

   b 13 Oct 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire

   d 8 Apr 2013, London

 

Parents

 

2  Alfred Roberts of Grantham, Lincolnshire, grocer, Mayor of Grantham

   b 18 Apr 1892, Ringstead, Northamptonshire

   d 10 Feb 1970, Grantham

   m 28 May 1917, Wesleyan Chapel, Grantham

3  Beatrice Ethel Stephenson

   b 24 Aug 1888, Grantham

   d 7 Dec 1960, Grantham

 

Grandparents

 

4  Benjamin Ebenezer Roberts of Ringstead, shoemaker

   b 28 Dec 1857, Ringstead

   d 17 Sep 1925, Ringstead

   m 2 May 1883, Holy Sepulchre, Northampton

5  Ellen Smith

   b 20 Nov 1857, Ringstead

   d 1 May 1935, Ringstead

6  Daniel Stephenson of Grantham, railway cloak room attendant

   b 2 Feb 1850, Wyberton, Lincolnshire

   d 5 Jan 1917, Grantham

   m 25 May 1876, Boston, Lincolnshire

7  Phoebe Crust

   b 10 Mar 1849, Fishtoft Fen, Lincolnshire

   d 4 Oct 1934, Grantham

 

Great-grandparents

 

8  John Roberts of Ringstead, shoemaker

   b Ringstead, bap 19 May 1833, Ringstead

   d 27 Dec 1870, Ringstead

   m 12 Sep 1853, Ringstead

9  Letitia Phillips

   b 17 Sep 1834, Ringstead

   d 12 Nov 1909, Stanwick, Northamptonshire

10 Thomas Smith, agricultural labourer

   b ca 1810

   d 24 Aug 1857, Ringstead

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11 Catherine Sullivan or Selewin, laundress

   b ca 1811, Kenmare, co. Kerry

   d 15 Feb 1904, Ringstead

12 Richard Stephenson of Wyberton, agricultural labourer

   b Wyberton, bap 27 May 1810, Wyberton

   d 19 Aug 1895, Frithville, Lincolnshire

   m 22 May 1834, Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire

13 Lucy Motley

   b Leverton, Lincolnshire, bap 3 Dec 1812, Leverton

   d 5 Mar 1877, Wyberton Bank

14 Samuel Crust of Boston, labourer

   b Fishtoft, bap 25 Jul 1824, Fishtoft

   d 17 Mar 1912, Grantham

   m 12 May 1846, Benington, Lincolnshire

15 Eliza Ward Dickinson

   b Wrangle, Lincolnshire, bap 13 Oct 1825, Wrangle

   d 8 Jan 1912, Grantham

 

Great-great-grandparents

 

16 John Roberts of Ringstead, agricultural labourer

   b Ringstead, bap 15 Jan 1792, Ringstead

   d 2 Mar 1862, Thrapston, Northamptonshire

   m 2 Aug 1830, Ringstead

17 Alice Axley

   b ca 1805, Bythorn, Huntingdonshire

   d 1 Apr 1863, Thrapston

18 Robert Phillips of Ringstead, road labourer

   b Ringstead, bap 25 Jan 1789, Ringstead

   d 14 Jan 1861, Ringstead

   m 22 Aug 1814, Ringstead

19 Rebecca Manning

   b ca 1795, Ringstead

   d 11 Nov 1860, Ringstead

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24 Christopher Stephenson of Wyberton, farmer

   b ca 1771

   d 4 Jan 1847, Wyberton

   m 22 Jan 1798, Frampton, Lincolnshire

25 Elizabeth Gaunt

   b ca 1776

   d 19 Apr 1855, Boston

26 James Motley of Leverton, farmer

   b ca 1758

   bur 17 Nov 1818, Leverton

   m 9 Oct 1805, Leverton

27 Ann Overton

   b ca 1773

   bur 12 Aug 1831, Leverton

28 Richard Crust of Fishtoft, farmer

   bap 4 May 1788, Leake, Lincolnshire

   bur 15 Apr 1834, Freiston, Lincolnshire

   m 17 Oct 1823, Fishtoft

29 Jane Lunn

   bap 5 Oct 1795, Fishtoft

   bur 26 May 1829, Fishtoft

30 William Ward, farmer

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31 Elizabeth Dickinson

   b Wrangle, bap 6 Jun 1802, Wrangle

   d 19 Mar 1881, Boston

 

 

Sources

 

Edward J. Davies, The Ancestry of Baroness Thatcher”, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 42(2007):40-42

The Times, 9 Apr 2013