The Rashleigh Family Line
A generation-by-generation descendancy view following the Rashleigh line through the Gould, Lakes, Lemon, Kerr, and Lucas families.
Following the Direct Line
This page follows one direct ancestral line beginning with Jonathan Rashleigh and Jane Carew, then continuing through Rachel Rashleigh into the Gould, Lakes, Lemon, Kerr, and Lucas families.
Each generation is shown as a couple. The left side identifies the person in the direct ancestral line. The right side identifies their spouse.
Jonathan Rashleigh and Jane Carew
Generation 1Jonathan Rashleigh
Jane Carew
Jonathan Rashleigh and Mary Clayton
Generation 2Jonathan Rashleigh
Mary Clayton
John Gould, MD and Rachel Rashleigh
Generation 3John Gould, MD
Rachel Rashleigh
William Henry Lakes and Rachel Gould
Generation 4William Henry Lakes
Rachel Gould
Samuel Buller Lemon and Rachel Lakes
Generation 5Samuel Buller Lemon
Born on 26 June 1802 on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, and baptised on 21 July 1802 at St Mary’s Church. He married Rachel Lakes on 2 June 1829 in St Austell Church. By 1841 they were living at York Terrace, Kennington, where Samuel was working in HM Customs. He retired as Comptroller of the Tea and East India Department in January 1864 after 42 years of service. He died on 11 August 1866 at 2 Gladstone Street, Southwark and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
Rachel Lakes
Born about 1804, Rachel was baptised on 20 March 1804 in St Austell to William Henry Lakes and Rachel Gould. She was the maternal granddaughter of John Gould MD and Rachel Rashleigh, daughter of Jonathan Rashleigh and Mary Clayton of Menabilly. Rachel died on 10 September 1851 at 2 County Terrace, Camberwell New Road, from tuberculosis and was interred at West Norwood Cemetery.
Charles Lemon and Maria Wallis
Generation 6Charles Lemon
Born in 1837, Charles was baptised on 8 March 1837 at St Mark’s Anglican Church, Kennington. In 1861 he was living at 2 County Terrace while working as a clerk in HM Customs House. He married Maria Wallis on 7 April 1863 at Emmanuel Church, Camberwell. He died on 24 March 1879 at 32 Loughborough Road, Brixton from tuberculosis and was interred at West Norwood Cemetery.
Maria Wallis
Born on 8 May 1839 at 18 Claremont Place, St Pancras, to William Henry Wallis and Martha Scott. Her father was an engraver and later became a well-known art dealer and proprietor of the French Gallery in Pall Mall. Maria was widowed at 39 and died on 19 May 1923 at Streatham Common. She was interred at West Norwood Cemetery.
Hilda Louise Lemon and Lewis Herbert Glenton Kerr
Generation 7Hilda Louise Lemon
Born on 10 June 1866 at 2 Peakirk Villas, St James Road, Brixton, Hilda was baptised on 5 July at St Jude’s Anglican Church. She married Lewis Herbert Glenton Kerr on 5 September 1891 at St Matthew’s Church, Brixton. In August 1914, Hilda and her children departed for Montreal after their original voyage was delayed by the outbreak of war. She died at home in Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, on 3 July 1936 and was interred at Montreal Memorial Gardens.
Lewis Herbert Glenton Kerr
Born on 2 July 1863 at Kemp Town, Brighton. In 1894 he was elected Secretary of the Great Northern Central Hospital. He travelled from London to Montreal aboard the RMS Empress of Ireland in April 1914 and later worked for Thos. Harling and Sons. He died at home on 17 October 1946 at 470 Merton Avenue, St-Lambert.
Kathleen Hilda Glenton Kerr and Reginald Guy Lucas
Generation 8Kathleen Hilda Glenton Kerr
Kathleen was born on 29 December 1896 at 3 Manor Gardens, Holloway, on the grounds of the Great Northern Central Hospital. She travelled to Montreal with her mother and siblings at age 17 and settled in St-Lambert. She married Reg Lucas on 26 May 1922 at St Barnabas Anglican Church in St-Lambert. She was active at St Barnabas, worked for the Montreal Star as a switchboard operator, and died in Montreal on 28 January 1993.
Reginald Guy Lucas
Reg was born on 28 November 1897 and baptised at Montreal All Saints Anglican Church. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force with his brothers and was severely wounded near Zillebeke Church during the Second Battle of Ypres. After returning to Canada, he worked for Greenshields and Racine and remained active with Scouts Canada and the Legion. He died on 3 September 1961 at Montreal General Hospital.