Troy Donahue

Birth Name: Frederick Merle Alfred Johnson, Jr.

Date of Birth: January 27, 1936

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.

Date of Death: September 2, 2001

Place of Death: Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*50% Swedish
*25% English
*25% German

Troy Donahue was an American film and television actor and singer. He was considered a sex symbol of the 1950s and ’60s. His roles included the films Summer Love, Monster on the Campus, Imitation of Life, A Summer Place, Parris, Rome Adventure, and My Blood Runs Cold, and the series Surfside 6.

Troy was the son of Edith Dorothy, a stage actress, and Frederick Merle Alfred Johnson, who managed the motion picture department of General Motors. His father was of half English and half German descent. His maternal grandparents were Swedish. Troy had a son.

Troy’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Carrott Johnson (the son of Samuel Johnson and Elizabeth Kelk Carrott). Thomas was an English emigrant, who was born in Hulme, Lancashire. Samuel was from Cheadle, Cheshire, and was the son of John Johnson and Esther. Elizabeth was from Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire.

Troy’s paternal grandmother was Anna Maria Drallmeier (the daughter of Friedrich Heinrich Drallmeier and Caroline Koelker). Anna was born in Quincy, Illinois. Friedrich was a German emigrant, from Westphalia. Caroline was the daughter of German parents, Clemens Innocens Kölker, from Recke, Westphalia, and Mary Elizabeth Katherine Kunz, from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony.

Troy’s maternal grandfather was Amandus Fredrickson (the son of Fredrick Peterson and Lynd Svenson). Amandus was a Swedish emigrant, from Skatelöf, Kronoberg.

Troy’s maternal grandmother was Ida Anderson (the daughter of Anders Johnson/Jönsson and Johanna Ingermanson/Ingermansdotter). Ida was Swedish.

Source: Genealogy of Troy Donahue – https://www.familysearch.org