Birth Name: Ryan Gary Raddon
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Birth: February 25, 1972
Ethnicity: English, Danish, Scottish, 1/16th Norwegian, smaller amounts of German and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
Kaskade is an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. He is the son of Lynda Lee Toliver and Gerald “Gary” Hollis Raddon. He was brought up a Mormon.
Kaskade’s father was of one quarter English, one quarter Scottish, one eight Norwegian, and three eighths Danish, descent. Kaskade’s maternal grandfather had English, Scottish, German, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), ancestry, while his maternal grandmother was of English descent.
Kaskade’s paternal grandfather was Hollis Ralph Raddon (the son of Ralph Henry Raddon and Marion Mitchell Boyle). Ralph was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to English parents, Thomas Richard Raddon and Rebecca Powell. Marion was born in Richfield, Utah, to Scottish parents, Andrew McDougal Boyle and Margaret Graham Young.
Kaskade’s paternal grandmother was Evelyn Anna Lund (the daughter of James Glass Lund and Anina Kristiane Christensen). James was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a Norwegian father, Gustave Joseph Lund, and a Danish mother, Petrena Petersen. Anina was born in Hobro, Randers, Denmark, to Jens Christensen and Ane Sophie Jensen.
Kaskade’s maternal grandfather was Marion Earnest Toliver (the son of Joseph Harrison Toliver and Mary Lee Branstetter). Joseph was the son of Alfred B. Toliver and Mary Emiline Gash. Mary was the daughter of Peter Lancaster Branstetter and Missouri Ann Henderson.
Kaskade’s maternal grandmother was Phyllis Eliza Willmore (the daughter of Frank W. Willmore and Eliza Alice James). Frank was born in Logan, Utah, to English parents, Alfred James Willmore and Eliza Catherine Webb. Eliza was born in Cottonwood, Utah, also to English parents, Henry Allen James and Elizabeth Alice Unsworth.
Source: Obituary of Kaskade’s father – http://www.legacy.com/
Obituary (and genealogy) of Kaskade’s maternal grandmother, Phyllis Eliza Willmore – http://www.findagrave.com/
Genealogy of Kaskade’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com/
Genealogy of Kaskade’s mother (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://www.familycentral.net/
Genealogies of Kaskade’s paternal grandfather, Hollis Ralph Raddon (through his sister, Hellen Rebecca Raddon) – http://www.familycentral.net/
Genealogies of Kaskade’s paternal grandmother, Evelyn Anna Lund (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://www.ancestry.com/
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Genealogy of Kaskade’s great-grandmother, Mary Lee Branstetter – http://www.ancestry.com/
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