Birth Name: Laura Lane Welch
Place of Birth: Midland, Texas
Date of Birth: November 4, 1946
Ethnicity: English, 1/8th French, distant Swiss-German
Laura Bush served as First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009. She was previously First Lady of Texas, from 1995 to 2000. Laura is the wife of President George W. Bush.
Laura is the daughter of Jenna Louise Hawkins and Harold Bruce Welch.
Laura’s paternal grandparents were Mark Anthony Welch (the son of William Franklin Welch and Nancy Jane Aldridge) and Marie Lula/Lula Marie Lane (the daughter of Doctor C. Lane and Emily Jane Holloway).
Laura’s maternal grandparents were Halsey Sinclair/St. Clair Hawkins (the son of Charles Wesley Hawkins and Martha Jennie Allen) and Jessie Laura Sherrard (the daughter of Joseph Allen Sherrard and Eva Louise Lamaire/Lemaire). Eva’s parents, Louis Lamaire/Lemaire and Mary L., were French.
Source: Genealogy of Laura Bush – http://www.wargs.com