Birth Name: Douglas A. Jones
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Date of Birth: 24 May 1960
Ethnicity: English, along with German, Scottish, Irish, French and Danish, more distant Dutch and Welsh
Doug’s paternal grandfather was Robert Lambert Jones (the son of Robert Philip Jones and Bertha Angela Tiepke). Robert Lambert was born in Easton, Massachusetts. Robert Philip was an English immigrant from Surrey, and was the son of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth. Bertha was the daughter of Corp. Henry Gustave Tiepke, a German immigrant from Prussia, and Sarah Tabitha Leach, the daughter of English immigrants.
Doug’s paternal grandmother was Ada Louise Devoe (the daughter of Louis Elmer Devoe and Ada Powers Bateson). Ada Louise was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Louis was the son of Joseph Francis Devoe, the son of a French father and a Danish mother, and Louise E. Edwards, the daughter of a man born in Portugal and an Irish mother. It is unclear if Louise father ‘Antoine Edwards/Peterson’ was of portuguese descent. Doug’s great-grandmother Ada was an English immigrant from Rishton, Lancashire, and was the daughter of Robert Carr Bateson and Mary Ann Powers.
Doug’s maternal grandfather was Rev. Ezra Thomas Franklin (the son of Benjamin Franklin and Catherine Petty). Rev. Ezra was born in Anderson, Kentucky, and had deep lines in the U.S. Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Frances Husband. Catherine was the daughter of William Briant Petty and Jerusha Hawkins.
Doug’s maternal grandmother was Olive Grace Ralston (the daughter of William Charlton Ralston and Mary Elizabeth Kinzer). Olive was born in Adams, Ohio, and had deep lines in the U.S. William was the son of Thomas Ralston and Rebecca Jane Glasgow. Mary was the daughter of Adam Kinzer and Susannah Parker.
Source:
Obituary of Doug’s mother Miriam: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/indystar/name/miriam-harrington-obituary?id=20528370
Doug’s genealogy: https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/G2Y9-L2S
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