Ancestry of Ronald Reagan

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <TITLE> Ancestry of Ronald Reagan </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <CENTER> The Ancestors of Ronald Reagan </CENTER> <CENTER> by William Addams Reitwiesner </CENTER> The following material on the immediate ancestry of Ronald Reagan should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft. Michael J Wood contributed to this report. <CENTER>William Addams Reitwiesner</CENTER> <CENTER> <A HREF="mailto:WmAddams@gmail.com">wargs@wargs.com</A> </CENTER> <TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=4 WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TH COLSPAN=2> Ancestry of Ronald Reagan </TH></TR><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP> 1 </TD><TD> Ronald Wilson Reagan, b. Tampico, Whiteside Co., Ill., 6 Feb. 1911, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 5 June 2004, Governor of California 1966-1974, President of the United States 1981-1989 [<CITE>SSDI</CITE> 480-07-7456] m. (1) Glendale, Cal., 24 Jan. 1940, div. ... June 1948 Sarah Jane Mayfield, later "Jane Wyman", b. Saint Joseph, Mo., 4 Jan. 1917, dau. of Manning J ... Mayfield and of Gladys Hope Christian. Further details of her ancestry can be found <A HREF="wyman.html">here</A>. m. (2) North Hollywood, Cal., 4 March 1952 Anne Francis Robbins, later "Nancy Davis", b. New York, N. Y., 6 July 1921, dau. of Kenneth Seymour Robbins and of Edith Luckett. Further details of her ancestry can be found <A HREF="davis.html">here</A>. </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> PARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> 2 </TD><TD> John Edward Reagan, b. Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill., 13 July 1883, d. Santa Monica, Cal., 18 May 1941 m. Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill., 8 Nov. 1904 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 3 </TD><TD> Nelle Clyde Wilson, b. Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill., 24 July 1883, d. Santa Monica, Cal., 25 July 1962 </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> 4 </TD><TD> John Michael Reagan, b. Peckham, co. Kent, 29 May 1854, d. Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill., 10 Jan. 1889 m. Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill., 27 Feb. 1878 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 5 </TD><TD> Jennie Cusick, b. Dixon, Lee Co., Ill., ... [ca. 1854], d. Whiteside Co., Ill., ... [after 19 Nov. 1886] </TD></TR><TR><TD> 6 </TD><TD> Thomas Wilson, b. Clyde, Whiteside Co., Ill., 28 April 1844, d. White Pidgeon, Whiteside Co., Ill., 12 Dec. 1909 m. Morrison, Whiteside Co., Ill., 25 Jan. 1866 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 7 </TD><TD> Mary Ann Elsey, b. Epsom, co. Surrey, 28 Dec. 1843, d. Fulton, Whiteside Co., Ill., 6 Oct. 1906 </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> GREAT-GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> 8 </TD><TD> Michael Reagan, b. ... [ca. 1824, possibly in Ballyporeen, co. Tipperary], d. Fairhaven, Carroll Co., Ill., 2 March 1884 m. St. George Cathedral, Southwark, London, 31 Oct. 1852 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 9 </TD><TD> Catherine Mulcahey, b. ... , Ire., ... Aug. 1829, d. Whiteside Co., Ill., ... [after 1906] </TD></TR><TR><TD> 10 </TD><TD> Patrick Cusick, b. ... , Ire., ... [ca. 1825], d. Whiteside Co., Ill., 10 Jan. 1889 m. </TD></TR><TR><TD> 11 </TD><TD> Sarah Higgins, b. ... [Ire. or NY], ... [ca. 1835], d. ... [before 1870] </TD></TR><TR><TD> 12 </TD><TD> John Wilson, b. Paisley, co. Renfrew, 9 Feb. 1812, d. Clyde, Whiteside Co., Ill., 9 March 1883 m. Whiteside Co., Ill., 28 Nov. 1841 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 13 </TD><TD> Jane Blue, b. ... , Nova Scotia, 1 April 1821 d. Morrison, Whiteside Co., Ill., 3 June 1894 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 14 </TD><TD> Robert Elsey, bapt. Epsom, co. Surrey, 19 Jan. 1817 d. Rome, N. Y., ... 1851 m. Kennington, co. Surrey, 25 Dec. 1838 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 15 </TD><TD> Mary Baker, b. Epsom, co. Surrey, 19 Oct. 1819, d. Cordova, Rock Island Co., Ill., ... 1875 </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> 16 </TD><TD> Thomas Reagan, b. ... , d. ... [before 31 Oct. 1852] m. </TD></TR><TR><TD> 17 </TD><TD> Margaret Murphy, b. ... , d. ... </TD></TR><TR><TD> 18 </TD><TD> Patrick Mulcahey, b. ... , d. ... [after 31 Oct. 1852] m. </TD></TR><TR><TD> 19 </TD><TD> ... , b. ... , d. ... </TD></TR><TR><TD> 26 </TD><TD> Daniel Blue, b. ... , co. Argyll, 14 Jan. 1797, d. Clyde, Whiteside Co., Ill., 14 Jan. 1888 m. Kilcalmonell, co. Argyll, Scotland, 26 Dec. 1818 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 27 </TD><TD> Catharine McFarlain, b. Kilcalmonell, co. Argyll, Scotland, 1 Jan. 1801, d. Whiteside Co., Ill., 21 Feb. 1883 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 28 </TD><TD> Henry Elsey, b. Leigh, co. Surrey, 22 June 1777, d. Epsom, co. Surrey, 16 April 1844 m. St. James, Westminster, 18 April 1806 [<CITE>IGI</CITE>] </TD></TR><TR><TD> 29 </TD><TD> Susannah Hill, b. ... [Baughurst, Hants?], ... [ca. 1774], bur. Epsom, co. Surrey, 2 Jan. 1856 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 30 </TD><TD> John Baker, b. ... [ca. 1797], d. Epsom, co. Surrey, 23 May 1858 m. Billinghurst, co. Sussex, 1 May 1803 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 31 </TD><TD> Sarah Stone, b. ... , d. ... </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> 56 </TD><TD> John Elsey, b. Leigh, co. Surrey, 26 Sept. 1742 d. ... m. Leigh, co. Surrey, 24 Feb. 1764 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 57 </TD><TD> Ann Weeks, b. Leigh, co. Surrey, 2 Sept. 1744 d. ...  </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> 112 </TD><TD> Thomas Elsey, b. Leigh, co. Surrey, 28 Aug. 1714, d. ... m. Betchworth, co. Surrey, 6 Oct. 1732 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 113 </TD><TD> Ann Finch, b. ... , d. ... </TD></TR><TR><TD> 114 </TD><TD> James Weeks, b. ... , d. ... [bur. Betchworth, co. Surrey, 3 July 1776] m. Betchworth, co. Surrey, 15 Oct. 1725 </TD></TR><TR><TD> 115 </TD><TD> Elizabeth Penfold, b. ... , d. ... [bur. Betchworth, co. Surrey, 18 May 1783]  </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> 224 </TD><TD> Thomas Elsey, b. ... , d. ... m. </TD></TR><TR><TD> 225 </TD><TD> Catherine ... , b. ... , d. ... </TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TH COLSPAN=2> 7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS </TH></TR><TR><TD>  </TD></TR> </TABLE>  <CENTER>EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS</CENTER> <PRE> 1930 - Illinois, Lee Co., Dixon, ED 17, sheet 7A, line 44 Reagan John E H M W 46 M 22 Ill Irish Free State Irish Free State Salesman Shoe Co Nelle W F W 46 M 22 Ill Scotland England Sales Clerk Ready to wear Neil S M W 20 S Ill Ill Ill Ronald S M W 18 S Ill Ill Ill ----------- 1920 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Tampico, ED 178, sheet 2B, line 99, continued on sheet 3A Reagan John C H M W 86 M Ill Ireland Ireland Salesman Shoes Nellie W F W 86 M Ill Ill England Saleslady Dry Goods John N S M W 11 S Ill Ill Ill At School Ronald W S M W 8 S Ill Ill Ill At School John C and Nellie were actually age 36 at the time, but the schedule says "86" for both ----------- 1910 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Tampico, ED 146, sheet 7B, line 78 Reagan John E H M W 26 M1 5 Ill England Ill -----? Nellie C W F W 26 M1 5 1 1 Ill Ill England Neil J S M W 1 S Ill Ill Ill ----------- 1900 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Fulton, ED 144, sheet 11 B, line 79 Reagan Catherine H W F Aug 1829 70 Wd W 7 2 Ireland Ireland Ireland 1858 42 Chapman Mary D W F Mar 1867 35 Wd W 2 2 Ill Ireland Ireland Milliner Katherine GD W F Jul 1879 20 S Ill Ill Ill At School William GS W M Jan 1881 19 S Ill Ill Ill At School Reagan Anna GD W F May 1886 15 S Ill Ill Ill William GS W M May 1891 9 S Ill Ill Ill At School Margarita GD W F Jul 1895 5 S Ill Ill Ill In the columns for "Can Read" and "Can Write", Catherine (the grandmother) is entered as "no" ----------- 1880 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Fulton, ED 196, page 29, line 36 Reagan John W M 25 Works in elevator England Ireland Ireland Jennie W F 24 W Keeping House Canada Ireland New York Katy W F 10/12 July D Ill England Canada ----------- 1880 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Sterling, ED 212, page 33, line 41 Cornell David W M 61 Laborer Ireland Ireland Ireland Catherine W F 60 W Keeping House Ireland Ireland Ireland Thomas W M 12 S School Ill Ireland Ireland Reagan Michael W M 55 BiL Laborer Ireland Ireland Ireland ----------- 1880 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Clyde, ED 192, page 21, line 3 Wilson Thomas W M 36 Farmer Ill Scotland Nova Scotia Mary A W F 36 W Keeping House England England England Emily W F 13 D At School Ill Ill England John W M 10 S At School Ill Ill England Jennie W F 8 D Ill Ill England Alexander W M 7 S Ill Ill England George W M 4 S Ill Ill England Mary A W F 2 D Ill Ill England ----------- 1880 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Morrison, ED 206, page 17, line 14 Blue Daniel W M 83 Retired Farmer Scotland Scotland Scotland Catherine W F 81 W Keeping House Scotland Scotland Scotland Both Daniel and Catherine are marked in the "Cannot Write" column ----------- 1870 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Fulton, page 31, line 12 Cuisic Patrick 54 M W Day Laborer 200 --- Ireland Jennie 14 F W Keeping House Ill Patrick is marked in both the "Cannot Read" and "Cannot Write" column Jennie is marked in the "Cannot Write" column ---------- 1860 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Clyde, page 58, line 27 John Wilson 50 M Farmer 8000 1000 Scotland Jane Wilson 34 F Nova Scotia Sarah Wilson 16 F Ill Thos Wilson 14 M Ill John Wilson 12 M Ill Alexander Wilson 10 M Ill Mewpach Wilson 3 M Ill Catharine Wilson 7/12 M Ill ----------- 1860 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Clyde, page 59, line 19 Donald Blue 58 M Farmer 4400 1000 Scotland Catharine Blue 56 F do Danl Blue 25 M Farm Laborer Canada Catharine Blue 20 F Domestic do Thos Cochran 24 M Farm Laborer Ill John Richards 18 M do do W I ----------- 1860 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., Clyde, page 60, line 16 Mary Wesley 40 F England Geo Elsey 21 M Farm Laborer do Mary Elsey 16 F do Sarah Elsey 14 F do Emily Elsey 11 F do Ellin Wesley 4 F Ill Chas Wesley 2 M Ill Jesse Baker 21 M Farm Laborer England Edwin Baker 16 M do do do ----------- 1850 - Illinois, Whiteside Co., District 37, p. 436, line 3 Sarah Higgins 38 F N Y Sarah " 8 " N Y Hannah " 2 " Ill ----------- </PRE> <CENTER>EXTRACTS from the U.K. DECENNIAL CENSUS</CENTER> <PRE> 1851 - HO107/1592, f. 362, schdule 92. Epsom Common, Surrey. Susannah Elsey Head W 77 Pauper Hants, Borghurst Elizabeth Hutchings Daur Mar 54 Surrey, Epsom John P Do Son-in-law Mar 54 Residence, Clerkenwell. Ladies Boot & Shoe Manfr (employing 6 men & 4 women) Cornwall, Falmouth ----------- "Borghurst" is presumably Baughurst, Hants. </PRE>  <CENTER>NOTES</CENTER> 1 -- For some of his ancestry, see the Ancestral File, AFN:9BLW-7R. 114 -- For further information on James and Elizabeth (Penfold) Weeks, see <A HREF="http://www.wicks.org/genealogy/wicks/index.html"> http://www.wicks.org/genealogy/wicks/index.html</A>. <CENTER>FURTHER NOTES</CENTER> <CENTER>SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED</CENTER> See above. <CENTER> William Addams Reitwiesner </CENTER> <CENTER> <A HREF="mailto:WmAddams@gmail.com">wargs@wargs.com</A> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>

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