Cory Monteith
Monteith in 2012, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Cory Allan Michael Monteith
Date of Birth: May 11, 1982
Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date of Death: July 13, 2013
Place of Death: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ethnicity: Dutch/Frisian, Scottish, Irish, English
Cory Monteith was a Canadian actor and musician. He is known for his role on the television series Glee. Cory was the son of Ann McGregor, an interior decorator, and Joe Monteith, who served in Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. His surname is Scottish.
Cory’s paternal grandfather was Phillip Murray Monteith (the son of Joseph Monteith and Bessie Lucinda Jackson). Phillip was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Joseph was Scottish, born in Glasgow, the son of John Monteith and Sarah. Bessie was the daughter of Samuel Jackson and Mary Louise/Louisa Flewelling.
Cory’s paternal grandmother was Phyllis Lorraine Sweeney (the daughter of Maynard Brown Sweeney and Margaret Pearl Parks). Maynard was the son of James Oscar Sweeney and Mable Blackadar/Blackador. Margaret was the daughter of William Marshall Parks and Helen Elizabeth Estey.
Cory’s maternal grandfather was William Welland McGregor (the son of Patrick McGregor and Margaret “Maggie” McCool). William was born in Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Patrick was the son of James McGregor, who was Scottish, and of Ellen O’Brien, who was Irish. Margaret was the daughter of Irish parents, Francis William McCool, from County Donegal, and Mary Stackpool.
Cory’s maternal grandmother was Sjoukje “Jacky” DeBoer/de Boer (the daughter of Piet de Boer and Anske van de Glas). Sjoukje was born in Hengelo, Gelderland, Netherlands. She married Cory’s grandfather in the Netherlands after World War II.
Sources: Marriage record of Cory’s paternal grandparents, Phillip Murray Monteith and Phyllis Lorraine Sweeney – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Cory’s paternal grandfather, Phillip Murray Monteith – http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com
Marriage record of Cory’s paternal great-grandparents, Joseph Monteith and Bessie Lucinda Jackson – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Cory’s paternal great-grandparents, Maynard Brown Sweeney and Margaret Pearl Parks – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Cory’s maternal grandfather, William Welland McGregor – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Cory’s maternal grandfather, William Welland McGregor – https://lists.rootsweb.com
Correction. I found the marriage record for Phillip Murray monteith and it list his mother as Bessie Lucinda Jackson not Bessie Spencer. I tried finding out more, but have not been able to.
Well, thank you, that was enough to trace his father’s whole side.
Correction. Threw his great grandmother Bessie Spencer Cory also had English, French and Swiss ancestry as well.
Where did you find her genealogy?
I found the genealogy on familysearch and rootsweb. I may have been mistaken about the French and Swiss ancestry, but he definitely had English ancestry.
Can you give me the link?
Here’s the link. This is the info for besides father Raymond Spencer.
http://Www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=get&db=fredrickclathrop&id=1259077
Sorry about the link. That’s the right address to get the info, I just can’t make it clickable.
It is clickable but it doesn’t go anywhere. What should I search for at RootsWeb?
Bessies fathers name was Raymond Leslie Spencer and her mom’s name was Annie eleanor Mitchell. When I put his name into rootsweb it gave me info on his ancestors.
I may be missing something, but how do you know Raymond Leslie Spencer and Annie Eleanor Mitchell were Cory’s great-great-grandparents? The trees on Rootsweb don’t list a daughter named Bessie, although they aren’t always comprehensive.
He looked Scottish.
I thought he was a little bit Italian or Jewish.
100% Scottish Canadian!