Tony Oller – Photo Credit: Tommaso Boddi / PR Photos
Birth Name: Anthony Michael Oller
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 25, 1991
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, 1/8 Norwegian
Tony Oller is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Tony is the son of Mary Anne (Brown) and Jeff Oller.
Tony’s paternal grandfather was Fred Oller, Jr. (the son of Fred Oller, Sr. and Myrtle Shoup). Fred, Sr. was the son of James Chester Oller and Mary Ann Anderson. Myrtle was the daughter of Alexander “Alex” Shoup and Laura E. Waddle.
Tony’s German roots can be traced back to Peter Oller/Aller, who was born, c. 1716, in Germany, the son of Petrus Alert and Maria Alt, and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Kaes, who was born, c. 1718, in Anhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the daughter of Johann Phillibus Kaes and Anna Elizabeth Jung.
Tony’s paternal grandmother was Mary Lou Wagner (the daughter of Harold E. Wagner and Lucille Gallas).
Tony’s maternal grandfather was William “Bill” Brown.
Tony’s maternal grandmother was Rosemary Arneson (the daughter of Lawrence Edwin Arneson and Bernice E. Connor). Lawrence was the son of Lars “Lewis” Arneson and Ingeborg ‘Belle” O. Vang, who were Norwegian. Bernice was the daughter of Thomas E. Connor, whose own parents were Irish, and of Catherine A. Higgins, whose father was from County Tipperary, Ireland, and whose mother was from England.
Sources: http://breezecourier.com
Obituary of Tony’s paternal grandfather, Fred Oller, Jr. – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Tony’s paternal grandmother, Mary Lou (Wagner) Oller – http://www.findagrave.com
Marriage record of Tony’s paternal great-grandparents, Fred Oller, Sr. and Myrtle Shoup – http://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Tony’s maternal grandmother, Rosemary Arneson (through her own brother, John “Jack” Lawrence Arneson) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Tony’s great-uncle (maternal grandmother’s brother), John “Jack” Lawrence Arneson – http://www.mcclurefuneralhome.com