Emily Blue

Birth Name: Emily Caroline Otnes

Place of Birth: Urbana, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 28, 1994

Ethnicity: English, Irish, one quarter Norwegian, Swedish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Dutch, Scottish, Swiss-German, Welsh, French, Channel Islander [Guernsey], Native American

Emily Blue is an American singer and songwriter. She won the Chicago Reader award for Best Pop Artist in 2019.

Emily’s paternal grandfather was named Pale B Otnes. Pale was of Norwegian descent.

Emily’s paternal grandmother is Laurel Buck (the daughter of Charles Max Buck and Phyllis Alvera White). Charles’s father was English, quarter Irish, and an eighth German (including Swiss and Alsatian), while his mother was Swedish, her father being born in Sweden and her mother being born in Denmark. Phyllis’s father was born to English parents, while her mother was of Irish, German, Northern Irish, and Lenape Native American descent.

Emily’s maternal grandfather was Cecil Van Meter Crabb, Jr. (the son of Cecil Van Meter Crabb and Mary Forrest Dupree). Emily’s great-grandfather Cecil was of English, Dutch, Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish, German, French, and Channel Islander [Guernsey] descent. Mary was of English, Scottish, and Welsh descent.

Emily’s maternal grandmother was Harriet Clotilda Frierson (the daughter of John Witherspoon Frierson and Cornelia Brown). Harriet was of mostly Irish descent, with some Scottish.

Sources: Obituary of Cecil Crabb – https://www.legacy.com

Obituary of Emily’s paternal great-uncle (grandmother’s brother) – https://www.dignitymemorial.com

Genealogies of Emily Blue – https://www.familysearch.org
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