Birth Name: Charles Peckham Day
Place of Birth: New York City
Date of Birth: February 9, 1976
Eye Color: Green
Hair Type/Color: Brown
Ethnicity: Italian (paternal grandfather), Irish, English, distant Welsh
Family info: Charlie Day is an American actor. He is the son of Thomas Charles Day and Mary (Peckham).
Charlie’s family’s surname was changed from “Del Giorno” to “Day” before his father was born. Charlie’s father is of Italian and Irish ancestry. Charlie’s mother is of mostly English ancestry, with very remote Irish and Welsh roots. Many or most lines of her family have lived in the United States since the 1600s, largely in New England. Charlie’s mother is a Mayflower descendant.
Charlie’s paternal grandfather was Gabriel John Day (the son of Armando “Edward” Del Giorno and Margaret Mirra). Gabriel was born in Pennsylvania. Edward was born in Italy. Margaret was born in Pennsylvania, to Italian parents, Antonino Mirra and Consiglia Busillo. At some point, the family’s surname was changed from “Del Giorno” to “Day”.
Charlie’s paternal grandmother was Anna E. O’Neill. Anna had Irish ancestry.
Charlie’s maternal grandparents were Lawton Parker Greenman Peckham (the son of Reuben Wallace Peckham and Adelaide Marie Greenman) and Catherine Hartwell Austin (the daughter of Roswell Mears Austin and Katherine Sewall). Lawton and his parents were born in Rhode Island, and Catherine and her parents were born in Vermont.
Source: Marriage announcement of Charlie and his wife – http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ellis+Day.-a0158522798
Tribute to, and genealogy of, Charlie’s paternal grandfather, Gabriel John Day (Gabriel J. Del Giorno), at http://www.findagrave.com/ – http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11297183
Charlie’s paternal grandfather, Gabriel John Day, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXMB-SK3
Genealogy of Charlie’s mother – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:3074667&id=I601717333
Genealogy of Charlie’s maternal grandmother, Catherine Hartwell Austin (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=rbond007&id=I33336
Genealogy of Charlie’s maternal great-grandfather, Roswell Mears Austin (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=rbond007&id=I4108
Genealogy of Charlie’s matrilineal great-great-grandmother, Katherine Mussey Hartwell (mother of Katherine Sewall) (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jlc614&id=I55665409
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