Birth Name: William Pelham Barr
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 23, 1950
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Irish (mother)
William P. Barr is an American attorney. A Republican, he has served as U.S. Attorney General, from November 26, 1991 to January 20, 1993, as well as U.S. Deputy Attorney General, from May 1990 to November 26, 1991.
William is the son of Mary Margaret (Ahern) and Donald Barr, an educator and writer. His parents were Columbia University Faculty members, and his father was president of the Dalton School. William is married to Christine.
His father was from a Jewish family. His mother was Catholic. William is Catholic.
William’s paternal grandfather was Pelham Barr, an economist (Simon Pelham Barr, the son of Philip Barr and Rebecca Palem/Pecham/Pelham). William’s grandfather Pelham was born in England, to Jewish parents from Poland and/or Russia. Rebecca was the daughter of Rachael.
William’s paternal grandmother was Estelle/Stella (DeYoung/De Young) Barr, a psychologist (the daughter of Solomon/Samuel A. DeYoung/De Young and Esther Sonepouse/Sonpause). William’s grandmother Estelle was born in New York. William’s great-grandfather Solomon was born in Connecticut, to Dutch Jewish parents, from Amsterdam, Aaron De Young and Esther Arbeit. William’s great-grandmother Esther Sonepouse was a Dutch Jew, from Amsterdam, and was the daughter of Philip Sonepouse and Rachel Premselaar. Through his Dutch Jewish roots, William also has more distant German Jewish and Danish Jewish ancestry.
William’s maternal grandparents were William J. Ahern and Catherine.
Sources: Genealogy of William P. Barr – https://www.geni.com
William’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of William’s paternal grandparents, Simon Pelham Barr and Estelle/Stella DeYoung/De Young – https://www.familysearch.org
William’s paternal grandfather, Simon Barr, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of William’s paternal grandfather, Pelham Barr – https://www.familysearch.org
William’s paternal grandmother, Estelle/Stella DeYoung/De Young, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Estelle/Stella DeYoung/De Young on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of William’s paternal great-grandparents, Solomon/Samuel A. DeYoung/De Young and Esther Sonepouse/Sonpause – https://www.geni.com
William’s paternal great-grandparents, Solomon/Samuel A. DeYoung/De Young and Esther Sonepouse/Sonpause, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org