Doris Day

Birth Name: Doris Mary Kappelhoff

Date of Birth: April 3, 1922

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.

Date of Death: May 13, 2019

Place of Death: Carmel Valley Village, Monterey, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: German

Doris Day was an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist. She won a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award. Her roles included the films Romance on the High Seas, My Dream Is Yours, It’s a Great Feeling, Young Man with a Horn, Tea for Two, The West Point Story, Storm Warning, Lullaby of Broadway, On Moonlight Bay, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Starlift (1951), The Winning Team (1952), April in Paris, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Calamity Jane (1953), Lucky Me (1954), Young at Heart, Love Me or Leave Me, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Julie (1956), The Pajama Game, Teacher’s Pet (1958), The Tunnel of Love, It Happened to Jane, Pillow Talk (1959), Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Midnight Lace, Lover Come Back, That Touch of Mink, Billy Rose’s Jumbo, The Thrill of It All (1963), Move Over, Darling; Send Me No Flowers (1964), Do Not Disturb (1965), The Glass Bottom Boat, Caprice (1967), The Ballad of Josie, Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, and With Six You Get Eggroll; the television short A Star Is Born World Premiere; and the show The Doris Day Show.

Doris was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia “Day” (Welz) and William Joseph Kappelhoff. All of her grandparents were German immigrants. Doris had a son, music producer and songwriter Terry Melcher, with her first husband, trombonist Al Jorden. Terry was then adopted by her third husband, producer Martin Melcher, to whom she was married until his death.

Doris was sometimes said to have had Dutch ancestry through her paternal grandfather. This is not accurate.

Doris’s paternal grandfather was Franz Joseph Wilhelm “Frank” Kappelhoff (the son of Johann Heinrich Kappelhoff and Maria Elisabeth Pohlmann). Franz was born in Lower Saxony, Germany. Johann was born in Fuchtorf, Westfalen, the son of Heinrich Wilhelm Kappelhoff and Maria Christina Maes. Doris’s great-grandmother Maria Elisabeth was born in Glane, Hannover, the daughter of Johann Hermann Pohlmann and Maria Josepha Gertrud Terheiden.

Doris’s paternal grandmother was Juliana Agnes Kreimer/Krimer (the daughter of Johann/Johan Heinrich Kreimer and Maria Theresa Gerding). Juliana was born in Glandorf, Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. Johann was the son of Johann Caspar Kreymer and Maria Catharina Kleine Brockmann. Doris’s great-grandmother Maria Theresa was the daughter of Johann Caspar Gerding and Maria Christina Schwegmann.

Doris’s maternal grandfather was Wilhelm/William Welz (the son of Ludwig Welz and Louisa Nold). Wilhelm was born in Glandorf, Landkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. Ludwig was the son of Augustin Welz and Maria Anna Höfle. Louisa was the daughter of Ludwig Nold and Maria Anna Kelmel.

Doris’s maternal grandmother was Anna Christina/Christiana Mann (the daughter of Johann Jacob/Jakob Mann and Margaretha Elisabetha/Elisabeth Nollert). Anna was born in Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Margaretha was the daughter of Anna Elisabetha Nollert.

Sources: Genealogies of Doris Day – http://www.wargs.com
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Doris’s father on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Doris’s paternal grandparents, Franz Joseph Wilhelm “Frank” Kappelhoff and Juliana Agnes Kreimer, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org