Ancestry of
Gavin Newsom

40th Governor of California

Tessa Thomas Menzies

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• • Mother of Gavin Newsom — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Arthur Liddell Menzies 
  • Mother:
  • Jean Thorburn Addis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Nov 1946 
  • Birth Location:
  • San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 May 2002 
  • Death Location:
  • San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Dutch Flat Cemetery, Dutch Flat, Pacer, California 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Alfred Newsom III
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Sep 1966 
  • Marriage Location:
  • San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California 
  • Children:
  
  

  Gavin Christopher Newsom (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  Hilary B. Newsom

  • Notes: 

  • Twin

    An obituary for Tessa Newsom in the San Francisco Chronicle appears to confuse Tessa's mother Jean Thorburn "Trigger" Addis with her step-mother Barbara Sherfey.

• Sources for Tessa Thomas Menzies

  • ¹ California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Birth record for Tessa Thomas Menzies.
  • ² California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Birth record for son Gavin C Newsom.
  • ³ California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Birth record for daughter Hilary B Newsom.
  • ⁴ California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985, Marriage record for William A Newsom and Tessa T Menzies.
  • ⁵ Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California), 19 MAR 1973, p. 4, Obituary for father Arthur L Menzies.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, CA, San Francisco County, 1950, San Francisco, E.D. 38-523, Sheet 2, Image 3 of 23.
  • ⁷ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/29/2023).
  • ⁸ San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California), 03 DEC 1946, p. 8, Birth announcement for twins Anne and Tessa Menzies.
  • ⁹ San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California), 14 MAY 2002, p. A22, Obituary for Tessa T Newcom.
  • ¹⁰ TruePeopleSearch, Record for Tessa T Newsom, (accessed 03/29/2023).
  • ¹¹ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for Tessa Thomas Menzies.
  • ¹² United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007, Record for Tessa Thomas Menzies.
  • ¹³ Wikipedia, "Gavin Newsom", (accessed 03/29/2023).
  • ¹⁴ Wikipedia, "William Newsom", (accessed 03/29/2023).