Margaux Brooke
Birth Name: Margaux Brooke Snell
Place of Birth: Roswell, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 31, 1990
Ethnicity:
*father – English, Scottish, Polish, one eighth French-Canadian, as well as some Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Cornish, and Indian
*mother – Mexican
Margaux Brooke is an American actress and model. She is known for her roles on the series Legion, Too Old To Die Young, and Better Off With Hally Leadbetter, and for being a contestant on reality television modeling competition series The Face. She is sometimes credited as Margaux Brooke Snell.
Regarding her ethnic background, she has described herself as “Mexican, German, English & Indian.”
Margaux’s paternal grandfather was Robert James Snell (the son of Bert Louis Snell and Mary Socha Miller). Robert was born in Missouri. Bert was born in Minnesota, the son of Louis/Lewis Alexander Snell, whose mother was Scottish, and of Alice Janette James, whose parents were of French-Canadian descent. Margaux’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Michigan, to parents from Poland/Germany, James Socha Miller and Victoria Ciesczielski/Shalkey/Skulkie, who were listed as Polish-speakers on the 1920 U.S. Census.
Margaux’s paternal grandmother was Iona D. “Candace” Foster (the daughter of Walter William Dale Foster and Ena Mona Merle Anthony). Iona was born in India. Margaux’s great-grandfather Walter was born in Bombay, India, the son of Walter Dorrett Foster, whose mother was Scottish, and of Mary Anne Green, whose mother was English. Ena was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, the daughter of Henry St. John Anthony and Henrietta Amelia Bason.
Margaux’s maternal grandfather was surnamed Barrios.
Margaux’s maternal grandmother is named Carmen Millán.
Sources: Genealogy of Margaux’s paternal great-grandparents, Bert Louis Snell and Mary Socha Miller – http://familysearch.org
Obituary of Margaux’s paternal grandmother, Iona D. “Candace” (Foster) Snell – http://findagrave.com
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