Birth Name: John Uhler Lemmon III
Date of Birth: February 8, 1925
Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts
Date of Death: June 27, 2001
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California
Ethnicity: English, Irish, more distant French, Dutch, Welsh
Jack Lemmon was an American actor. He had English, Irish, and more distant French, Dutch, and Welsh, roots.
Jack’s paternal grandparents were John Uhler Lemmon (the son of Benjamin Franklin Lemmon and Jane Elizabeth Davis) and Agnes Johanna Hanafin (the daughter of Patrick Hanafin and Mary J. McFeely). Patrick was Irish. Mary was born in Louisiana, to Irish parents.
Jack’s maternal grandparents were Edgar Marion Noel (the son of Lemuel Marion Noel and Mary Jane Burgess) and Sarah E. Larue.
Sources: Family history of Jack’s parents – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Jack Lemmon – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Jack Lemmon (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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