Birth Name: James Scott Bumgarner
Place of Birth: Norman, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: April 7, 1928
Ethnicity: English, some German
James Garner is an American actor. He has English, and some German, ancestry.
James has often stated that he has some degree of Cherokee Native American ancestry on his mother’s side. It is not clear if this Cherokee ancestry has been verified/documented.
James’s paternal grandparents were William Wilson Bumgarner (the son of John H. Bumgarner and Catherine Landers) and Louella E. Briggs (the daughter of Levi Leander Briggs and Narcisus Bough).
James’s maternal grandparents were Charles Bailey Meek (the son of Thomas J. Meek and Delilah Frances Bailey) and Abbie Lillian Womack (the daughter of John David Womack and Minnie Glorietta Neher).
Sources: Genealogy of James Garner – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of James Garner (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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