Birth Name: Catherine Élise Blanchett
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia
Date of Birth: 14 May, 1969
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Blonde
Ethnicity: English, along with Scottish, remote French
Family info: Cate Blanchett is an Australian actress. Her father was American, from Texas, and her mother was Australian.
Cate’s father was of mostly English, as well as Scottish, and remote French, ancestry. Cate’s mother had English ancestry.
The surname “Blanchett” is often assumed to be of French origin. Cate’s last traceable patrilineal ancestor was her great-grandfather, John C. Blanchett, who was born in Tennessee, c. the mid 1850s. It is not clear if John had French ancestry. Cate does have French roots from her paternal nine times great-grandmother, Martha Brasseur, making Cate of at least 1/2048 French ancestry (through that line).
Cate’s paternal grandparents were Robert DeWitt Blanchett (the son of John C. Blanchett and Mary Jane Moseley) and Merle King. Robert was born in Arkansas. John was born in Tennessee. Mary was born in Texas. Merle was born in Oklahoma.
Cate’s maternal grandparents were Horace Thomas Gamble (the son of Morris Gamble and Ann Maude) and Rosalie Jean Wood.
Source: Cate’s paternal grandfather, Robert DeWitt Blanchett, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDXR-SDN
Genealogy of Cate’s paternal grandfather, Robert DeWitt Blanchett (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=ayd73&id=I098708
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