Finneas O’Connell

03/14/2019 – Finneas O’Connell – 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards – Arrivals – Microsoft Theater – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Glenn Francis / PRPhotos.com

Birth Name: Finneas Baird O’Connell

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 30, 1997

Ethnicity: Irish, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, some Swiss-German and German, 1/32 Belgian [Flemish]

Finneas O’Connell is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He is also known as FINNEAS.

Finneas is the son of Maggie May Baird and Patrick Mead O’Connell. Her parents both work in the entertainment industry. His father is an actor and her mother is an actress and screenwriter, and both are musicians. His younger sister is singer, songwriter, and model Billie Eilish.

His uncle, Brian Baird, is a politician, who was a Democratic, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington, from January 3, 1999 to January 3, 2011.

Finneas’ paternal grandfather was James Bernard O’Connell (the son of William H. O’Connell and Catherine B./T. O’Connell). James was born in Massachusetts. He was a writer and editor. William was born in Lisbealad, County Cork, Ireland, the son of William O’Connell and Margaret Holland. Catherine was born in Ireland, the daughter of Denis O’Connell and Margaret M. Murphy.

Finneas’ paternal grandmother was Jean Stone (the daughter of Mead Wilmer Stone and Lillie Charlotte Seeman/Seamann). Jean was born in New York, and was an author and editor. Mead was the son of Medad Elisha Stone and Emma Sterling Bones. Lillie was the daughter of Frederick Carl Seemann, who was born in Zurich, Switzerland, of Swiss-German descent, and of Elise Charlotte Garbe.

Finneas’ maternal grandfather was William Norton “Bill” Baird (the son of Collier Whittemore Baird and Dorothy Grace Norton). William was born in Orange, New Jersey, and was a town councilman and mayor of Fruita, Colorado. Collier was the son of William Torrey Baird and Anne Meredith Grant. He was a stock broker and statistician. Dorothy was the daughter of Lawrence Adelbert Norton and Grace Helena Bulckens, who was of half Belgian [Flemish] and half Irish descent.

Finneas’ maternal grandmother was Edith May Shaw (the daughter of Gilbert Henry Shaw and Edith May Wood). Finneas’ grandmother Edith was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gilbert was born in Hagersville, Canada, the son of Consider Sidney Shaw and Martha Ann Duxbury. Finneas’ great-grandmother Edith was the daughter of Stephen Cox Wood, Sr., who was born in Selston, England, and of Bessie Alice Roof.

Sources: https://www.hotpress.com

Genealogy of Finneas O’Connell (through his sister) – https://1.bp.blogspot.com

Finneas’ maternal grandfather, William Norton Baird, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Baptismal record of Finneas’ maternal great-grandmother, Dorothy Grace Norton – https://www.familysearch.org