Elvis Costello

Costello in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Declan Patrick MacManus

Place of Birth: Paddington, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 25 August, 1954

Ethnicity: Irish, English, Scottish

Elvis Costello is a British singer and songwriter. He has also been known as D.P. Costello, The Imposter, Little Hands of Concrete, Napoleon Dynamite, Howard Coward, and Mac Manus.

Elvis is the son of Lillian Alda (Ablett) and Ronald Patrick Ross McManus. He is married to Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall. He has a son with his former wife Mary Burgoyne; and two children with Diana.

He has added Aloysius as a middle name, becoming Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus.

Elvis has Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. About his roots, he has stated:

I’m English, but my ancestry is Irish, and they used to say the same about the Irish as well [‘These are the people who are the source of all your problems’]. My [then-wife, musician Cait O’Riordan]’s Irish. Sooner or later, we’ll probably have to leave England – because I’m sure the people of England will try and send the Irish back.

Elvis’ paternal grandfather was Patrick Matthew McManus (the son of John McManus and Elizabeth Costello). Patrick was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, to Irish parents.

Elvis’ paternal grandmother was Mabel Veronica Josephine Jackson (the daughter of William James Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Malcolm). Mabel was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire. The surname Malcolm likely indicates Scottish ancestry.

Elvis’ maternal grandfather was James Ablett (the son of William Charles Ablett and Georgina Williams). James was born in Liverpool, Merseyside.

Elvis’ maternal grandmother was Ada Mutch (the daughter of Joseph Stanley Mutch and Mary Smith). Ada was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire. Joseph and Mary were from Oxton and Moreton, respectively, both in Cheshire.

Sources: http://www.merseysidermagazine.com

Marriage record of Elvis’s maternal grandparents, James Ablett and Ada Mutch – https://familysearch.org