Birth Name: Layne Thomas Staley
Date of Birth: August 22, 1967
Place of Birth: Kirkland, Washington, United States
Date of Death: April 5, 2002
Place of Death: Seattle, Washington, United States
Ethnicity: Danish (paternal great-grandmother)
Family info:
Layne Staley was an American musician who served as the lead singer and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains.
His parents are Phillip Blair “Phil” Staley and Nancy Elizabeth McCallum.
His paternal grandparents are Earl Rutharland Staley (the son of Earl B. (or Erle W.) Staley and Johanna Marie Anderson) and Audrey P. (maiden family name unknown).
Johanna was born in Huntsville, Utah to Danish immigrants Peder Christian Andersen and Birte Christine Thompsen.
Sources:
* Earl R. Staley’s Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107070050
* Layne’s paternal grandparents, Earl R. Staley and Audrey P. Staley on the 1940 Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K93H-LBD
* Layne’s paternal great-grandparents, Earl B. Staley and Hannah M. Staley on the 1930 Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XC3W-F91
* Genealogy of Johanna Marie Anderson: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engstromde/dons-ancestors/peder-andersen.html
Photo by Rex Aran Emrick