Charlotte Kemp Muhl

Charlotte Kemp Muhl in 2015, photo by Debby Wong/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Date of Birth: August 17, 1987

Ethnicity: German, English, some Irish, smaller amounts of Scottish

Charlotte Kemp Muhl is an American singer, songwriter, writer, model, and film director. She is also known as simply Kemp Muhl.

Kemp’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to her ninth great-grandfather, Antoine Muhl.

Kemp’s paternal grandfather was James Howard Muhl (the son of Fred Joseph Muhl and Anne Currie Riley). James was born in Waco, Texas. Fred was the son of a French emigrant, André Muhl (later Andrew Muhl), of Lampertheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, and of a German emigrant, Josephine Fischer, of Hesse. Anne was the daughter of an Irish emigrant, John Hamilton Riley, of County Tipperary, and of Leila Ada Currie, who had deep roots in the U.S.

Kemp’s paternal grandmother is Ardeth Lita Ann Wick (the daughter of Henry Frank Wick and Emily Emma Martha Backhaus, later Backus). Ardeth was born in New York. Henry was the son of Frank A. Wick and Barbara Margaret Dopfel, who were born in New York, both of them to German parents. Emily was the daughter of German immigrants, Johann/John Heinrich Casper Backhaus/Backus and Augusta/Auguste Karolina Fernandina Sauder, from Hanover.

Kemp’s maternal grandfather is Edward Gerald Sullivan, Jr. (the son of Edward Gerald Sullivan Sr. and Katheryn Carroll Stone). Kemp’s grandather Edward was born in Missouri. Kemp’s great-grandfather Edward was the son of Edward A. Sullivan, an Irish immigrant, and of Ellen Riley, who was the daughter of Irish immigrants. Katheryn was the daughter of Francis Marion Stone and Italia Florence Waddill, and had deep roots in the U.S.

Kemp’s maternal grandmother is Marjorie Ann Silvey (the daughter of Russell Cletus Silvey and Vena Rickman). Marjorie was born in Missouri, and has deep roots in the U.S. Russell was the son of Willard Marion Silvey and Bertha Colvin. Vena was the daughter of William Elisha Rickman and Dellar Seitz.

Sources: Birth record of Kemp’s paternal grandfather, James Howard Muhl – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Kemp’s paternal grandfather, James Howard Muhl – https://www.familysearch.org

Death record of Kemp’s paternal great-grandfather, Fred Joseph Muhl – https://www.familysearch.org

Kemp’s paternal great-grandmother, Anne Currie Riley, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Death record of Kemp’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Leila Ada (Currie) Riley – https://www.familysearch.org

Kemp’s paternal grandmother, Ardeth Lita Ann Wick, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Kemp’s paternal great-uncle (grandmother’s brother) – http://www.legacy.com

Kemp’s paternal great-grandfather, Henry Frank Wick, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Kemp’s paternal great-grandmother, Emily Emma Martha Backhaus, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Death record of Kemp’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Augusta/Auguste Karolina Fernandina (Sauder) Backhaus – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Kemp’s maternal aunt – http://www.amigone.com