Descendants of Samuel Thorneycroft

Generation No. 1

1.  JOHN2 THORNEYCROFT  (SAMUEL1) was born on May 19, 1843 [probably in Staffs], and died February 22, 1927 in Doe Lea, Chesterfield.  He married SARAH UPTON on April 12, 1868 in St Georges Church, Wolverhampton.
	
Children of JOHN THORNEYCROFT and SARAH UPTON [b. 05 Jan 1848,  Rugeley, Staffs / d. 13 Dec 1906 in Chesterfield] are:
not necessarily in order as handwritten birthdates extracted from Florence’s  bible
		
i.	FREDERICK THORNEYCROFT, b. June 01
ii.	FLORENCE ELIZABETH THORNEYCROFT, b. September 3, 1870, Tunstall, Staffordshire;
iii.	SAMUEL THORNEYCROFT, b. October 08, 1873.
iv.	RUTH THORNEYCROFT, b. June 17
v.	RICHARD THORNEYCROFT b. 10 Nov
vi.	EDWARD THORNEYCROFT, b. January 08, 1882
vii.	.SARAH THORNEYCROFT, b. February 24.
viii.	MAUDE THORNEYCROFT, b. December 09.
ix.	JOHN THORNEYCROFT, b. August 01.
x.	ELIZAB THORNEYCROFT, b. Abt. 1884
xi.	AGAR THORNEYCROFT, b. February 09, 1888

Generation No. 2

2.  FLORENCE ELIZABETH3 THORNEYCROFT (JOHN2, SAMUEL1 died March 3, 1960 in Chesterfield, England. She married JOHN WARDLE on April 20, 1889 in St Marys Church, Tunstall, [son of JOHN WARDLE].
	
Children of FLORENCE THORNEYCROFT and JOHN WARDLE are:
	i.	FREDERICK4 WARDLE, b. April 28.
	ii.	SAMUEL WARDLE, b. September 05.
	iii.	ELIZA WARDLE, b. September 23, 1884; m. BERTRAND THORNEWILL.
3.	iv.	LILY ETHEL WARDLE, b. October 30, 1888, Ravensdale Chatterley, Staffs, England; d. March 2, 1969, Portland Fields, Kirkby in Ashfield.
4.	v.	CLARICE WARDLE, b. June 5, 1889.
5.	vi.	DOROTHY WARDLE b. September 16, 1901; d. February 1993, Guildford, England.

Generation No. 3

3.  LILY ETHEL4 WARDLE (FLORENCE ELIZABETH3 THORNEYCROFT, JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born October 30, 1888 in Ravensdale Chatterley, Staffs, England, and died March 2, 1969 at Portland Fields, Kirkby in Ashfield.  She married THOMAS WHITTLE BENSON September 17, 1910 in St Johns Church Mansfield, son of THOMAS BENSON [b. 20 Feb 1857, Wigan area]and RACHEL MARSH. [b. Nov 26 1860, Lancashire]
	
Children of LILY WARDLE and THOMAS BENSON are:
	i.	HAZEL5 BENSON, b. June 30, 1911, Mansfield; d. August 30, 1911, Mansfield. [complicated diarrhoea]
6.	ii.	MAISIE BENSON, b. February 15, 1913, Mansfield,  England; d. November 18, 1977, Auxerre,  France.
7.	iii.	JEAN BENSON, b. April 6, 1923, Mansfield,  England.

4.  CLARICE4 WARDLE (FLORENCE ELIZABETH3 THORNEYCROFT, JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born June 5, 1889.  She married HARRY BENSON.
	
Child of CLARICE WARDLE and HARRY BENSON is:
i.	MALCOLM JOSEPH5 BENSON, b. Abt. 1931, Nottingham, England; m. JUNE SHIPMAN, July 6, 1957, St  Mary’s Church, Bulwell, Nottingham.
ii.	GILLIAN BENSON

5.  DOROTHY4 WARDLE (FLORENCE ELIZABETH3 THORNEYCROFT, JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born September 16, 1901, and died in February 1993 in Guildford, England.  She married PERCY CALDWELL. [b. 1900]
	
Children of DOROTHY WARDLE and PERCY CALDWELL are:
8.	i.	BERYL5 CALDWELL, b. 1935, Nottingham, England; d. November 1994, Johannesburg, RSA.
	ii.	BRENDA CALDWELL, b. February 23, 1937, Ilford, Essex; m. ARTHUR JENNER.
	iii.	OLGA CALDWELL, b. February 23, 1937, Ilford, Essex; d. July 28, 1974, Westcliff on Sea, Essex.
Generation No. 4

6.  MAISIE5 BENSON (LILY ETHEL4 WARDLE, FLORENCE ELIZABETH3 THORNEYCROFT, JOHN2, SAMUEL1) was born February 15, 1913 in Mansfield,  England, and died November 18, 1977 in Auxerre,  France.  She married (2) CHARLES ERIC GODFREY
December 25, 1934 in St Johns Church Mansfield [b. March 27 1905 / d. RAF North Luffenham 03 December 1942], son of JOHN GODFREY and EDITH BRADBURN.  She married (3) HEINZ ERNST CHRISTIAN WOLLIN on January 23, 1949 in St Johns Church, Mansfield, England, son of RICHARD WOLLIN and DORA KAROW.