Jeremy Renner
Renner in 2012, image via kathclick/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jeremy Lee Renner
Place of Birth: Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
Date of Birth: January 7, 1971
Ethnicity: German, English, Swedish, Scottish, Irish, Panamanian/Jamaican/African-Caribbean, remote French
Jeremy Renner is an American actor and producer. His roles include the films National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, Dahmer, S.W.A.T., North Country, 12 and Holding, Take, 28 Weeks Later, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Hurt Locker, The Town, the fourth and fifth Mission: Impossible films, The Bourne Legacy, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Immigrant, American Hustle, Kill the Messenger, Arrival, The House, Wind River, and Tag, the series Mayor of Kingstown, and Clint Barton / Hawkeye in the Marvel Universe.
Jeremy is the son of Valerie and Lee Renner, who ran a bowling alley. He has German, English, Swedish, Scottish, Irish, Panamanian/Jamaican/African-Caribbean, and remote French, ancestry. His maternal grandmother was born in Panama, with roots in Jamaica, and was of at least part black ancestry. He has a daughter with his former wife, Canadian model Sonni Pacheco. A picture of Jeremy with his mother can be seen here.
Jeremy’s paternal grandfather was Oscar Harrison “Art” Renner (the son of Levi/Lee Renner and Lucy/Lucille Edna Horner). Oscar was born in New Jersey. Levi was the son of John F. Renner and Cecelia C. Godfrey. Lucy was the daughter of Charles H. Horner and Elizabeth Trainer.
Jeremy’s paternal grandmother was Ruth Ann Simpson (the daughter of John Shapley Simpson and Lillian/Lillie Mae Scheflen/Sheflen/Schleflen). Ruth was born in Merchantville, Camden, New Jersey. John was the son of John Simpson and Anne/Anna/Annie F. Rough. Lillian was born in Pennsylvania, to German parents, Sebastian Scheflen/Schoepflin/Sheflen and Mary/Marie Ponser/Poinzar/Poncer/Ponsar.
Jeremy’s maternal grandfather was Elmer Edward Tague (the son of Elbridge/Elmer A. Tague and Ruth Eva Peterson). Jeremy’s grandfather Elmer was born in Seattle, King, Washington. Elbridge was the son of George Washington Tague, Jr. and Eliza/Elisa Ann/Anne Cuppy, and had English, Scottish, and German ancestry. Ruth was born in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, to Swedish parents, Peter Person Peterson, from Hoerby, Skane, and Amanda Josephina Carlson, from Velinge, Vastergotland Province.
Jeremy’s maternal grandmother was Eleanor Adele Warren, later Warnock (the daughter of Frank Warren and Mavis Eleanore/Eleanor Hawkins). Jeremy’s grandmother Eleanor was born in New York, to a father born in either New York City or Panama, and to a mother born in Colón, Panama. Jeremy’s great-grandfather Frank appears to have his “race” described as “Panama” in one record. Jeremy’s great-grandmother Mavis was the daughter of Frederick George Hawkins/Hawting and Alrilla/Alzilla Alice Davis, who were from Jamaica. The 1920 U.S. Census taken in Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone lists Mavis and her parents as “black.” Mavis re-married to Samuel A. Warnock.
Jeremy is a fifth cousin, once removed, of actress Jennifer Lawrence. Jeremy’s four times great-grandparents, Robert Tague and Sarah/Sallie Caplinger, were also Jennifer’s five times great-grandparents.
Sources: Family history of Jeremy Renner (focusing mostly on his father’s side) – http://stanislausgenealogy.blogspot.ca
Jeremy Renner’s and Jennifer Lawrence’s genealogical relation – http://blogs.ancestry.com
Genealogies of Jeremy Renner – https://famouskin.com
https://www.geni.com
Jeremy’s paternal grandfather, Oscar Harrison “Art” Renner, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jeremy’s paternal grandmother, Ruth Ann Simpson, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Immigration record of likely Jeremy’s maternal great-grandfather, Frank Warren – https://www.familysearch.org
Jeremy’s maternal great-grandmother, Mavis Eleanore/Eleanor Hawkins, on the 1920 U.S. Census taken in Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone [Mavis is the tenth person listed] – https://www.familysearch.org
Immigration record of Jeremy’s maternal great-grandmother, Mavis Eleanore/Eleanor (Hawkins) Warnock – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Jeremy’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Frederick George Hawkins/Hawting and Alrilla/Alzilla Alice Davis – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25597560
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sewchic04&id=I4253&style=TABLE
She wasn’t born in Panama
Just because her rootsweb or findagrave page says Eleanor was born in New York, that doesn’t make it. Shouldn’t you know this by now?
Fair enough. But is there a proof that she was born in Panama?
I think she’s on the U.S., Consular Reports of Births. I’ll be able to access it tomorrow.
we’ll wait and see
Yes, that was my source. Eleanor Adele Warren, born at Colón Hospital, in Colón, Panama, at 7:30AM on March 10, 1926. It lists her father as born in New York City and her mother in Colón. They married October 19, 1925, in Cristobal.
Mavis and her parents are on the 1920 U.S. Census in Cristobal, Civilians In Canal Zone, Panama Canal Zone. Mavis and her parents are all listed as “B” under “Race”, which I assume means black. Her mother was evidently from Jamaica originally, and possibly her father as well.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6061&h=70144143&ssrc=pt&tid=29250178&pid=12366284372&usePUB=true
“B” can mean blanco -> white
I checked other 1920 Panama censuses, and they list white people as “W”.
Here is the census on Familysearch.org, with the family’s section badly photocopied. They’re the family after the first four listings. Both of Mavis’s parents were Jamaican.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RJG-SS9?i=44&cc=1488411
If it’s correct, this would make her mother a quadroon, in the one-drop rule sense of the term.
This woman: http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/527595ca2a7cc35d10d462e6755ee004?width=1024
You need a lot of generations to wash away the Sub-Sarahan genes. After all, Jeremy Renner looks kinda German.
@andrew
Imagine if Tina Knowles had a child with Mitt Romney.
He doesn’t have to.
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Craig+Romney&dcr=0&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLUz9U3MDI3jC9W4gIzs8uycyu1RLOTrfQLUvMLclKBVFFxfp4VED9i9OMWePnjnrCU66Q1J68x2nNhVyekxsXmmleSWVIpJMPFK4WwQ4NBipsLweUBAHWMw1OBAAAA&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ3buHtZ7WAhVJ6YMKHZMZCrEQ_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
@follers
Craig Romney is Hispanic: http://www.mittromneysons.com/craig-romney/
Of course. His grandfather George was born in Mexico.
Can anyone find anything more on Renner’s maternal grandmother?
I suppose a Wasp/upper class Spanish mix
Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner are 5th cousins, once removed:
http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2015/12/02/who-knew-jennifer-lawrence-and-jeremy-renner-are-family/
I love his eyes. But I believe panamanian is not an ethnicity, although there are many ethnicities in Panama.
Oh muy god! Latino is not a race and it is really a eurocentric word.Why are you always talking about latinos when do you know anything about them