When the engagement of William, Prince of Wales to Miss
Kate Middleton was announced, it was inevitable that genealogists should
get to work. Is there a connection, we want to know.
And, of
course, the is. Catherine Elizabeth ("Kate") Middleton is descended from
John Douglas, b. ca. 1700, d. Kirby, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, 5 May
1772.
Here is the descendency:
1 Catherine Elizabeth
("Kate") Middleton, b. Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, 9 Jan. 1982
She is the daughter of:
2 Michael Francis Middleton, b. Chapel
Allerton Nursing Home, Leeds, Yorkshire, 23 June 1949, in 1980 and 1982
an air line officer, in 2006 director of Party Pieces, a mail-order
children's party toys business
m. Parish Church, Dorney,
Buckinghamshire, 21 June 1980
3 Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith, b.
Perivale Maternity Hospital, Perivale, Middlesex, 31 Jan. 1955, in 1980
a stewardess
The daughter of:
4 Ronald John James Goldsmith, b. 57
Clarence Street, Norwood U.D., Hayes, Middlesex, 25 April 1931, in 1953
an engineer, in 1955 a lorry driver (road haulage), in 1980 a builder,
d. Brook Cottage, 14 High Street, Pangbourne, Berkshire, 10 Sept. 2003
m. Holy Trinity, Southall, Middlesex, 8 Aug. 1953
5 Dorothy Harrison,
b. 4 Mowbray Terrace, Sunderland East, Sunderland, co. Durham, 26 June
1935, in 1953 a shop assistant, d. Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, 21
July 2006
The daughter of:
6 Thomas Harrison, b. 22 Nicholas
Street, Downs, Hetton Le Hole, co. Durham, 23 June 1904, in 1934 a
carpenter, in 1935 a house joiner, in 1953 a carpenter, d. ...
m.
Parish Church, Ludhoe, co. Durham, 12 May 1934
7 Elizabeth Mary
Temple, b. 40 Salvin Street, Mount Pleasant, Tudhoe, Spennymore UD, 20
May 1903, d. ...
The daughter of:
8 Thomas Temple, b. Guisborough,
Yorkshire, 23 May 1871 (also named "Tom"), in 1891 an ironstone miner,
in 1894 a steelworker, in 1901 and 1903 a farm hind, in 1934 a gardener,
d. ...
m. Parish Church, Tudhoe, co. Durham, 8 Sept. 1894
9
Elizabeth Myers, b. Hulam Sheraton, Easington, co. Durham, 29 Jan. 1868,
d. ...
The daughter of:
10 Joseph Myers, b. Holme, Yorkshire, ...
[ca. 1831], in 1850 a labourer, in 1851 an agricultural labourer, in
1868 a hind, in 1871 1881 and 1891 an agricultural labourer, in 1894 and
1901 a farm labourer, d. ...
m. Leake, Yorkshire, 21 Dec. 1850
11
Ann Swailes, b. Osmotherly, Yorkshire, 19 Dec. 1826 [PRF AFN: 1R96-M38],
in 1851 a nurse, d. ... [by 1901]
The daughter of:
12 Robert
Swales, b. Appleton Wirke, Yorkshire, ... [ca. 1795], in 1850 a
labourer, in 1851 1861 and 1871 an agricultural labourer, d. ...
m.
... [ca. 1826]
13 Sarah Peacock, b. Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, 25 Aug.
1799, d. ... [living 1871]
The daughter of:
14 Thomas Peacock, b.
... 1760, d. Hawnby, Yorkshire, 28 March 1822
m. Hawnby, Yorkshire,
25 Jan. 1786
15 Ann Atkinson, b. Bilsdale, Yorkshire, 28 Sept. 1766
d. .
The daughter of:
16 William Atkinson, b. ... [ca. 1727], d.
Hawnby, Yorkshire, 16 Feb. 1809
m. Kirby, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, 2
June 1760 and
17 Elizabeth Douglas, b. Hawnby, Yorkshire, 17 Nov.
1734, d. Hawnby, Yorkshire, 13 March 1819
The daughter of:
18 John
Douglas, b. ... [ca. 1700], d. Kirby, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, 5 May
1772, and
19 Ann Proud, b. Kirby, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, 15 March
1698, d. Kirby, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, 26 Nov. 1754
The daughter
of:
20 Thomas Proud, b. ... , d. Kirby, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, 6
Aug. 1705
m. ... [ca. 1685]
21 Elizabeth Dunn, b. ... [ca. 1660],
d. Yarm, Yorkshire, ... Oct. 1719
Son of:
22 Thomas Proud, b. ...
, d. ...
23 Mary ... , b. ... , d. ... Dec. 1694
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