Birth Name: Jesse Wayne Johnson
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 7, 1982
Ethnicity: English, French, Irish, Swiss-German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, remote Dutch
Jesse Johnson is an American actor. He is the son of actors Patti D’Arbanville (Patricia Mary D’Arbanville) and Don Johnson (Donnie Wayne Johnson). Her cousin is actress Dakota Johnson.
Jesse’s father is of English, with some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, remote Dutch and French Huguenot, descent. His mother has French, Irish, English, Swiss-German, and German, ancestry.
Jesse’s paternal grandfather is Freddie/Fred Wayne Johnson (the son of Frederick Franklin Johnson and Lena Breckenridge). Jesse’s great-grandfather Frederick was the son of Jesse Bynum Johnson and Bessie Olive Griffin. Lena was the daughter of James C. Breckenridge and Lona Belle Perkins.
Jesse’s paternal grandmother is Eva Lea “Nell” Wilson (the daughter of Marshall Venus Wilson and Florence Leatha Greenway). Marshall was the son of Alexander Wilson and Nellie Florence Eutsler. Jesse’s great-grandmother Florence was the daughter of John M. Greenway and Millie Gold.
Jesse’s maternal grandfather was George Maurice D’Arbanville (the son of Maurice D’Arbanville and Mary Agnes Sullivan). Maurice was born in Louisiana, to French parents, his father being Charles D’Arbanville. Mary was born in Ireland, the daughter of Florence Sullivan and Hanory Leavy.
Jesse’s maternal grandmother was Jean Lynn Scott (the daughter of Norman L. Scott and Marion E. Buck). Norman was likely the son of William Elmer Scott, who had English, and some German, ancestry, and Daisy Justina Pfaffly, who was of Swiss-German and French descent.
Sources: Genealogy of Jesse Johnson – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Obituary of Jesse’s maternal grandmother, Jean Lynn Scott – https://familysearch.org
Jesse’s maternal grandfather, George Maurice D’Arbanville, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Jesse’s great-grandmother, Mary Agnes Sullivan – https://familysearch.org
Likely a genealogy of Jesse’s great-grandfather, Norman L. Scott – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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