Jim Carrey
Carrey in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: James Eugene Carrey
Place of Birth: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: January 17, 1962
Ethnicity:
*French-Canadian, as well as distant English (father)
*Scottish, Irish (mother)
Jim Carrey is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, producer, and painter.
Jim is the son of Katherine/Kathleen (Oram) and Joseph Percy Carrey. His family’s surname was changed from Carré to Carrey before Jim was born. His father was of French-Canadian ancestry, along with distant English roots. His mother was of Scottish and Irish descent.
Jim has a daughter with his former wife, actress Melissa Womer. He became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Jim is a third cousin of Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, and a fourth cousin of Julie Payette, who is Governor General of Canada. Jim and Alex share great-great-grandparents, Nicolas/Nicholas Bélanger and Sophie Marie Charbonneau, and Jim and Julie share great-great-great-grandparents, Francois Carré and Marie Genevieve/Josephe Joly.
Jim’s paternal grandfather was François/Frank Carré (the son of Pierre/Peter Carré Larouche and Mélina Larivière Clément). François was born in Sudbury, Ontario. Pierre was the son of François Carré Larouche and Emilie Labelle. Mélina was the daughter of Isidore Larivière Clément and Suzanne Latulippe Jarret/Joron.
Jim’s paternal grandmother was Maria Louise Angéline/Angélina Sauvé (the daughter of Joseph Samuel Adhélar Sauvé Laplante and Ursule/Ursula Bélanger). Angéline was born in Moose Creek, Ontario. Joseph was the son of Etienne Jean Baptiste Sauvé Laplante and Marie Norberine Decoeur. Ursule was the daughter of Nicolas/Nicholas Bélanger and Sophie Marie Charbonneau.
Jim’s maternal grandfather was John Oram (the son of John Oram and Janet Brown). Jim’s grandfather John was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Jim’s maternal grandmother was Bridget Hannah Rita Sheehan (the daughter of Patrick Sheehan and Catherine O’Hara Brennan). Bridget was born in Toronto, Ontario, and was of Irish descent. Patrick was the son of Patrick Sheehan and Bridget Gleason. Catherine was the daughter of John Francis Brennan and Anna O’Hara.
Sources: Genealogies of Jim Carrey – https://www.geni.com
http://www.perche-quebec.com
Genealogies of Jim Carrey (focusing on his father’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of Jim’s father – https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca
Marriage record of Jim’s maternal grandparents, John Oram and Bridget Hannah Rita Sheehan – https://familysearch.org
Fascinating story about Jim’s English ancestors who were captured by the Iroquois and French and taken to Quebec.
https://www.omfrc.org/2016/09/the-raizenne-legacy/
Another one of JIm’s ancestors (common ancestor to also Alex Trebek) suffered a similar fate in Deerfield, Mass again (same as above) around the same time.
http://www.mlloyd.org/gen/faneuff/text/phaneuf.htm
Jim’s father’s genealogy: https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/genealogy_canada_pedigree.aspx?pid=1463050&lng=fr
Correction he has English on his dad’s side as well. On his father’s mother’s line he has a line that includes a couple from Connecticut and Deerfield, Massachusetts who were taken to Quebec in an Indian attack in 1704.
Specifically, his grandmother, Margarita, was Irish.
https://twitter.com/jimcarrey/status/10656213415
He also claims to be “1/3 Scottish”…
https://twitter.com/jimcarrey/status/544643344454787072
That doesn’t mean that his grandmother was an immigrant, or even of fully Irish descent.