Birth Name: Willie Hugh Nelson
Place of Birth: Abbott, Texas
Date of Birth: April 29, 1933
Ethnicity: English, some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Irish
Willie Nelson is an American musician and actor. He has English, as well as some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Irish, ancestry.
Willie’s paternal grandparents were William Alfred Nelson (the son of Franklin Craig Nelson and Aprilla Ann Marshall) and Nancy Elizabeth Smothers (the daughter of William Marion Smothers and Mary Elizabeth Rose).
Willie’s maternal grandparents were William Alex Greenhaw (the son of Daniel Gabriel Greenhaw and Lucy Standridge) and Bertha Randle/Reynolds (the daughter of James Randle/Reynolds and Susan Frances O’Daniel).
Sources: Genealogy of Willie Nelson – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Willie Nelson (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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