Paul Williams

LOS ANGELES – FEB 11: Paul Williams arrives at the Muiscares Gala Honoring Barbra Streisand at Convention Center on February 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA kathclick/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Paul Hamilton Williams Jr.

Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 19, 1940

Ethnicity: English, Irish, small amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, Swiss-German, distant Dutch, Swiss-French, French, and Welsh

Paul Williams is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is known for co-writing many hit songs in the 1970s decade, as well as film scores and songs, and acting roles on films such as Smokey and the Bandit and Phantom of the Paradise.

He is the son of Bertha Mae and Paul Hamilton Williams Sr.

Paul’s paternal grandfather was William Sherman Williams, the son of Zebekiah Hamilton Williams and Nancy Jane Duree. William was born in Putnam, Indiana. Zebekiah was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, the son of Zebekiah Williams and Mary Yocum. Nancy was born in Parke, Indiana, the daughter of George Duree and Elizabeth Bullington.

Paul’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Elizabeth Hartman. Mary was born in Indiana.

Paul’s maternal grandfather was John W. Burnside, the son of Alexander Burnside and Rhoda Ann Parker. John was born in Scott, Iowa. Alexander was the son of James E. Burnside and Elizabeth Barr. Rhoda was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Stephen Henry Parker and Eliza Brough Scruggs.

Paul’s maternal grandmother was Rosa Belle Cousins, the daughter of Franklin Cousins and Elizabeth A. Roseman. Rosa was born in Davenport, Iowa. Franklin was born in Venango, Pennsylvania, the son of Allen Cousins and Harriet Rowland. Elizabeth was born in Ohio, the daughter of William Roseman, who was from County Leitrim, Ireland, and Sarah Jane Thompson.

Source: Genealogy of Paul Williams’s parents https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LRRP-ZTK