Birth Name: Brett Charles Young
Place of Birth: Anaheim, Orange, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 23, 1981
Ethnicity: English, German, 1/32 Norwegian, small amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and Scottish
Brett Young is an American singer and songwriter. He is the son of Janice I. (Munns) and Bradley C. Young.
Brett’s paternal grandfather was Robert William Young (the son of Ernest Ditto Young and Petra Alda Gillins). Ernest was the son of Robert Beverly Young and Emily Clemenzy Giles. Petra was from a Mormon family, and was the daughter of Frederick William Gillins and Sarah Ellen Eyre, both of whom were born in Utah, to English parents.
Brett’s paternal grandmother was Bonna/Bonnie Lea Nolze (the daughter of Charles Frederick Nolze and Rachael C. Mitchell). Charles was the son of Ernest F. Nolze, who was born in Nebraska, to a German father and a Norweigan mother, and of Edith E. Graham. Rachael was the daughter of Hayden W. Mitchell and Mollie Mummert.
Sources: Marriage record of Brett’s paternal grandparents, Robert William Young and Bonna/Bonnie Lea Nolze – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Brett’s paternal grandfather, Robert William Young – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brett’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Robert Beverly Young – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brett’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Emily Clemenzy Giles – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brett’s paternal great-grandmother, Petra Alda Gillins – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Brett’s paternal great-grandfather, Charles Frederick Nolze (through Charles’ brother, Fred Henry Nolze) – https://www.findagrave.com
Brett’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Ernest F. Nolze, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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