Kellie Coffey

Coffey in 2004, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Kellie Ann Coffey

Place of Birth: Dallas, Collin, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 22, 1971

Ethnicity: English, Irish, French/French-Canadian, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/64 Potawatomi/Ottawa Native American, distant German

Kellie Coffey is an American country music singer.

She is married to actor and producer Geoff Koch, with whom she has two children. She was raised in Oklahoma.

Kellie’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Ray Coffey (the son of Thomas J. Coffey and Lillian L. Ray). Kellie’s grandfather Thomas was born in Texas. Kellie’s great-grandfather Thomas was born in Texas, John Melvin Coffey and Mary Ellen Ragland. Lillian was born in Texas, the daughter of Albert Edgar Ray and Araminta Morgan.

Kellie’s paternal grandmother was Edna Mae Poindexter (the daughter of John Walter Poindexter and Carrie Belle Richardson). Edna was born in Texas. Kellie’s great-grandfather John was born in Texas, the son of John Walter Poindexter and Martha Jane “Jennie” Madill Brodnax, whose father was from England.

Kellie’s maternal grandfather was Clifford Emory Upton (the son of Emory Upton and Mildred Mary Sales). Clifford was born in Oklahoma. Emory was born in Oklahoma, the son of Alexander R. Upton and Theresa Bell Melot. Mildred was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of George Washington Sales and Anne Henery Carrell.

Kellie’s great-great-great-grandfather Joseph L. Melot was born in Michigan, c. 1839, to French immigrant parents. His wife, Catherine “Kate” Bergeron, was born, c. 1853, in Kansas, to a French-Canadian father, François Xavier Bergeron, and to a Potawatomi/Ottawa Native American mother, Josette Watch-e-kee “Watseka”, who was born, c. 1810, in Illinois. She was the daughter of “Benjamin” Shabbona, an Ottawa tribe member who became a chief within the Potawatomi tribe, and of Monashki.

Kellie’s maternal grandmother was Rosalie Jackson (the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Jackson and Susie Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ballard). Rosalie was born in Oklahoma. Kellie’s great-grandfather Thomas was born in Tennessee, the son of Thomas Jefferson Jackson and Mary Polly Brewer. Susie was born in Oklahoma.

Sources: Obituary of Kellie’s paternal uncle – http://findagrave.com

Kellie’s maternal great-great-great-grandmother, Catherine “Kate” (Bergeron) Melot, on the 1900 and 1930 U.S. Censuses – http://familysearch.org
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Obituary of Kellie’s maternal grandmother, Rosalie (Jackson) Upton – http://legacy.com