Anastacia
Anastacia in 2010, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Anastacia Lyn Newkirk
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 17, 1968
Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, Danish, Dutch, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Cornish
Anastacia is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and dancer. She is known for her edgy, soulful voice.
Anastacia is the daughter of Diane, an actress, and Robert Newkirk, a club singer. She was raised mostly in New York City, New York.
Anastacia’s paternal grandfather was Charles Ray Newkirk (the son of Frank Eby Newkirk and Anna Theresa Stevens). Charles was born in Iowa. Frank was the son of John McCoy Newkirk and Jane Maria Eby. Anna was the daughter of Solon Timothy Stevens and Louisa Thomas.
Anastacia’s paternal grandmother was Sylvia J./Louise Pedersen (the daughter of Lauris Pedersen and Meta/Johanna Mattie Miller). Sylvia was born in Iowa. Lauris was born in Harlev, Harlev, Framlev, Århus, Denmark, the son of Peder Pedersen and Anne Marie Carlsen. Meta was German, the daughter of Jacob Miller and Minnie Smith.
Anastacia’s maternal grandfather likely was Jerrold Edward Hurley (the son of Daniel Hurley, Jr. and Susan Irene Irwin). Jerrold was born in Lincoln, Illinois. Daniel was the son of Daniel Hurley, Sr. and Edith Kazan Russell. Susan was the daughter of Andrew Irwin, an emigrant from Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and of Hettie Mae Purcell, who had deep roots in the U.S.
Anastacia’s maternal grandmother likely was Margaret/Marguerite Ellen Kearns (the daughter of George Edward Kearns and Eva May Lathrop). Margaret was born in Denver, Colorado. George was the son of Thomas J. Kearns and Katheryn/Catherine/Kate Buckley, whose parents were Irish. Eva was the daughter of Lewis Reed Lathrop, who was born in Québec, Canada, and had deep roots in the U.S.; and of Jennie Vieve Wilkinson, whose parents were from England, with some roots in Cornwall.
Sources: https://mobile.twitter.com
Genealogy of Anastacia’s maternal grandfather, Jerrold Edward Hurley – https://www.findagrave.com
Anastacia’s maternal great-grandfather, George Edward Kearns, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
I think this are Anastacia’s maternal grandparents:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GXGY-G8K
Jerrold Edward Hurley (the son of Daniel Hurley Jr. and Susan Irene Irwin). Jerrold was born in Lincoln, Illinois. Daniel was the son of Daniel Hurley Sr. and Edith Kazan Russell. Susan was the daughter of Andrew Irwin, an immigrant from Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and Hettie Mae Purcell, who had deep lines in America.
Margaret Ellen Kearns (the daughter of George Edward Kearns and Eva May Lathrop). Margaret was born in Denver, Colorado. George was the son of Thomas J. Kearns and Katheryn/Catherine Buckley. Eva was the daughter of Lewis Reed Lathrop, who had deep lines in America, and Jennie Vieve Wilkinson, the daughter of English parents.
I didn’t find any Irish ancestry whatsoever. Given that the parents of Andrew Irwin were John Irwin and Susannah Crawford, he was likely of Scot-Irish descent. And the Kearns line ends with Thomas J. Kearns, who was born in the U.S.
I don’t know if “Kearns” is always an Irish surname…
Kazan? Isn’t that almost exclusively Jewish?
Anastacia’s father family tree:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/G3J4-6B3
Anastacia’s paternal grandmother was of half Danish half German descent. Anastacia’s paternal grandfather had deeper lines in the U.S., with mainly British ancestry and some Dutch. Actually Newkirk comes from Van Nieuwkirk some generations back.
I will try to find some imformation about Anastacia’s mother.
There is some German too, in the line of Anastacia’s grandfather, and the Dutch ancestry is quite significant.
her maternal grandparents’ surnames are Hurley and Kearns:
https://twitter.com/AnastaciaMusic/status/918576891216441344
Very surprised by this because for some reason I’d guessed she was Italian.
Anastacia is the daughter of Diane (Hurley) and Robert Newkirk.