Ringo Starr
Starr in 2008, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Richard Starkey
Place of Birth: Liverpool South, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 7 July, 1940
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish and Irish
Ringo Starr is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, and actor. He was a member of the band The Beatles, along with George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. Ringo was a drummer for the band. He has also been a member of supergroup Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, with Colin Hay, Steve Lukather, and Joe Walsh.
Ringo is the son of Elsie (Gleave) and Richard Starkey. He is married to American actress and model Barbara Bach. He has three children with his former wife, late hairdresser Maureen Starkey Tigrett.
Ringo’s paternal grandfather was named John Alfred/John George Parkin Starkey (the son of Henry Parkin Starkey and Annie).
Ringo’s paternal grandmother was Annie Bower (the daughter of Alfred Bower and Margaret Ellen Parr). Annie was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Alfred was the son of David Bower. Margaret was the daughter of Joseph Parr and Catherine Rodenhurst.
Ringo’s maternal grandfather was John Gleave (the son of William Gleave and Mary Kate Conroy). John was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool. William was the son of William Gleave. Mary Kate was the daughter of William Conroy, and may have had Irish ancestry.
Ringo’s maternal grandmother was Catherine Martha Johnson (the daughter of Andrew Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Cunningham). Catherine was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Andrew was born in the Shetland Isles, in Scotland, the son of Peter Johnson and Philadelphia Tait. Mary Elizabeth was from Ireland, the daughter of James Cunningham and Elizabeth.
Sources: Family histories of Ringo Starr – http://www.telegraph.co.uk
http://www.beatlesireland.info
https://hergestgenealogy.wordpress.com
Genealogies of Ringo Starr – http://www.wikitree.com
https://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Starkey-Family-Tree-506
https://www.geni.com/people/Ringo-Starr/6000000009265739129?through=6000000009977849485
He also certainly has Irish ethnicity through his grandmother Mary Kate Conroy,as that is an Irish surname.Cunningham can be Irish or Scottish,lots of them in Ireland.
Cunningham is very much a Scottish name. The Cunninghams in Ireland are either Scots descendants or there’s been a name change at some point.
Andrew Johnson and Mary Elizabeth Cunningham were both English. Ringo Starr has no (documented) Irish or Scottish ancestry.
Are you sure they were English? This link says Johnson was Scottish.
https://hergestgenealogy.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/rooms-for-rent-only-shetlanders-need-apply/
“Cunningham” usually isn’t an English surname, is it?
Of course I’m not 100% sure, but the genealogy says that they, as well as their fathers at least, were born in Liverpool. Though, you are right in that “Cunningham” indicates Irish ancestry.
But this states that Andrew Johnson was born in Shetland, Scotland. Which genealogy is right?
https://hergestgenealogy.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/rooms-for-rent-only-shetlanders-need-apply/
Not it doesn’t, Cunningham indicates SCOTTISH ancestry.
The name, Cunningham, that is. Obviously Ringo has Irish blood through Irish Cunninghams, but the name itself is still Scottish in its origins, even if you had to go back a few hundred years (name changes/adoption aside).
He looks like Yasser Arafat.