03/07/2019 – Lindsey Stirling – “Five Feet Apart” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Fox Bruin Theatre, 948 Broxton Avenue – Westwood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Sushi / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Lindsey Stirling
Place of Birth: Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 21, 1986
Ethnicity:
- 46.875% English
- 25% Scottish
- 12.5% Welsh
- 12.5% Danish
- 3.125% Manx
Lindsey Stirling is an American violinist, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her albums Shatter Me and Brave Enough.
Lindsey’s paternal grandfather was Douglas Miles Stirling (the son of James Stirling and Florence Violette Miles). James was the son of Scottish parents James Stirling and Catherine McKillop Young. Florence was the son of American father William Hart Miles, of English descent, and English mother Jane Fox Stevenson.
Lindsey’s paternal grandmother was Ruth Fotheringham (the daughter of Stephen Hales Fotheringham and Elizabeth Goddard Woodbury). Stephen was the son of Scottish parents William Fotheringham and Elizabeth Hardy. Elizabeth Woodbury was the daughter of American father Orin Nelson Woodbury, of English descent, and English mother Frances Goddard.
Lindsey’s maternal grandfather was Henry Hamblin Leigh (the son of Henry Webster Leigh and Elizabeth Hamblin). Henry Webster Leigh was the son of Welsh father Henry Leigh and American mother Amy Elizabeth Webster, born to English parents. Elizabeth was the daughter of American parents Francis Marion Hamblin, of English descent, and Rose Anna Jane Brown, born to an American father of English descent and a mother from the Isle of Man. Francis Marion Hamblin was the nephew of Jacob Hamblin, a prominent Mormon pioneer.
Lindsey’s maternal grandmother was Jean Jensen (the daughter of John Henry Jensen and Jennie Richards). John was the son of Danish parents, Niels Andersen Jensen and Else Marie Ebbesen. Jennie was the daughter of Welsh father Thomas Richards and American mother Jane Newberry Pendleton, of English descent.
Through her great-great-grandfather Orin Woodbury, Lindsey is a third cousin once removed of singer Brandon Flowers.
Sources: Ancestry of Lindsey’s paternal grandfather, Douglas Miles Stirling: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/
Ancestry of Lindsey’s paternal grandmother, Ruth Fotheringham: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/
Ancestry of Lindsey’s maternal grandfather, Henry Hamblin Leigh: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/
Ancestry of Lindsey’s maternal grandmother, Jean Jensen: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/
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