Belinda Carlisle
Carlisle in 2014, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Belinda Jo Carlisle
Place of Birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 17, 1958
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Belinda Carlisle is an American singer, musician, and author. She is the lead vocalist of rock band The Go-Go’s. Other members of the band include Charlotte Caffey, Regina Schock, and Jane Wiedlin.
Belinda is the daughter of Joanne and Harold Carlisle. She stated in an interview on Metro.co.uk that her father was Native American. No recent Native American ancestry appears on his family tree.
Belinda is married to politician, film producer, and actor Morgan Mason, with whom she has a son, writer and LGBTQ activist James Duke Mason. Morgan is the son of actor James Mason and actress, author, and screenwriter Pamela Mason.
Belinda’s paternal grandfather was Patrick Hurley Carlisle (the son of Perry E. Carlisle and Martha Jane Williams). Patrick was born in Mississippi. Perry was the son of Edward Carlisle and Martha Ann Molcey Grice. Martha was the daughter of John Wilson Williams and Rachel A. Jordan.
Belinda’s paternal grandmother was Elvia Leona Johnson (the daughter of Richard Pina Johnson and Sallie Anne Morse). Sallie was the daughter of Elijah Jackson Morse and Elizabeth Ann Thetford.
Belinda’s maternal grandfather was named Roy J. Thompson. Roy was born in Sacramento, California.
Belinda’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Jeanette Rook (the daughter of William Franklin Rook and Josephine Levina Onions). Ruth was born in Ohio. William was the son of Charles L. Rooks/Rook and Caroline “Carrie” Ingston/Ingstrom/Ingalton. Josephine was the daughter of Joseph Onions, whose parents were English, from Dudley, Staffordshire, and Birmingham, Warwickshire, respectively; and of Ann “Annie” Forman/Foreman, whose parents were also English.
Sources: http://www.nytimes.com
Belinda mentions her ethnicity – http://metro.co.uk
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His father looks quite exotic I must say…
This is the marriage record of Belinda’s parents, Harold E. Carlisle and Joanne M. Thompson, in 1957:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV12-RJ5
It shows an attachment of a Harold Carlisle born in 1918. Ancestry lists a Harold Carlisle born in that year, in Georgia, son of Mamie Ruth Marchant:
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/harold-carlisle-24-pb8yg8
Returning to FamilySearch, there is a Harold McDonald Carlisle (McDonald as a middle name) born in 1917, son of Ruth Merchant. There is a family tree in this record:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GDSL-GKL
https://www.familysearch.org/service/tree/tree-data/pdf/portrait-pedigree/GDSL-GKL/spouse/DEFAULT?locale=es
It’s a bit of a mess, I don’t know if it’s Belinda’s grandparents, but it’s a possibility.
Native American…really?
Belinda’s maternal grandfather was Roy Thompson.
Belinda’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Jeanette Rook (the daughter of William Franklin Rook and Josephine Levina Onions). William was the son of Charles L. Rooks/Rook and Caroline Ingston/Ingstrom/Ingalton. Josephine was the daughter of Joseph Onions and Ann Forman.
Joseph Onions was the son of English parents, William Onions and Harriet Thompson, from Dudley, Staffordshire, and Birmingham, Warwickshire, respectively
-> Thompson/Thomas
Her maternal grandparents are Ruth and Roy Thompson.
from her memoir “Lips Unsealed”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/review/excerpt-lips-unsealed.html?_r=0