Amy Adams

Adams in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Amy Lou Adams

Place of Birth: Vicenza, Veneto, Italy

Date of Birth: August 20, 1974

Ethnicity: English, some Danish and Norwegian, 1/16th Swiss-German, small amounts of Welsh, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish

Amy Adams is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in Catch Me If You Can, Junebug, Enchanted, Doubt, Julie & Julia, American Hustle, and Nocturnal Animals.

Amy was born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, to American parents, Kathryn and Richard Adams, who was serving in the U.S. military at the time, stationed at Caserma Ederle in Italy. Her family moved from base to base, later settling in Castle Rock, Colorado during Amy’s childhood. Amy is married to actor and artist Darren Le Gallo, with whom she has a daughter.

Amy is of heavily English ancestry, along with some Danish and Norwegian, 1/16th Swiss-German, and small amounts of Welsh, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish; her ancestry is three sixteenths Scandinavian. Amy has deep colonial American roots, going back to New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine in the 1600s. She was raised in a Mormon (LDS) family.

Amy’s patrilineal line can be traced to Charles Adams, who was born, c. 1683, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Amy’s paternal grandfather was Frank Ralph Adams (the son of Joseph Samuel Adams and Frances/Francis Elizabeth Cole). Frank was born in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho. Joseph was born in St. Luke, London, England, and was a printer and newspaper editor. He was the son of Joseph Samuel Adams and Eliza Caroline Woodward. Amy’s great-grandmother Frances was born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, to English parents, George Frank Cole, from Northfield, Birmingham, Warwickshire; and Susie/Susan/Susannah Sugden, from London.

Amy’s paternal grandmother was Olea Lorraine Hill (the daughter of John Hyrum Hill and Olea Shipp). Amy’s grandmother Olea was born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. John was born in Millcreek, Salt Lake, the son of William Hood Hill, who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to parents from Lanarkshire, Scotland; and of Mary Caroline Sørensen, who was born in Pedersborg, Sorø, Vestsjalland, Denmark. Amy’s great-grandmother Olea was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Milford Bard Shipp, whose maternal grandparents were from Vermont; and of Ellis Reynolds, whose mother was born in Yarmouth, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, to parents from New York.

Amy’s maternal grandfather was Joseph Hugh Hicken (the son of Elijah Moulton Hicken and Erma Inez Jensen). Joseph was born in Richmond, Cache, Utah. Elijah was born in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, to English parents, Addison Hicken, who was born in Whitwick, Leicestershire; and Sophia Elizabeth/Elisabeth Moulton, who was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Amy’s great-grandmother Erma was born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, the daughter of James Christian Jensen, who was from Glimsholt, Nordjylland, Denmark; and of Joanna/Joannah Eliza Jennings, who was born in Springville, Utah Co., Utah, to an English mother, from Gloucester, Gloucestershire.

Amy’s maternal grandmother was Colleen Hammond (the daughter of Grant Levi Hammond and Rita/Retta/Oretta/Oreta/Reda Virginia Otterbeck). Colleen was born in Logan, Cache, Utah. Grant was born in Cache, the son of Levi Parley Hammond, whose maternal grandparents were from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England; and of Annie/Anna Elizabeth Baer/Bair, who was born in Utah, to Swiss parents, from Zürich, Adolph Baer/Bair and Louise Hadderlie/Hadderli, who were of Swiss-German descent. Amy’s great-grandmother Rita was born in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Her father, Andrew Nickoli/Nichols Otterbeck, was born in Logan, to a Norwegian father, from Kragero, Kragerø, Telemark; and to a Danish mother, from Nyborg, Svendborg, Fyn. Rita’s mother, Amy’s great-great-grandmother, was Jennie May/Mae Fister, whose paternal grandparents were from Mannheim, Baden, Germany; and whose maternal grandparents were from England and Wales, respectively.

Sources: Genealogies of Amy Adams – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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Death record of Amy’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Susie/Susan/Susannah (Sugden) Cole – https://www.familysearch.org