John Oates
Oates with wife Aimee Oates in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: John William Oates
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 7, 1948
Ethnicity:
*father – Gibraltarian, including English, Spanish [Andalusian, Extremaduran, Valencian], Italian, Portuguese, possibly Moorish
*mother – Italian
John Oates is an American rock, R&B, and soul guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the guitarist and songwriter of pop rock duo Hall & Oates, with principal lead vocalist Daryl Hall.
John’s father, Alfred William “Al” Oates, was from a Gibraltarian family, of English, Spanish [Andalusian, Extremaduran, Valencian], Italian, Portuguese, and possibly Moorish, background. John’s mother was of Italian descent. He is married to Aimee Oates, with whom he has a son.
On page 10 of his autobiography, Change of Seasons: A Memoir, 2017, John writes:
My father’s father was a military policeman… who married a local girl of Spanish and Moorish descent… Around the same time, [John’s maternal grandparents were] a young couple from the Salerno area of Southern Italy.
It is not clear if this Moorish ancestry has been verified/documented. Some people of Spanish background are said, rightly or wrongly, to have “Moorish” ancestry.
John’s paternal grandfather was William Alfred Oates (the son of Alfred Charles Oates and Josefa Martinez). William was born on Gibraltar. Alfred was the son of an English prison warden, William John Oates, of Kent, and of Antonia González, who was of Portuguese descent.
John’s paternal grandmother was Ana Perera (the daughter of José Perera and Isabel Bernarda Bayochi). Anna was born on Gibraltar. José’s father, Manuel Perera, was the son of a Portuguese emigrant, José Pereira (later Perera), of Tavira, Faro, and of Ana Delgado Ruiz, who was Spanish, from Ronda, Málaga. John’s great-grandfather José’s mother, Cipriana María Soiza, was the daughter of Portuguese emigrants, João de Sousa (later Juan Soiza), of Vila Real, Vila Real, and Catarina (later Catalina) Contreras, of Olhão, Faro. John’s great-grandmother Isabel was the daughter of Luis Cayetano Bayochi, who was of half Italian and half Spanish [Andalusian] descent, and of Ana María Dolores Álvarez, who was of Spanish [5/8 Andalusian, 1/4th Valencian, and 1/8th Extremaduran] descent.
John’s maternal grandmother was named Clementina DePalma.
Sources: Genealogy of John Oates (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
John’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
William was the son of Alfred Charles Oates and Josefa Martínez. Alfred was the son of English prison warden, William John Oates, of Kent, and of Antonia González, who was of Portuguese descent.
Correct John’s paternal grandmother’s name to Ana Perera (Anna Perera is her Latin name). Also, correct her own parents to José Perera and Isabel Bernarda Bayochi. José’s father, Manuel Perera, was the son of Portuguese emigrant, José Pereira (later Perera), of Tavira, Faro, and of Ana Delgado Ruiz, who was Spanish, from Ronda, Málaga. John’s great-grandfather José’s mother, Cipriana Soiza, was the daughter of Portuguese emigrants, João de Sousa (later Juan Soiza), of Vila Real, Vila Real, and of Catarina (later Catalina) Contreras, of Olhão, Faro. Isabel was the daughter of Luis Cayetano Bayochi, who was of half Italian and half Spanish (Andalusian) descent, and of Ana María Dolores Álvarez, who was of Spanish (5/8 Andalusian, 1/4 Valencian, and 1/8 Extremaduran) descent.
Lastly, add Italian and Portuguese as part of John’s Gibraltarian ancestry. Add Andalusian, Extremaduran, and Valencian as parts of Spanish ancestry.
Genealogy of John Oates (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com/people/John-Oates/6000000056197232842
Remarks:
1. For his Italian Gibraltarian ancestry – Livorno -> Tuscan
Crotone -> Calabrian
2. I can’t verify Josefa Martínez’s parentage. The couple doesn’t appear on the Gibraltar marriage index (both civil and Catholic). If you would like to search for their marriage record manually, check here: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/440722?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Cipriana’s middle name is María
In his memoir (pg. 10) he writes: “My father’s father was a military policeman… who married a local girl of Spanish and Moorish descent… Around the same time, [his maternal grandparents were] a young couple from the Salerno area of Southern Italy”. https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1250082668
His maternal grandmother was Clementina DePalma.
Father’s genealogy: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=may_family&id=P2190410984
Anna was the daughter of Manuel Perera and Isabella Balloqui.
The first time i saw him i thought he was Puerto rican.
Wiki says that his father is from England and Gibraltar. Gibraltar is very multicultural, english , genoese, spanish, jewish and a lot of morrocans, indians… I think he has a lot of morrocan in him, because he doesnt fit in southern europe.
link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Gibraltar
I love his music.
He’s VERIFIED European and DEFINITELY fits in Southern Europe. Get A Life!
I have William Alfred Oates’ naval record that he was born in Gibraltar: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=William+Alfred&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Oates&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&MSAV=1&msbdy=1892&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=69f&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=195300&recoff=4+5+6&db=RoyalNavySeamen&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2 (I logged in without restrictions)