Daveigh Chase
Chase in 2007, photo by s_bukley/Bigstock
Birth Name: Daveigh Elizabeth Chase-Schwallier
Place of Birth: Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 24, 1990
Ethnicity: French, English, Italian/Sicilian, German, Scottish
Daveigh Chase is an American actress, singer, and model. She played Samara in several of The Ring films and Lilo Pelekai in the Lilo & Stitch franchise. She has also been billed as Daveigh Elizabeth Chase.
Daveigh’s paternal grandfather was Jerry Hart Schwallier (the son of John W. Schwallier, Jr. and Anna Bell/Belle Thurman). Jerry was born in Kentucky. John was born in Kentucky, the son of John Chevelier Schwallier, who was born in France, and of Catherine/Katherine B. Koehler/Koewler, who was an ethnic German from Alsace, France. Anna was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Henry Clay/Clayton Thurman and Cora Angeline/Angelina Hogg.
Daveigh’s paternal grandmother was named Viola Annuziata Cangialosi (the daughter of Anna). Viola was born in Tripoli, Libya, to Italian parents.
Daveigh’s maternal grandfather was Basil Terry Chase (the son of Millard B. Chase and Nora Elizabeth Bennett). Daveigh’s grandfather Basil was born in Tennessee. Millard was the son of Thomas Robb Chase and Nancy Cate Lasater. Nora was the daughter of Abner Marric Bennett and Margaret Emma Stancil.
Daveigh’s maternal grandmother is Ida Veigh Swann (the daughter of George Olney Swann and Ida Mae Thompson). Daveigh’s grandmother Ida was born in Alabama. George was the son of Robert L. Swann and Mary Elizabeth Tew. Daveigh’s great-grandmother Ida was the daughter of John Henry Thompson and Clara Elizabeth Young.
Sources: Marriage record of Daveigh’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Divorce record of Daveigh’s paternal grandparents, Jerry Hart Schwallier and Viola Annuziata – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogies of Daveigh’s paternal grandfather, Jerry Hart Schwallier – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.wikitree.com
Death record of Daveigh’s paternal grandfather, Jerry Hart Schwallier – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Daveigh’s paternal grandmother, Viola (Annuziata) Schwallier – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Daveigh’s paternal great-grandmother, Anna (Cangialosi) Annuziata – https://lasvegassun.com
I believe Daveigh also has Italian and German ancestry.
I’m quite sure her grandparents were Jerry and Viola Schwallier, who got divorced in Nevada in 1977. Jerry remarried in 1990.
In this scenario:
Daveigh’s paternal grandfather was Jerry Hart Schwallier (the son of John W. Schwallier, Jr. and Anna Bell Thurman). Jerry was born in Kentucky. Daveigh’s great-grandfather John was born in Kentucky, the son of John Schwallier, Sr., who was born in France, and of Katherine B. Koehler, who was from Alsace, France. Anna was born in Kentucky, the daughter of Henry Clayton Thurman and Cora Angelina Hogg.
Daveigh’s paternal grandmother was named Viola Annuziata (the daughter of Anna Cangialosi). Anna was born in Italy.
Sources: Divorce record of Jerry Hart Schwallier and Viola Annuziata – https://www.myheritage.com/names/jerry_schwallier
Genealogy of Jerry Hart Schwallier – https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJJD-RR6
Death record of Jerry Hart Schwallier (“father of John and Paul”) – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29255707/jerry-hart-schwallier
Obituary of Daveigh’s paternal grandmother, Viola Annuziata Schwallier – https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/viola-schwallier-obituary?pid=188710857
Obituary of Daveigh’s paternal great-grandmother, Anna Cangialosi – https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/feb/28/obituaries-for-february-28-2001/
I’m pretty sure her maternal grandmother is Ida Veigh Swann (the daughter of George Olney Swann and Ida Thompson). George was the son of Robert Swann and Mary E. Tew. Ida was the daughter of John Henry Thompson and Clara Elizabeth Young.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1LN-1SQ
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=george-o-swann&pid=140880426
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62419835
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62419899/ida-swann
Ida’s husband was Basil Terry Chase
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62512796/basil-terry-chase
His paternal grandmother was at least of partial Sicilian descent (from Palermo). Cangialosi is a typical Sicilian last name.
So do you think that’s her grandparents?
Yes, I do. It’s pretty obvious her name is derived from her grandmother’s name. I – Daveigh?
Oh, that didn’t even cross my mind! It seems reasonable.
I saw now that sage had linked Basil’s obituary before and said it was her grandfather.
There’s a record of Ida S. Chase and Cathy Schwallier buying a house together. I don’t know who else would be Daveigh’s grandmother, especially since she was named after her.
Her paternal grandmother was born in Tripoli, Lybia as Viola Annuziata Cangialosi.
French
Obituary of her maternal grandfather -http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Chase&GSfn=Basil&GSmn=Terry+&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=62512796&df=all&
How do you know those are her grandparents?