Winston Churchill's family tree: an American mother.

Winston Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, the son of Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill and Jeanette Jerome, and died on 24 January 1965 in Kensington, Middlesex, at 90. He married Baroness Clementine Ogilvie Hozier. 5 children are in the tree. The FamilySearch Family Tree has him as Winston Spencer Churchill.

Five generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 30 of the 30 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.

Three generations, as the FamilySearch Family Tree has them: 6 of the 6 places filled. Each name opens that person's page on FamilySearch.

Winston Churchill's family, year by year.

1874Blenheim Palace, OxfordshireOn 30 November 1874, Winston Churchill is born to Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill and Jeanette Jerome.
1895Grosvenor Square, LondonOn 24 January 1895, his father, Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, dies. He is 20.
1909Blenheim Palace, OxfordshireOn 11 July 1909, his daughter Diana Spencer-Churchill is born.
1911London, EnglandOn 28 May 1911, his son Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill is born.
1914St Martin, EnglandOn 7 October 1914, his daughter Sarah Millicent Hermione Spencer-Churchill is born.
1918London, EnglandOn 15 November 1918, his daughter Marigold Frances Spencer-Churchill is born.
1921Paddington, EnglandOn 29 June 1921, his mother, Jeanette Jerome, dies. He is 46.
1921London, EnglandOn 23 August 1921, his daughter Marigold Frances Spencer-Churchill dies at 2.
1922London, EnglandOn 15 September 1922, his daughter Mary Spencer-Churchill is born.
1936On 19 September 1936, his first grandchild, Julian George Winston Sandys, is born.
1947Oxford, EnglandOn 23 February 1947, his brother John Strange Spencer Churchill dies. He is 72.
1963Plymouth, DevonOn 19 October 1963, his daughter Diana Spencer-Churchill dies at 54.
1965Kensington, MiddlesexOn 24 January 1965, Winston Churchill dies at 90.

His children.

Diana Spencer-Churchill (1909–1963), died at 54
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill (1911–1968), died at 57
Sarah Millicent Hermione Spencer-Churchill (1914–1982), died at 67
Marigold Frances Spencer-Churchill (1918–1921), died at 2
Mary Spencer-Churchill (1922–2014), died at 91

His descendants.

Below his children, the FamilySearch Family Tree holds 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren who have died. Anyone who may still be living is left out. The most recent death among his descendants in the tree is his great-grandson Jonathan Martin Edwin Sandys, on 29 December 2018, at 43.

Diana Spencer-Churchill, his daughter: Julian George Winston Sandys (1936–1997)
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill, his son: Winston Spencer Churchill (1940–2010), Arabella Spencer Churchill (1949–2007)
Julian George Winston Sandys, his grandson: Jonathan Martin Edwin Sandys (1975–2018), Roderick Julian Frederick Sandys (1977–2007)

Where the lines came from.

Up his father's line: Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, his father, born 1849 in Knightsbridge, England; John Winston Spencer-Churchill, his grandfather, born 1822 in Garboldisham, England; George Spencer-Churchill, his great-grandfather, born 1793 in Hurst, Berkshire; George Spencer Churchill, his 2nd great-grandfather, born 1766 in Wormleighton, Warwickshire; George Spencer, his 3rd great-grandfather, born 1738 in Althorpe, Northamptonshire; Charles Spencer, his 4th great-grandfather, born 1706 in Northamptonshire, England; Charles Spencer, his 5th great-grandfather, born 1674 in Althrope Manor, Northamptonshire; Sir Robert Spencer, his 6th great-grandfather, born 1641 in Paris, France.

Up his mother's line: Jeanette Jerome, his mother, born 1854 in Brooklyn, New York; Leonard Walter Jerome, his grandfather, born 1817 in Pompey, New York; Isaac Jerome, his great-grandfather, born 1786 in Charlton, New York; Aaron Jerome, his 2nd great-grandfather, born 1764 in Wallingford, Connecticut Colony; Samuel Jerome, his 3rd great-grandfather, born 1728 in Wallingford, Connecticut Colony; Timothy Chauncey Jerome, his 4th great-grandfather, born 1688 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire; Stephen Jerome, his 5th great-grandfather, born 1648 in Alverstoke, Hampshire; Grant Jerome, his 6th great-grandfather, born 1630 in France.

The family as the FamilySearch Family Tree holds it: 452 people, 425 of them his ancestors. The earliest on his direct line is George Lewis Rodolphi Bayly, born 1573 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire.

Gaps in the record.

The FamilySearch Family Tree is built by the people who use it, and Winston Churchill's has places nobody has filled yet. Eight generations back, 241 of the 254 places are filled. Most of the open ones are in Ireland in the 17th century, and in Connecticut Colony, colonial America in the 17th century: if that's where you research, they're your question. If you know who they were, add them on FamilySearch, with a source, and the next person to look will find them.

Both parents of Alexander Stewart (born 1699, Mount Stewart, Greyabbey)
The mother of John Guthrie (born 1700, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America)
Both parents of John Guthrie (born 1640, Scotland)
Both parents of Eleazer Martin (born 1702, Swansea, Bristol)

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