Rutherford in 2007, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford
Place of Birth: Surrey South Western, Surrey, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 2 October, 1950
Ethnicity:
*87.5% English
*12.5% Afrikaner [Dutch, German, distant Danish and French Huguenot, remote Bengalese and Angolan]
Mike Rutherford is an English musician. He is one of the founding members of Genesis, which also included Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. In 1985, he formed the band Mike and the Mechanics.
Mike is the son of Annette Jessie Downing (Wilson) and Capt. William Francis Henry Crawford Rutherford, a Royal Navy officer. Mike’s paternal great-grandmother was of Afrikaner background. Some of her traceable ancestors have lived in South Africa since the 1600s. Mike’s paternal great-uncle (grandmother’s brother) was Dirk Jackson, a rugby player for the Springboks. Mike owns a house in Cape Town’s Bantry Bay, South Africa.
Mike’s paternal grandfather was Col. Nathaniel John Crawford Rutherford. Nathaniel was born in Surrey, England.
Mike’s paternal grandmother was Lilla Robertha Jackson (the daughter of Charles Henry Jackson and Johanna Reneira Catherina Cloete). Lilla was born in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Charles was from Chatham, Kent, England, and was the son of Henry Jackson and Georgina Sophie Goss. Johanna was South African, the daughter of Dirk Cloete and Johanna Reiniera Catherina Van Osterzee, whose father was Dutch, from Rotterdam, and whose mother was born in Indonesia.
Mike’s maternal grandfather was William Downing Adlington Wilson (the son of Daniel Wilson). William was from Bidstone, Cheshire, England.
Mike’s maternal grandmother was Jean Jessie Clover (the daughter of Charles James Clover).
Sources: Family history of Mike Rutherford – https://bygonesandbyways.blogspot.com
Biographical sketch about Mike’s father – http://www.unithistories.com
Genealogy of Mike Rutherford (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.1820settlers.com
Genealogy of Mike’s paternal grandmother, Lilla Robertha Jackson (through Lilla’s brother) – https://www.geni.com