Birth Name: Daniel Quine Auerbach
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States
Date of Birth: May 14, 1979
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, Irish, French, 1/8th Manx, 1/8th German, remote Welsh, Scottish, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) (mother)
Dan Auerbach is an American musician and record producer. He is the singer and guitarist of the blues rock band The Black Keys. Dan is the son of Mary Little (Quine), a teacher of French, and Charles N. Auerbach, an antique dealer. Charles was Jewish, of Polish Jewish extraction.
Dan’s maternal grandfather was John Robert Quine (the son of Harry Sanford Quine and Sarah Jahant). Harry was the son of Robert Stanford Quine, who was born in Andreas, Isle of Man, and of Katherine “Kate” Motz, who was born in Germany. Sarah was the daughter of August/Augustus Jahant, who was born in Akron, Ohio, to French parents, and of Mary McCartin/McCarten, who was born in Ontario, Canada, to Irish parents.
Dan’s maternal grandmother was Jane L. Little (the daughter of Henry Wirt Little and Eliza Catherine Belvin). Henry was the son of James Franklin Little and Mattie Jane Seal. James’ mother had Irish ancestry, and his father had English and distant Welsh ancestry. Mattie had English, some Irish, and distant Welsh and Scottish, ancestry. Dan’s great-grandmother Eliza was the daughter of James Peter Coladen Belvin and Mary Elizabeth Walton; they both had English ancestry, and James also had French roots.
Sources: http://www.theguardian.com
Record of Dan Auerbach – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dan’s mother, Mary Quine – http://www.quine.org
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal grandfather, John Quine – http://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandfather, Harry Sanford Quine – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Jahant – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal grandmother, Jane L. Little – http://www.grembert.com
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandfather, Henry Wirt Little – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal great-grandmother, Eliza Catherine Belvin – http://www.geni.com
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