William (Billie) Kershaw

  Research Notes:

source: & Peter Smith who notes:
In researching information for my family, I googled the name of Stephen Jay Kershaw, who is the grandson of Billie Kershaw who I met just after he got out of the navy after WWII.
His mother was Jeannie Church, born in South Durham QC.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. Peter & Roslyn Smith (nee Krops) are linked to Robert in the following way:

Peter Smith (1941)
His father was Arthur Smith (1902) who married Jeannie Robins (1903)
Her father was George Robins (1872) who married Evelyn Church (1874)
Her father was Charles Church (1836) & he also had Jeannie Church (1879) who married William Kershaw (1888)
He had Steven Kershaw (1924)
He had William Kershaw (1952) who married Susan Cody (1947)
Her father was Horace Cody (1922)
His father was Wilbert Cody (1887)
His father was Joseph Cody (1856) who married Matilda Manning (1856)
Her father was John Manning (1829)
His father was Robert Manning (1800)
His father was Robert Manning (c1773) who married Martha Clutton (c1773)
Her father was William Clutton (1746)
His father was Henry Clutton (c1713)
His father was William Clouten (1675) who married Martha Aldous (1670)
Her father was Stephen Aldous (1636) & he also had John Aldous (1681)
He had William Aldous (1710)
He had William Aldous (1749)
He had Zephaniah Aldous (1778)
He had Amelia Aldous (1818) who married James Peck (1820)
They had Charlotte Peck (1843) who married James Dawes (1843)
They had Annie Florence Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
They had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred (1920)
He had Robert Arthur (1947) who married me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

William married Jeannie Church, daughter of Charles Church and Mary Houston. (Jeannie Church was born on 13 May 1879 in Durham District, County Durham England and died on 22 Feb 1966.)