Sasha Lane
Lane in 2016, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Sasha Bianca Lane
Place of Birth: Houston, Harris, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 29, 1995
Ethnicity:
*father – African-American
*mother – English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish
Sasha Lane is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films American Honey (2016) and The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018), among others.
She was born in Houston, Harris, Texas, the daughter of Judith and Kenneth Lane. Her father is an American, who is African-American. Her mother is a New Zealander. Sasha was raised in Frisco, Texas. Pictures of Sasha with her mother can be seen here and here.
Sasha’s paternal grandfather was Courtney Lane (the son of Courtney Lane and I. V. Adams). Sasha’s grandfather Courtney was born in Louisiana, and was African-American. Sasha’s great-grandfather Courtney was the son of Bias/Byas/Byice Lane and Marioh/Mariah/Martha Shannon.
Sasha’s paternal grandmother was named Lizzie Elma/Alma Laws. Lizzie was African-American.
Sasha’s maternal grandfather was John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck (the son of Stanley Palmer Tuck and Margherita Ethel D’Arcy, also known as Stella Margaret Ethel Patricia D’Arcy). John was born in Taumarunui. Sasha’s great-grandfather Stanley was the son of John Thomas Tuck, whose father was from Happisburgh, Norfolk, England, and whose mother was from Lanarkshire, Scotland; and of Mary Alice Gardner, whose own father was American, from Connecticut. Sasha’s great-grandmother Margherita’s father was Herbert Henry D’Arcy, whose own father was from Durham, England and whose mother was of Scottish and Northern Irish descent. Sasha’s great-grandmother Margherita’s mother was Margherita Paulina “Lizzie” de Cortando, whose own father, Cecil Augustus Victor Hotezzi de Cortando (aka Cecil Augustus Curtis), baron von Blaremberg, was from Oldenburg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and was descended from Italian, German, French, and Russian nobility, and painters in Flemish Belgium, and whose own mother had roots in Bedfordshire, England.
Sasha’s maternal grandmother is Denise Lesley Morris (the daughter of Harold Lesley/Leslie Morris and Winifred Ann Roucher). Sasha’s great-grandfather Harold was the son of Frederick Ernest Morris, whose father was from Lewes, Sussex, England and whose mother was from Cornwall, England; and of Emma Matuschka, whose parents were from Germany, with roots in Brandenburg; her mother had Sorbian ancestry, from Osnabruck. Sasha’s great-grandmother Winifred was the daughter of Louis/Lewis Roucher/Reucher and Mary Frances Jane “Sissy” Stokes, whose paternal grandparents were from Branston, Leicestershire and whose own mother was from Kent, England.
Sources: http://www.hollywood.com
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
http://www.thedailybeast.com
http://www.glamour.com
Sasha referring to being Māori on Twitter – https://mobile.twitter.com
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Sasha’s paternal grandfather, Courtney Lane, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Sasha’s paternal great-grandfather, Courtney Lane – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Sasha’s paternal grandmother, Lizzie Elma/Alma (Laws) Lane – https://www.legacy.com
Obituary of Sasha’s maternal grandfather, John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck – https://notices.nzherald.co.nz
Genealogies of Sasha’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Herbert Henry D’Arcy and Margherita Paulina “Lizzie” de Cortando – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Sasha’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Mary Frances Jane “Sissy” Stokes (focusing on her own father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Sasha’s great-great-great grandfather Christopher Palmer Gardner (Mary Alice Gardner’s father) was born in/around 1827 in Connecticut, USA according to his NZ naturalization record (http://tiny.cc/0yuqgz). He married Isabella Duncan in 1853 in New Zealand.
Which matches up with Christopher P. Gardner son of Gershom Gardner and Sally Sarah Culver: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KDMP-FH5
Gershom’s parents were Isaac Gardner and Esther Palmer. The Gardner line goes all the way back to George Gardner who was born in 1599 in London, England. He emigrated to Rhode Island in 1638. This means that Sasha has American ancestry on both sides of her family tree.
https://www.geni.com/people/George-Gardner/6000000000618758305
As for the Māori thing, I’ve tried asking Sasha on twitter but no reply. I’m still not convinced she’s māori. Sasha’s not a Russell Crowe.
Also what’s so wrong with the research I did on Sasha’s paternal side? Sasha’s paternal grandparents were Courtney Lane Jr. and Lizzie Alma/Elma Lewis etc. (source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDCR-FDR)
Courtney Lane Jr. was the son of Courtney Lane Sr. and I. V. Adams from Louisiana. (source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMY7-QTV) Courtney Lane Sr. was the son of Bias/Byas/Byice Lane from De Soto, Louisiana and Mariah/Marioh/Martha Shannon, who was born in Grand Cane, Louisiana.
Bias’ mother was Easter/Hester Lane who came from Lowndes, Georgia. Bias’ father was an unknown man from Alabama.
Lizzie Alma/Elma Lewis’ parents were Hillary/Hillery R. Lewis and Ella Vinnie Jackson. Hillary Lewis was the son of Judge Lewis/Lewes and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Edwards from Coldspring, Texas. Judge Lewis was the son of Albert Lewis and Eliza Reece both from Alabama.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Edwards’ parents were Frank Edwards from Seminole, Florida and Amanda Nickerson from Louisiana.
Ella Vinnie Jackson’s parents were Pat and Ida Jackson from San Jacinto, Texas. All of Sasha’s paternal ancestors are listed as black on the census.
We’ve already established that John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck is Sasha’s grandad, so why not put his ancestors in the description?
His parents were probably (very likely) Stanley Palmer Tuck and Margherita Ethel D’Arcy. (It could be a possibility that Stanley’s second wife Ida Margaret Palmer was Sasha’s grandad’s mother but why would he have the middle name D’Arcy if Margherita D’Arcy wasn’t his mother. There’s no Māori on Ida M. Palmer’s side either.)
Stanley Palmer Tuck was the son of John Thomas Tuck and Mary Alice Gardner. (Mary Alice was the daughter of Christopher Palmer Gardner and Isabella Duncan mentioned in the above comment)
John Thomas Tuck’s parents were John Robert Tuck from Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK and Isabella Gray Morton from Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Margherita Ethel D’Arcy (aka Stella Margaret Ethel Patricia D’Arcy) was the daughter of Herbert Henry D’Arcy and Margherita Paulina De Cortando.
Margherita Paulina De Cortando was the daughter of Cecil Augustus Victor Hotezzi de Cortando (aka Cecil Augustus Curtis), baron von Blaremberg who came from Oldenburg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (son of Reginald von Blaramberg and and Vittoria Alma Cortando.) and Elizabeth Mantell/Mantel (aka Elizabeth Pauline Adele Mantell) daughter of John Mantell/Mantel and Sarah Watson from Bedfordshire, England.)
Herbert H. D’Arcy’s parents were Thomas Charles D’Arcy from Durham, England and Margaret Mary Dorreen (daughter of Thomas Dorreen and Janette Love from Scotland.)
Her mother’s ethnicity is more like: English, Scottish, 1/8th Sorbian, 1/32 German, 1/32 Italian, some French, distant Belgian Flemish and Russian, possibly Māori.
New description should be:
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*English, Scottish, French, some German, some Italian, distant Flemish, distant Sorbian, distant Māori (unconfirmed), distant Russian (mother)
Sources:
Sasha’s maternal grandmothers family tree: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/160537174/family?cfpid=302099745733
Sasha’s mother (left corner, bottom row): https://twitter.com/SashaBianca23/status/1106595975689355265
Winifred Roucher’s grave: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Winifred-Ann-Morris/9720013
Harold Morris’ cemetery record: https://www.tauranga.govt.nz/council/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/cemeteries-detail/tctl/523_?plotid=PYES%20PA*C1597
Sasha’s mother again: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYEr46HZCy/ (Now, I see where Sasha gets her nose from).
@comrade
1 are you a kiwi?
2 do you like rugby?
maybe and yes, I like it but I’m not a fanatic.
Kia ora!
Seriously how can a person claim “my mom is Maori” if she’s not Maori at all??
@andrew Exactly! This infuriates me. Just because her mum is from NZ doesn’t mean she’s Māori.
Do I have to write the description again to make it clearer? Or are you just keeping it as
“Sasha’s paternal grandmother was named Lizzie Lane.
Sasha’s maternal grandfather was named John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck. John was born in Taumarunui.”
How accurate is all this, anyway? There are already questions as to the accuracy of Jemaine Clement and KJ Apa, and to a lesser degree Taika Waititi, and it’s pretty much impossible to verify without access to resources that don’t appear to be publicly available.
I know what I’m doing (I’m a genealogist by trade). The only problem is you can’t link to any of the records on https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz it’s not like ancestry.com/familysearch.org where you can link to the individual records.
Records after 1940 aren’t available on the site, so I use new zealand census/voting records (on ancestry), obituaries, newspaper articles, descriptions of graves (billiongraves etc) and public family trees (geni.com) to find ancestors. I try to link to records/sources whenever I can.
If you don’t believe me you can recheck everything yourself.
But, you posted a lot of very detailed information about Clement and Apa as if it was definite fact (their paternal grandparents, respective), twice for Apa, and then within a day or two it turned out not to be factual.
For starters, how do you know that Denise Lesley Morris is Lane’s maternal grandmother?
Denise is mentioned as the name of JSD Stanley’s wife in his obituary. And Denise Lesley Tuck lives at the same address on the 1963 to 1978 census as JSD Tuck, in Taumarunui.
I found a public family tree that lists Denise (whos listed as private but married to JSD Tuck, and has 7 daughters) as child of Harold Lesley Morris and Ann Winifred Roucher. (double check that with marriage/birth records on the NZ site, there were indeed a Harold Leslie Morris and Ann Winifred Roucher that married in 1933.)
Sources:
Obituary: https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=john-stanley-darcy-tuck&pid=187740429&fhid=12660
NZ census 1963: http://tiny.cc/4iiddz (census links are too long so I shortened it)
Family tree: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/160537174/family?cfpid=302098438803
“you posted a lot of very detailed information about Clement and Apa as if it was definite fact”
I didn’t state it as fact. I said ‘might’. They might be his paternal grandparents. When I say might it means I’m not certain but it ‘could’ be them. But after further research I proved myself wrong.
Same thing with the others. If you go back and read my previous comments I always said might when I wasn’t certain.
I must admit with KJ Apa I did make a mistake. I thought KJ was a full blood nephew of Michael Jones (as stated in an article) but turns out he might only be a second nephew of Michael Jones. (read my latest comment on KJ’s page.)
Aren’t the comments here to theorize about a persons ancestry?
(sorry for the late reply)
Anna Domaschenz’ parents were Christian Domaschenz and Elisa Albin Salman both from Werben, Brandenburg, Prussia. Martin Matuschka’s parents were Christian Matuschka and Maria Petatz both from Drewitz, Brandenburg, Prussia.
Also: Louis Roucher (aka Lewis/Louis Roucher/Reucher) is stated to come from Midhurst, Taranaki, NZ in his will (instead of Sydney) but he disappears from records before 1896. Louis Roucher might have been Louis Pierre Roucher born 1868 in Marçay, Vivône, La Vienne, France to Louis Roucher and Marie Bejonneau.
I’m 98% certain that her mother, Judith Tuck was the daughter of John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck and Denise Lesley Morris.
John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck was born in Taumarunui, just like Judith and his obituary mentions that he has seven daughters one of them named Judith.
Sasha mentioned that her mother has Māori ancestry but sadly I can’t seem to find any evidence of that. Unless I’m wrong and John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck isn’t Judith Marice Tuck’s father but looking at the picture of Sasha’s mother she doesn’t really look that Māori to me. She looks more white and resembles John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck in my opinion. There is still a chance that there’s a small percentage of Māori on Mary Alice Gardner’s side but it’s unlikely.
John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck’s parents were Stanley Palmer Tuck and Margherita Ethel D’Arcy.
Stanley Palmer Tuck was the son of John Thomas Tuck and Mary Alice Gardner.
John Thomas Tuck’s parents were John Robert Tuck from Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK and Isabella Gray Morton from Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Margherita Ethel D’Arcy (aka Stella Margaret Ethel Patricia D’Arcy) was the daughter of Herbert Henry D’Arcy and Margherita Paulina De Cortando.
Margherita De Cortando was the daughter of Cecil Augustus Victor Hotezzi de Cortando, baron von Blaremberg who came from Oldenburg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and Elizabeth Mantel from Bedfordshire, England.
Herbert D’Arcy’s parents were Thomas Charles D’Arcy from Durham, England and Margaret Mary Dorreen. Margaret Dorreen was the daughter of Thomas Dorreen and Janette Love from Scotland.
Mary Alice Gardner’s parents were Christopher Palmer Gardner and Isabella Duncan.
Sasha’s maternal grandmother was Denise Lesley Morris. Denise was the daughter of Harold Lesley Morris and Winifred Ann Roucher.
Harold’s parents were Frederick Ernest Morris and Emma Matuschka. Frederick was the son of Cornelius Morris from Lewes, Sussex, England and Susan Webster from Cornwall, England.
Emma was the daughter of Martin Matuschka from Brandenburg, Germany and Anna Domaschenz from Osnabruck, Germany.
Winifred’s parents were Louis Roucher from Sydney, Australia and Frances Mary Jane (Sissy) Stokes.
Frances (Sissy) Stokes was the daughter of Henry Stokes from Papanui, New Zealand and Harriet Jane Fletcher from Kent, England.
Henry Stokes was the son of William Stokes and Sarah Ann Ward both from Branston, Leicestershire, UK.
Sasha’s paternal grandparents were Courtney Lane Jr. and Lizzie Elma Lewis.
Courtney Jr. was the son of Courtney Lane Sr. and I. V. Adams from Louisiana.
Courtney Lane Sr. was the son of Bias/Byas/Byice Lane from De Soto, Louisiana and Mariah/Marioh/Martha Shannon, who was born in Grand Cane, Louisiana.
Bias’ mother was Easter/Hester Lane who came from Lowndes, Georgia. Bias’ father was an unknown man from Alabama. Both Bias Lane and Mariah Shannon’s families were descendants of slaves that worked for the Shannon family perhaps under Captain James Harrison Shannon.
Lizzie Elma Lewis’ parents were Hillary/Hillery R. Lewis and Ella Vinnie Jackson. Hillary Lewis was the son of Judge Lewis/Lewes and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Edwards from Coldspring, Texas. Judge Lewis was the son of Albert Lewis and Eliza Reece both from Alabama.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Edwards’ parents were Frank Edwards from Seminole, Florida and Amanda Nickerson from Louisiana.
Ella Vinnie Jackson’s parents were Pat and Ida Jackson from San Jacinto, Texas.
Sources:
John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck’s obituary: https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=john-stanley-darcy-tuck&pid=187740429&fhid=12660
Genealogy of John Stanley D’Arcy Tuck: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/82713438/family?cfpid=46474969473
Genealogy of John Thomas Tuck: https://www.geni.com/people/John-Tuck/6000000016845072253
Margherita Ethel D’Arcy’s grave: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Margherita-Ethel-Tuck-Kenah/26692351
Grave of Cecil de Cortando von Blaramburg: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32414470/cecil_augustus_victor-hotezzi-de_cortando
Genealogy of Frances (Sissy) Stokes: https://www.geni.com/family-tree/canvas/6000000043326405830
Capt. James H. Shannon: https://www.geni.com/people/Captain-James-Shannon-Esq/6000000006785229314
Grave of Mary Alice Gardner: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184661599
That is 100% her grandfather.
How do you know?
Well, for starters, her brother’s middle name is d’Arcy. Second, Sasha is facebook friends with Denise and all the aunts mentioned in the obituary.
I guess that sorts it. J S D’Arcy Tuck is 100% her grandfather.
More info:
Cecil Augustus Victor Hotezzi de Cortando, baron von Blaremberg (aka Cecil Augustus Curtis) was the son of Reginald von Blaramberg and and Vittoria Alma Cortando. Vittoria was of minor Italian nobility.
Reginald descended from French-Russian-German nobility and Flemish painters. The name ‘von Blaramberg’ originated in Flanders as ‘van Blarenberghe’.
Elizabeth Pauline Adele Mantell was the daughter of John Mantel and Sarah Watson from Bedford, England.
Sources:
Van Blarenberghe family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarenberghe
Article that confirms that J S D’Arcy Tuck is indeed Judith Tuck’s father: https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-gb/magazine/money-diary-sasha-lane/
Elizabeth Mantell on 1851 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGCC-5BN
I guess this means that there’s no Māori in Sasha’s DNA. I wonder why they said they were part Māori? (maybe there is still some māori in there but a very veeeeery small part, less that 1/16th probably)
So besides the fragment of māori, this means that Sasha is English, Scottish, German, Italian, French, Flemish and Russian on her mother’s side.
Matuschka and Domaschenz families are likely of Sorbian descent. I can’t really provide an evidence, but both last names are listed on the lists of Sorbian immigrants to Australia (and they’re obviously Slavic names). Osnabruck would be a rather peculiar place of origin for a Sorbian family, but all the other Domaschenzs in Australia are from much further east.
her mother: https://www.instagram.com/p/BxYR-_eA18H/
if her full genealogy is done, it would be easy to verify the Maori thing.
The only missing links on her mother’s side are Louis Roucher who disappears from records before 1896 but I think he emigrated to NZ in 1896 from Sydney, AUS. (immigration record for Roucher: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-698S-133?i=17&cc=1609792&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AF3MB-2Q3)
So I don’t think Louis Roucher was Māori, he was probably french.
The other missing links are Mary Alice Gardner’s parents: Christopher Palmer Gardner and Isabella Duncan. Mary Alice Gardner doesn’t look that Māori to me. (Mary Alice: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184661599#view-photo=162646595) She has blue eyes. For Mary Alice to have been Māori and have blue eyes, her mother/father would have at least been mixed race maori. If Mary Alice was part Māori then she could’ve only been a quarter Māori. Which means that Sasha is only 1.5% (or less) Māori.
Other than that, Sasha’s maternal ancestors all come from Europe.
It’s possible that Frenchman married a Maori woman, that was pretty common
Sasha’s mother looks somewhat kinda exotic to me, and a lot better looking than her daughter (my opinion).
Blue eyes or not, who cares. Look at those blue-eyed African-Americans (who have solid Euro admin, hence the reason).
Look at All Blacks Maori team, several “Pakeha” looking fellas who need to have at least 1/16 documented Maori ancestry.
*admix
It’s true there were a lot of french pakeha whalers that intermarried with māori women but Louis Roucher’s wife was Sissy Stokes who’s grandparents and mother were born in England. So, Sissy Stokes wasn’t Māori.
I wouldn’t say that Sasha’s mother looks exotic (her mother looks different here: https://www.instagram.com/p/_Z2WMfJozN/), she just has dark hair and tanned skin. Not everyone that is a bit tanned is necessarily māori. I think it’s more likely that her mothers complexion comes from the Italian and Sorbian side. Which IS in her family tree.
The other unconfirmed side was:
Christopher Palmer Gardner 1828-1916 and Isabella Reid Duncan 1834-1915 who both died at Herekino, NZ.
There’s loads of Isabella Duncans born in 1834 in Scotland but none in New Zealand and Isabella and Christopher are both listed on the ‘normal’ census and not the māori census. Christopher is mentioned as ‘settler’ on the 1911 census.
So, I guess they’re not māori either.
If you go back to my original comment you can see I researched every line and they all come from Europe.
Don’t get me wrong, I wanted her to be Māori, it’s just that she isn’t. There’s no Māori.
(My theory as to why they thought they were Māori is:
Sasha’s maternal great-great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Mantell’s distant cousin was Walter Mantell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mantell), he was the Minister of Māori Affairs and spoke Māori but he wasn’t Māori himself. His father was an English man, Gideon Mantell, who discovered the Iguanadon.)
Kenneth Lane and Judith ->Kenneth Wayne Lane and Judith Marice Tuck.