Josh Holloway
Birth Name: Josh Lee Holloway
Place of Birth: San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States
Date of Birth: July 20, 1969
Ethnicity: Scottish, English, distant German and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Josh Holloway is an American actor, model, and producer. He was born in San Jose, California, and was raised in Free Home, Georgia, and around the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Josh is married to Yessica Kumala, who was born in Indonesia, of Chinese descent. The couple has two children.
He is related to Baptist preacher Dr. Dale Holloway and author and World War II prisoner-of-war Carl Holloway.
Josh’s paternal grandfather was Keith Millard Holloway (the son of John Milner Holloway and Lula Louise Pearson). Keith was born in Mississippi. John was the son of Louis/Lewis Napolean Holloway and Susan Elizabeth “Bettie” Milner. Lula was the daughter of Harris Leander Pearson and Louisa Francis/Frances Spence.
Josh’s paternal grandmother was Mayme/Mamie Deveira/Devera Lee (the daughter of Felix Monroe Lee and Myrtie/Myrtle Marie Spiers). Mayme was born in Mississippi. Felix was the son of Freeman William Lee and Rachel Rebecca Stockstill. Myrtie was the daughter of William Pinkney Spiers and Sarah Jane Spence.
Sources: Josh’s father on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Josh’s paternal grandfather, Keith Millard Holloway, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Josh’s paternal grandfather, Keith Millard Holloway – https://obittree.com
Josh’s paternal grandmother, Mayme Deveira/Devera Lee, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Holloway is an English surname not Scottish
He is German: Rev. Johann Jakob Preisz Price (1676-1741) and Anna Margaret Hornung (1676-1773), Josh’s 9th great-great grandparents were born in Germany.
Scotch-Irish: William Sproule (1720-1806), was Josh’s 7th great-grandfather born in Ireland with recent ancestry going back to Scotland from Protestant Irish roots.
Irish: William Wilson (10th great-grandfather) from Westmeath, Ireland.
So, since he has said that he is related to Dr. Dale Holloway and World War II POW Carl Holloway, I managed to find his paternal grandfather’s family.
Josh’s father is Lee Lewis Holloway, so I found a Lee Holloway on 1940 census (his parents ages are wrong on this one):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBS5-143
His parents are Keith Millard Holloway and Mayme Deveira Lee.
Keith’s obituary:
https://obittree.com/obituary/us/mississippi/picayune/picayune-funeral-home/keith-holloway/1462012/
So I searched for Keith on an earlier census and found him in the same household as Carl:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1B-DL9
His parents were John Milner Holloway and Lula Pearson.
He also claims to descend from Robert E. Lee, which would presumably be from hi grandmother’s side, but I haven’t managed to trace her back to him.
His grandmother’s parents were Felix Monroe Lee and Myrtie Spiers.
Deveira on a census (the transcriber butchered her name, it clearly says Deveira on the document):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3VWL-56Z
In the South, being descended from Robert E. Lee is just a notch over from a Cherokee great-grandmother.
lol.
he is actually dutch and scottish..
He’s Irish not English. It’s a big difference
Where does it say he’s Irish? If anything, he’s mostly Scottish. Most of the surnames in his family tree are Scottish as well.
Most of those surnames you speak of are English