Birth Name: Brett Charles Young
Place of Birth: Anaheim, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 23, 1981
Ethnicity: English, German, 1/32 Norwegian, small amounts of Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) and Scottish
Brett Young is an American singer and songwriter. He is the son of Janice I. (Munns) and Bradley C. Young.
Brett’s paternal grandfather was Robert William Young (the son of Ernest Ditto Young and Petra Alda Gillins). Ernest was the son of Robert Beverly Young and Emily Clemenzy Giles. Petra was from a Mormon family, and was the daughter of Frederick William Gillins and Sarah Ellen Eyre, both of whom were born in Utah, to English parents.
Brett’s paternal grandmother was Bonna/Bonnie Lea Nolze (the daughter of Charles Frederick Nolze and Rachael C. Mitchell). Charles was the son of Ernest F. Nolze, who was born in Nebraska, to a German father and a Norweigan mother, and Edith E. Graham. Rachael was the daughter of Hayden W. Mitchell and Mollie Mummert.
Sources: Marriage record of Brett’s paternal grandparents – https://familysearch.org/
Genealogy of Brett’s paternal grandfather, Robert William Young – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Brett’s great-great-grandmother, Robert Beverly Young – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Brett’s great-great-grandmother, Emily Clemenzy Giles – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Brett’s great-grandmother, Petra Alda Gillins – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Brett’s great-grandfather, Charles Frederick Nolze (through his brother, Fred Henry Nolze) – https://www.findagrave.com/
Brett’s great-great-grandfather, Ernest F. Nolze, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/
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