The following material on the immediate ancestry of John Ashcroft should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.
 
 
 
 
 
| Ancestry of John Ashcroft | |
|---|---|
| 1 | John David Ashcroft, b. Chicago, Ill., 9 May 1942, BA Yale 1964, US Senator from Missouri, US Attorney General | 
| PARENTS | |
| 2 | 
J(ames) Robert Ashcroft,
president of Evangel University 1958-1974,
b. Philadelphia, Pa., 18 Dec. 1911,
d. Kansas City, Mo., 5 Jan. 1995
[SSDI 040-24-8559]
  m.  | 
| 3 | Grace P ... Larsen, b. ... 19 Aug. 1915, d. Springfield, Mo., ... Oct. 1986 [SSDI 496-42-7062] | 
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 | 
John Ashcroft, 
b. ... ,
d. ... 
  m.  | 
| 5 | Elizabeth ... , b. ... , d. ... | 
| 6 | 
Johannes Larsen,
b. Radøy Island, Norway, ... ,
d. ... 
  m.  | 
| 7 | Karen Olava Braaten, b. Braaten, Norway, ... , d. ... | 
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 14 | 
Johan Adolf Olsen Braaten, 
b. Kroken, Norway, ... 1853,
d. ... 
  m.  | 
| 15 | Bolette Randine, b. Blaker, Norway, ... , d. ... | 
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 28 | 
Ole Hansen, 
b. Udnes, Norway, ... 1815,
d. ... 
  m.  | 
| 29 | ... , b. ... , d. ... | 
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |