JP Saxe
Birth Name: Jonathan Percy Starker Saxe
Date of Birth: March 23, 1993
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, possibly one eighth Hungarian
JP Saxe is a Canadian musician and singer.
JP’s paternal grandfather was named Percy Saxe. Percy was born in Canada.
JP’s paternal grandmother was named Bernice Cohen. Bernice was born in Ontario, Canada.
JP’s maternal grandfather was named János Starker (the son of Sandor Starker and Margit). János was born in Budapest, Hungary, of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent. He was a notable cellist. Sandor was the son of Joseph Harry Starker and Sarah Dormfield.
JP’s maternal grandmother was Eva Uranyi (the daughter of Imre Pal Ungar/Uranyi and Maria Lanyi). Eva was born in Budapest, Hungary. She was said to have been the daughter of a Jewish father, who converted to Catholicism, of a non-Jewish mother. Imre was the son of Jewish parents, Miksa Ungar/Uranyi, who was born in Martin, Žilina, Slovakia, and Karolina Grün, who was born in Nevidzany, Prievidza, Trenčiansky, Slovakia.
Sources: https://twitter.com
Obituary of JP’s paternal grandmother, Bernice (Cohen) Saxe – https://www.newspapers.com
Genealogy of JP Saxe (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of JP’s maternal grandfather, János Starker – https://www.newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116868779/obituary-for-janos-starker/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58800770/obituary-for-bernice-saxe/
JP’s paternal grandfather was named Percy Saxe. Percy was born in Canada.
JP’s paternal grandmother was named Bernice Cohen. Bernice was born in Ontarion, Canada.
JP’s maternal grandfather was János Starker (the son of Sandor Starker and Margit). János was born in Budapest, Hungary. János was a notable cellist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Starker
JP’s maternal grandmother was named Eva Uranyi. Eva was born in Hungary.
In János Starker’s book, Eva is described as the daughter of a Jewish convert to Catholicism and an ”Aryan” woman. I don’t know if he meant that her mother was Hungarian or German by calling her Aryan.