John de Lancie
LOS ANGELES – AUG 15: de Lancie at the 9th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival Opening Night at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters on August 15, 2013 in Los Angeles, CA, kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr.
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 20, 1948
Ethnicity:
*50% French
*25% English
*25% Italian/Swiss-Italian
John de Lancie is an American actor. He is known for playing Q in the Star Trek franchise, especially Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard; and for his roles in the mini-series Captains and the Kings, and on the shows Days of Our Lives, Stargate SG-1, Breaking Bad, Torchwood, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the latter in voice performance. He is also an activist for secularism.
John is the son of Andrée and John de Lancie (John Sherwood de Lancie), an oboist and arts administrator, who was principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, for 23 years, and director of the Curtis Institute of Music. His father had English and Italian/Swiss-Italian ancestry. His mother was French, born in Paris. John is married to actress Marnie Mosiman, with whom he has two children, including actor and diplomatic service worker Keegan de Lancie.
John’s paternal grandfather was Harry Sherwood DeLancie (the son of Richard Delancie and Martha Adaline/Adeline Sherwood). Harry was born in Orville, Butte, California. Richard was born in County Durwood, England, the son of John Delancie and Elizabeth Penman. Martha was was born in Ohio, the daughter of Ebenezer Eben Sherwood and Eliza Jane Crum.
John’s paternal grandmother was Anna Maria Zaro (the daughter of Domenico Zaro and Sofia/Sophia Maria Leone/Leoni). Anna was born in Oakland, California, to an Italian father and a Swiss-born mother.
John’s maternal grandfather was named Pierre Arthur Leymarie.
John’s maternal grandmother was named Francoise Bugat. Francoise was born in Bénivet-Saint André, France.
Sources: Genealogy of John de Lancie – https://www.geni.com
John de Lancie on the 1950 U.S. Sensus – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of John’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
John’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of John’s paternal grandparents, Harry Sherwood Delancie and Anna Maria Zaro – https://www.familysearch.org
Migration record of John’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org
I just noticed I wrote his paternal grandmother’s ancestry a bit weirdly. It can just say something like:
“John’s paternal grandmother was Anna Maria Zaro (the daughter of Domenico Zaro and Sofia Leone/Leoni). Anna was born in Oakland, California, to an Italian father and a Swiss-born mother.”
Given her gravestone doesn’t have a different first name: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2022/168/107972050_74613356-7af1-4128-88d3-94da72211472.png
And definitely some old and distant Norman French ancestry on his father’s name with a surname like that.
Yes, it would be originally Delancey. Maybe It’s more recent than Norman conquest.
It’d more likely be separated. It’s when the names come into the English language they the “de” is ususally included in the rest of the surname. I’ve got a few of those in my ancestry.