Kelli Garner
Kelli Garner – “If I Stay” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theatre, 2014 – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Kelli Brianne Garner
Place of Birth: Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 11, 1984
Ethnicity: English, as well as distant Irish and French, other
Kelli Garner is an American actress. She has appeared in the films Bully, Love Liza, The Aviator (2004), Man of the House (2005), Thumbsucker, Lars and the Real Girl, Normal Adolescent Behavior, G-Force, Horns, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, on the shows Pan Am, Looking, and The Enemy Within, and in the made-for-tv movie The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe.
She was raised in Newbury Park and Thousand Oaks.
Kelli’s paternal grandfather was Ray Thed Garner (the son of Theodore Meldon Garner and Ethel Mae Tabor). Ray was born in McCamey, Texas, to parents from Arkansas, and had deep roots in the U.S. Theodore was the son of Wyatt Franklin Garner and Martha Elizabeth Bradford. Ethel was the daughter of Simon Peter Tabor, whose father was a minister, and of Lillie Bell Holliday.
Kelli’s paternal grandmother was Bettye Junell Emmons (the daughter of Amos Eugene Emmons and Ruby Jewell Macom). Bettye was born in Oklahoma, and had deep roots in the U.S. Her grandparents were all from Arkansas. Amos was the son of William Martin Emmons and Nancy Emma Ruddell. Ruby was the daughter of Leslie Grover Macom and Maudie Lee Hampton.
Kelli’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Crosthwait.
Source: Obituary of Kelli’s paternal grandmother, Bettye Junell (Emmons) Garner – https://www.legacy.com
*English, other?
I’d be careful to add a profile like this with no documentation, being Garner for example a short version of German surname “Bumgarner”.
The tendency on this site seems to presume than anybody in U.S. has to be part English by default. On the other hand, there are some ancestors in certain UK/Ireland-born celebs profiles who are listed as Irish, Scottish and Welsh because of their birth place…but they sound very English actually.
Last traceable Garner ancestor lived in SC, according to this: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LK66-GYJ
Had a quick look and just saw distant French ancestors
Since she is from California, its very likely that she has other euro ethnicities in her background, especially others from the british isles
Obituary of Kelli’s paternal grandmother:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bakersfield/name/bettye-garner-obituary?id=7099915
Kelli’s paternal grandfather was Ray Thed Garner (the son of Theodore Meldon Garner and Ethel Mae Tabor). Ray was born in McCamey, Texas, and had deep lines in America. Theodore was the son of Wyatt Franklin Garner and Martha Elizabeth Bradford. Ethel was the daughter of Simon Peter Tabor and Lillie Bell Holliday.
Kelli’s paternal grandmother was Bettye Junell Emmons (the daughter of Amos Eugene Emmons and Ruby Jewell Macom): Bettye was born in Oklahoma, and had deep lines in America. Amos was the son of William Martin Emmons and Nancy Emma Ruddell. Ruby was the daughter of Leslie Grover Macom and Maudie Lee Hampton.
Kelli’s maternal grandfather’s surname is Crosthwait.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GN6K-PNQ