Michelle Branch

Branch in 2006, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch

Place of Birth: Sedona, Arizona, U.S.

Date of Birth: July 2, 1983

Ethnicity:
*father – Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, remote Norwegian
*mother – Indonesian, with some Dutch and French

Michelle Branch is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and guitarist. She has also been billed as Michelle Carney.

Michelle is the daughter of Peggy Joyce and David Jerome Branch. Her father has Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, remote Norwegian, ancestry. Michelle’s mother was born in Den Haag, Netherlands, of Indonesian, and some Dutch and French, descent.

Michelle is married to musician and producer Patrick Carney, of The Black Keys. She has a daughter with her former husband, bass player Teddy Landau; and two children with Patrick.

Michelle’s paternal grandfather was David Carroll Branch (the son of Benjamin David Hamill “Ben” Branch and Helen Frances Carroll). David was born in New Jersey. Benjamin was the son of Townsend Stitt Branch and Esther Hamill, whose own parents, David Hamill and Esther “Etty” Corbett, were Scots-Irish. Helen was the daughter of Irish emigrants, Patrick Joseph Carroll and Ellen McGuire.

Michelle’s paternal grandmother was Geryld Merlyn “Geri” Vassar (the daughter of James Fountaine Vassar and Marguerite Anne Heller). Geryld was born in California. James was the son of James Madison “Jim” Vassar and Angeletta Jane Kelsay. Marguerite was the daughter of a German emigrant, “John Arthur” Heller, of Kulmbach, Bavaria, and of Emma Virginia Hughes Campbell.

Michelle’s maternal grandfather was Frits Henri de Sevren Jacquet (later simplified to Jacquet, the son of Jérôme Valère Melchiore Edmund Guillaume de Sevren Jacquet and Ottoline Renne). Frits was born in Situbondo, East Java, Indonesia. Jérôme was the son of Henri François Émile Jacquet and Emilie Victoria Jackson.

Michelle’s maternal grandmother was Amy Reijnaert (the daughter of Johann Leonard Reijnaert and Frederike Henriëtte “Eetje/Frieda” Barend). Amy was born in Mojokerto, East Java, Indonesia. Johann was the son of Jean Barend Reijnaert and Maria Louisa Watson. Frederike was the daughter of Jozed Barend and Susanna de Boer.

Source: Genealogy of Michelle Branch (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com