Birth Name: Annette Carol Bening
Place of Birth: Topeka, Kansas
Date of Birth: May 29, 1958
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, distant Welsh
Family info: Annette Bening is an American actress.
Annette’s paternal grandfather was of German descent, and Annette’s paternal grandmother had English and Irish ancestry. Annette’s mother had English, and smaller amounts of German and Welsh, ancestry.
Annette’s paternal grandfather was Erwin William Bening (the son of Grant W. Bening and Rosa C. Schulze). Erwin was born in Iowa. Grant was born in Missouri, to German parents, Ferdinand Benning and Maria Hamann. Rosa was born in Illinois, to German parents, Louis Schulze and Friedericke Kanning.
Annette’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Jane Arnett (the daughter of Arthur Arnett and Margaret J. Barrett). Margaret Arnett was born in South Dakota. Arthur was English. Margaret Barrett was born in Minnesota, to an Irish father and a Canadian mother.
Annette’s maternal grandparents were Roy Edgar Ashley (the son of Hugh Monroe Ashley and Mary Ida Harmon) and Mayme Katherine Bradfield (the daughter of Andrew Bradfield and Esther Jane Little). Roy was born in Iowa, to Iowa-born parents. Mayme was born in South Dakota, to a father from Indiana and a mother from Iowa.
Source: Annette’s paternal grandfather, Erwin William Bening, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M92S-526
Annette’s paternal grandmother, Margaret Jane Arnett, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPXK-2N7
Annette’s mother, Shirley Ashley, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMNC-858
Genealogy of Annette’s maternal great-grandmother, Mary Ida Harmon (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=katieliz75&id=I5676
Genealogy of Annette’s maternal grandmother, Mayme Katherine Bradfield – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=mwalltree&id=P3199486512
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