Emily VanCamp
VanCamp in 2011, photo by kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Emily Irene VanCamp
Place of Birth: Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: May 12, 1986
Ethnicity: Dutch or Belgian [Flemish], English, Irish, Scottish, possibly other
Emily VanCamp is a Canadian actress. She is known for starring on the series Revenge and as Sharon Carter in the Marvel saga.
She is fluent in French. Her surname can be Dutch or Belgian [Flemish]. Emily is married to British actor Josh Bowman, with whom she has two children.
Emily’s maternal grandfather was James Allan Baird (the son of George Harvey Baird and Mary Hazel Finley). James was born in Saintfield, Ontario. George was the son of James Baird, whose parents were Irish, and of Bathaie Wallace, whose parents were Scottish. Mary was the daughter of Humphrey Finley, who had Irish ancestry, and of Margaret Henry.
Emily’s maternal grandmother was Mary I. Howsam (the daughter of Charles Newton Howsam and Mable Irene Williams). Mable was the daughter of Alonzo Williams and Mary Ethel Still.
Sources: Death records of Emily’s maternal grandparents, James Allan Baird and Mary I. (Howsam) Baird – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Emily’s maternal grandfather, James Allan Baird – https://www.tributearchive.com
By accident, I came across a Peter VanCamp who emigrated from New York to Durham County (Port Perry, Emily’s birthplace, is is Durham Co.), Ontario, Canada sometime in the early 19th century. I think this might be one of her ancestors. Trying to connect the dots now.
At any rate, Peter’s ancestor was Jan Van Campen, born 1612 in Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands. Regarding the debate above about the Van Camp name – she’s Dutch.
Finally, made the connection. She is the 5th great granddaughter of Peter VanCamp. She is my 11th cousin. She is Dutch, Irish, English, Scottish I think.
she must have other ancestry, perhaps English and Irish
VanCamp can both be Flemish(Belgian) and Dutch surnames, but she most likely is Dutch also this website mentions her as ”Canadian people of Dutch descent”
CORRECTION: The surname looks Flemish rather than Dutch. Flemish surnames often have a C or CK in them where a similar Dutch surname has a K. But van Camp implies “from a place called Camp” and google maps confirms that Camp is in Belgium, not the Netherlands
actually I was mistaken about there being a place called Camp. Nevertheless, the Dutch equivalent surname is van de kamp so I still maintain that van camp is flemish instead. I additionally tracked down a lawyer called Eddy van Kamp who lives and works near Antwerp which is definitely in Flanders.
oops Eddy van Camp that should have read
There’s a town called Oostkamp in Belgium.
With a k.
But since Flemish is Dutch, the name is of Dutch origin.
However her family may very well be Belgian.
http://lists.famousfix.com/ctn_16039149/canadian-people-of-dutch-descent/
Fabulous looking girl