Drew Ray Tanner
Tanner in 2019, photo by www.bigstockphoto.com
Place of Birth: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Date of Birth: February 12, 1992
Ethnicity: Chinese, African-Jamaican, French-Canadian, possibly other
Drew Ray Tanner is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Fangs Fogarty on Riverdale, and has also appeared in the film Work It and on the series Somewhere Between and 50 States of Fright. He has also been billed as Drew Tanner.
He was raised mostly by his mother in Aldergrove, Fraser Valley, British Columbia. A picture of Drew’s mother can be seen here.
Drew’s grandfather was named Arthur Chung. Arthur was born in Guangdong Province, China.
Drew’s grandmother was Pearl Hall (the daughter of Gilbert Dennis Hall and Florence Roberta Blake). Pearl was black, and was born in Dobson, Coleyville, Manchester, Jamaica. Gilbert was the son of George Dennis Hall and Mary Anne/Ann Carnagie. Florence was the daughter of David Alexander Blake and Ann Elizabeth Waite. A picture of Pearl can be seen here.
I’m pretty sure Drew Ray Tanner’s mother is not just of Chinese descent, because his maternal grandmother is also of Irish ancestry.
*his father was Garhn Everard Chung
*Arthur Chung was born in Guangdong Province, China
*Gilbert Dennis Hall is listed as “Colored” on Jamaica Census.
* George Dennis Hall is listed as “Mustee” (White Father, a planter, and Quadroon mother). He basically was 87,5% White.
*Florence Roberta Blake was the daughter of David Alexander Blake and Ann Elizabeth Waite
Links?
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBTJ-TBW
All these people are also in Geni.com, being middle/upper class Jamaicans.
So if Pearl Hall is “black” in racist North America, things are a bit different in caste system of West Indies.
How do you know definitely that Garhn Everard Chung was Drew’s father? I mean, it seems probable, but that tree (which I also used) doesn’t prove it.
Which censuses are you looking at? I found none in the sources of the tree. How did you find out how much white those people were?
Why shouldn’t Garhn Everard Chung be Drew’s father? Ok, he may be his uncle.
If you click the name of the people in that tree, you get all the infos including Race and Profession.
To be more accurate, George Dennis Hall was an octoroon (his father, George Maxwell Hall, was a white planter). Mary Ann Carnegie’s father was also listed as “coloured”.
“Why shouldn’t Garhn Everard Chung be Drew’s father? Ok, he may be his uncle.”
What? So you think that the only child listed in a familysearch tree has to be Drew’s father? Why would you write that if he could also be Drew’s uncle? That’s not a trivial error, since we would get the entire maternal ancestry wrong.
His father could also be Marlon. Or do you have a reason for why it’s not?
Okay, I’ve found the part where it says the race. It appears to be wrong though, George Dennis Hall is listed as “quadroon” on at least one source. Don’t have time to look through them all right now.
I found his grandmother’s obituary:
http://catholic-cemeteries.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/2819037/chung-pearl/obituary.php
His mother is not French-Canadian after all.
Drew’s maternal grandfather was Arthur Chung. Arthur was born in Guangdong, China.
Drew’s maternal grandmother was Pearl Hall (the daughter of Gilbert Dennis Hall and Florence Roberta Blake). Pearl was black, and was born in Coleyville, Manchester, Jamaica. Gilbert was the son of George Dennis Hall and Mary Ann Carnagie. Florence was the daughter of David Blake.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XNFC-7Z9
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSG-CQ1W
That might be his paternal grandmother. His mother’s name isn’t listed among her children (but Drew, his brother and his nephew are listed as grandsons/great-grandsons). Maybe one of the two deceased sons is Drew’s father.
Yes, that’s true. I assumed, because Chung his said to be his mother’s maiden name, that it had to be his maternal family.
Where was that said?
I read it here (not the most reliable source, I know, but I took it for granted the name was maternal):
https://orneryrps.tumblr.com/post/169932405590/drew-ray-tanner-rp-icons-riverdale-season-2
I saw now that his his brother seems to have the surname Chung, so it’s likely paternal. And his mother doesn’t resemble Arthur’s and Pearl’s son that much:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Buwa6UWg6-K/
https://obittree.com/obituary/ca/ontario/toronto/catholic-cemeteries–funeral-services—archdiocese-of-toronto/garhn-chung/2142038/
you made this profile, it’s not my business to care about it, but I gave you some advices to make it better.
No one said you should care about it. But it was you who decided to comment “his father was Garhn Everard Chung” when you apparently didn’t know it to be true, or had any reason to think it’s true. Don’t write your guesses as if they were facts and don’t tell me that’s “advices to make it better”.
Mother is French-Canadian (at least partially).
Yes, that’s right. I guess you’re referring to this article?:
https://terroirmag.com/articles/2018/10/9/riverdales-drew-ray-tanner-on-acting-following-your-heart-and-enjoying-the-ride
a recent picture of his mother:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ98CiKHM3J/
she looks part Mongoloid (Asian and/or Native American) part European
She’s also got some Irish blood inside her.
Please add that ‘Irish’ tag.
Update this page:
Chinese, African-Jamaican, French-Canadian, possibly other -> Chinese, Irish, African-Jamaican, French-Canadian, possibly other