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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
m
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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d
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d
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d
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
b
d
Not married to Elizabeth Dickinson
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