Colin Donnell
Donnell in 2015, photo by DFree/www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Colin C. Donnell
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 9, 1982
Ethnicity: French (maternal grandmother), English, Irish, one eighth Swedish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, German
Colin Donnell is an American actor.
Colin is the son of Françoise and Ben Donnell. He has Irish roots in County Donegal.
Colin’s paternal grandfather was Ben/Benjamin Philips Donnell (the son of Dr. Newman Ross Donnell and Teressa Stark Williams). Ben was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Newman was born in Hematite, Jefferson, Missouri, the son of Eliel Foster Donnell and Laura Catherine England. Teressa was born in Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky, the daughter of Henry Philips Williams and Martha Ann Haskins.
Colin’s paternal grandmother was Dorothea Joyce Hedges (the daughter of William Huse Hedges and Christine Stapler). Dorothea was born in Webster Groves, St. Louis, Missouri. William was born in Missouri, the son of Isaac Angel Hedges and Ione A. Huse. Christine was born in Georgia, the daughter of Thomas Odell Stapler and Coral Christine Capps.
Colin’s maternal grandfather was Robert Clarke Lyons (the son of Edward Marion Lyons and Mabel Elizabeth Bradley). Robert was born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Edward was born in Funk, Phelps, Nebraska, the son of Swedish parents, Alfred Lyons, from Malmö, Skåne; and Sophia Alida Johnson. Mabel was born in New York City, New York.
Colin’s maternal grandmother was named Christiane Julietta Clavel. Christiane was French.
Sources: http://www.stltoday.com
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Obituary record of Colin’s paternal grandfather, Ben/Benjamin Philips Donnell – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Colin’s mother – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Colin’s maternal grandfather, Robert Clarke Lyons – https://www.familysearch.org
Colin’s paternal grandfather Ben Philips Donnell findagrave page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179841213/ben-philips-donnell.
Also Colin’s paternal grandfather Ben Philips Donnell Sr. With Colin’s dad Ben in the census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKP2-GM46?lang=en and another census with his wife Françoise https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPD-NWK9?lang=en.
Also Colin’s paternal grandparents Ben Philips Donnell Sr. and Dorothea Joyce Hedges page
Ben Philips Donnell Sr. Was born in Missouri to Dr Newman Ross Donnell born in Missouri and Teressa Stark Williams born in Kentucky.
Dr Newman Ross Donnell parents were Eliel Foster Donnell and Laura Catherine England both born in Missouri.
Teressa Stark Williams parents were Henry Philips Williams and Martha Ann Haskins both born in Tennessee.
Dorothea Joyce Hedges was born in Missouri to William H. Hedges born in Missouri and Christine Stapler born in Georgia.
William H. Hedges parents were Isaac Angel Hedges born in Missouri and Ione A Huse born in Tennessee.
Christine Stapler parents were Thomas Odell Stapler and Coral Christine Capps both born in Georgia.
Also Colin’s mom Françoise Lyons brother Donald Herbert Lyons findagrave page that mentions Don is survived by his sister, Francoise (Lyons) Donnell (Ben) of St. Louis, MO. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/291488009/donald_h-lyons And
Françoise Father Robert Clarke Lyons findagrave page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130952319/robert_clarke-lyons.
Also Francoise with her father and siblings in the familysearch census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3S-1NFD?lang=en.
Also Robert Clarke Lyons page.
Robert Clarke Lyons was born in Illinois to Edward Marion Lyons born in Nebraska and Mabel Elizabeth Bradley born in New York.
Edward Marion Lyons parents were Alfred Lyons and Sophia Alida Johnson both born in Sweden.
Also Françoise mom Christiane Julietta Voss findagrave page https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94714680/christiane_julietta-voss
Voss was her husband’s surname and his obituary that mentions that Christiane Julietta maiden surname was Clavel and He is survived by stepchildren, Francoise (Ben) Donnell of St. Louis, MO, Donald Lyons of Gobles, MI. https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/jackson/name/fremont-voss-obituary?id=13329872
Also Christiane Julietta Clavel with daughter Francoise Donnell and husband Fremont Voss in the familysearch census https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK56-96D7?lang=en.
I couldn’t find Francoise Lyons Donnell mother Christiane Julietta Clavel parents , if anybody could find her you got her full name and her findagrave page gives you her birth and death year and where she died but no place of birth
So then can you just summarize his ethnicity thus far as we don’t have to read through all of this?
I’m not very good with surname origins but I think he’s Irish, English, welsh, French, Swedish and some German