Jimmy Page
Page in 2005, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: James Patrick Page
Place of Birth: Brentford, Middlesex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 9 January, 1944
Ethnicity: English, some Irish
Jimmy Page is an English musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He is the guitarist for legendary rock band Led Zeppelin. Other members of the band were John Bonham, John Paul Jones, and Robert Plant. He has also been a member of rock band The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton, and rock supergroups XYZ; The Firm, with Paul Rodgers and Chris Slade; The Honeydrippers, with Plant, Beck, and Nile Rodgers; and Page and Plant, with Plant. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
Jimmy is the son of Patricia Elizabeth and James Patrick Page. He has a daughter, photographer Scarlet Page, with his former partner, French model Charlotte Martin; a son with his former wife, model and waitress Patricia Ecker; and three children with his former wife, Brazilian, Jimena Gómez-Paratcha.
There are rumours on the internet about Jimmy having Chinese or Japanese ancestry through a grandmother. These statements are not accurate.
Jimmy’s paternal grandfather was James Ernest Page (the son of James Ernest Page and Jane Burtles). Jimmy’s grandfather James was born in London. Jimmy’s great-grandfather James was the son of Henry Page and Mary Ann Murray. Jane was the daughter of James Burtles and Jane Shearingham.
Jimmy’s paternal grandmother was Emily Holdom (the daughter of Henry Holdom and Emily Mileman). Jimmy’s grandmother Emily was born in Walworth, Durham. Henry was the son of Charles Henry Holdom and Emma Mansfield.
Jimmy’s maternal grandfather was John Gaffikin (the son of Arthur Chichester Gaffikin and Jean Anna/Anne Morton Kells). John was born in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland or Croydon, Surrey. Arthur was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, the son of John Gaffikin, who was born in Belfast, and of Mary Jane McCallum. Jean was born in Donaghenry, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Jimmy’s maternal grandmother was Edith May Thomas (the daughter of James William Richard Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Pick). Edith was born in Croydon, Surrey. James was the son of William Thomas and Amelia Read. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Pick and Elizabeth Lawrence.
Sources: Genealogy of Jimmy Page – http://www.wikitree.com
Marriage record of Jimmy’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Genealogy of Jimmy Page (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
* His paternal grandfather James Ernest Page II was the son of James Ernest Page I and Jane Burtles.
* Henry Holdom was the son of Charles Henry Holdom and Emma Mansfield
I’m laughing at the possible Japanese or Chinese ancestry ( I mean, he looks it, but its not likely). But I think some Scandinavian blood could be attributed to some of his features.
But it IS likely – the Scottish are a mix of peoples – including South East Asian!:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/15/scotland-dna-study-project
stop spamming.
That is what DNA means – thats how ancestry works, didn’t you know?
Ancestry has more to do with language and culture than DNA. Still, stop spamming.
No, Blablah says its language and culture. Forget looking for features.
brown eyes
If someone says he looks Asian but he has no ancestry from there it is quite correct to let people know. Many people have strange ideas about what a population should look like by their standards. I’ve been guilty of this in the past myself.
Nothing wrong with discussion but it has to be backed up as well. It is the same sort of thing that occurs with Robert Sheehan and others who have stated their ancestry but people insist they are not telling the truth. Exotic now is all the rage so people aren’t trying to hide any interesting background. You can only state the ancestry you are aware of and if most people can go back to their Great Grandparents then they didn’t get their looks from some distant ancestry. Jimmy Page has ancestry from Britain and Ireland going back a few hundred years so it is obvious his look is from there.
He’s english and Irish but looms part Japanese lol
I think he’s Scottish, not Irish – hence the dark, Asian look (South-East Asia).
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/15/scotland-dna-study-project