Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, United States
Date of Birth: March 25, 1988
Ethnicity: English, German, approximately 1/32 Swedish, small amounts of Irish, Welsh, remote Dutch, French, and Belgian (Flemish)
Ryan Lewis is an American DJ, musician, record producer, videographer, photographer, graphic designer, music video director, and rapper. With Macklemore, he forms the hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.
Ryan is the son of Julie and Scott Lewis.
Ryan’s paternal grandfather was Edwin Leslie Lewis (the son of Edwin N. Lewis and LaRue Temple). Edwin was the son of Ulysses Grant Lewis and Matilda Lynn Green, whose father was Swedish. LaRue was the daughter of William S. Leslie Temple and Sarah “Sadie” Jemina L. Bell.
Ryan’s paternal grandmother was Nancy Jane Crain (the daughter of Robert H. Crain and Lois C. Greier). Robert was the son of Harry Crain and Marcelia/Marilye Howe. Lois was the daughter of Charles William Greier, who was German, and Grace Bee.
Source: Obituary of Ryan’s paternal grandmother, Nancy Jane Crain – http://www.legacy.com/
Obituary of Ryan’s great-grandfather, Robert Crain – http://www.legacy.com/
Genealogy of Ryan Lewis (focusing on his father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Ryan’s paternal grandfather, Edwin Leslie Lewis – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Ryan’s great-grandfather, Edwin N. Lewis (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogies of Ryan’s great-grandmother, LaRue Temple – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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Genealogies of Ryan’s great-great-grandmother, Marcelia/Marilye Howe – http://findagrave.com/
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Genealogy of Ryan’s great-great-great-grandfather, Winfield Scott Lewis – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Ryan’s great-grandfather, Robert H. Crain, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJH1-P17
Robert Crain on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MJ-D51
Ryan’s great-grandmother, Lois C. Greier, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MJ-GKP
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