Ancestry of Michael Thatcher

This article written and copyright 2012 by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, Professional Genealogist

1 Michael Thatcher Michael Thatcher was born in 1988/9, as he is called "age 17" in an article in 2006. His parents were Mark Thatcher and his wife Diane L Burgdorf. Four years later his only sister Amanda was born. The family lived in South Africa for a time, but then Mark and Diane separated, with her returning to Dallas, Texas about 2004, with the two children. They divorced in April 2007. Michael made a name for himself as a running back, helping his Highland Park high school go to the Texas state finals. ("Margaret Thatcher's grandson is rising star of American football" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-504291/Margaret-Thatchers-grandson-rising-star-American-football.html#ixzz28d0Aio9P) In 2008, Diane married secondly to millionaire James Beckett, ten years her senior.2 Mark ThatcherMark Thatcher and his father Denis in 1982

Mark Thatcher and his twin Carol were born on 15 Aug 1953 at Kensington, London, the children of Denis Thatcher who was then head of Atlas Preservatives, and his wife Margaret Roberts who had been a chemist but that year became a barrister.In 1982, while in a car race, he was lost for several days in the Sahara desert, but found with his companions unharmed. On 14 Feb 1987 he married Texas-born Diane L Burgdorf at Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, London. They had two children: Michael and Amanda.For a while the family lived in South Africa, but Mark and Diane separated in 2005, were her taking the children and moving back to her native Texas. Their divorce was issued in Apr 2007. Diane remarried in 2008, and Mark remarried to Sarah Jane Clemence, the ex-wife of Francis Russell son of John Russell, the 13th Duke of Bedford. Sources for 2:

3 Diane L Burgdorf

Diane L Burgdorf was born 4 Oct 1960 in Dallas County, Texas, the daughter of Theodore Christi Burgdorf by his wife Lois May Gosewich.

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