Birth Name: Diana Jean Krall
Place of Birth: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: November 16, 1964
Ethnicity:
*Czech, English, Scottish (father)
*German (mother)
Diana Krall is a Canadian jazz singer and pianist. She is the daughter of Adella (Wende) and Stephen Krall. Diana is married to musician Elvis Costello.
Diana’s paternal grandparents were Stephen Krall (the son of Michael Krall and Mary Spaak) and Jean Marsh (the daughter of John Charles Marsh and Elizabeth Patterson). Stephen’s parents were Czech. John was from Manchester, England. Elizabeth had Scottish ancestry.
Diana’s maternal grandparents were Wojciech “Albert” Otto Wende (the son of Gottlieb Gustav Wende and Louise Riesenweber) and Olga Jabs (the daughter of Eduard Paul Jabs and Pauline Wollschlager). Wojciech and Olga were both born in Poland, and appear to have been of ethnic German origin.
Source: Genealogy of Diana Krall (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com
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