Shailene Woodley
Woodley in 2010, image via kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Shailene Diann Woodley
Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 15, 1991
Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – African-American, Louisiana Creole [African, French, Spanish, German], English, Swiss-German
Shailene Woodley is an American actress and activist. Her roles include The Descendants, The Spectacular Now, White Bird in a Blizzard, The Fault in Our Stars, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Shailene is the daughter of Lori and Lonnie Woodley. Her father, whose family is from the U.S. South, has English ancestry. Shailene’s maternal grandfather had African-American and Creole ancestry, and Shailene’s maternal grandmother has Louisiana Creole [including African, French, Spanish, and German] ancestry on one side of her family, and English and Swiss-German ancestry on the other side of her family.
Shailene’s paternal grandfather was Virgil James Woodley (the son of James Franklin Woodley and Velma L. Howard). Virgil was born in Oklahoma. Shailene’s great-grandfather James was the son of James Samuel Woodley and Julia Ann Arnold.
Shailene’s paternal grandmother was Dovie Oralee Sims (the daughter of Omer Epsy Sims and Eva Ellen Payne). Dovie was born in Texas. Omer was the son of Denton Otto Sims and Clara Florence Allen. Eva was the daughter of Hiram Walker Payne and Verdenia Maude Ellis.
Shailene’s maternal grandfather was Stephen David Victor (the son of Harold Joseph Victor and Bessie M. Harrold). Stephen was born in California. According to most censuses, both Harold and Bessie were Black and/or biracial (censuses list Harold and Bessie as black, and one census lists them as “Mulatto”). Harold was born in Louisiana, the son of Joseph Victor and Leila/Lelia Prudhomme, who were described as “colored” on his sister’s birth record, and “Black” on the U.S. Census and other records. Leila’s parents, Joseph Prudhomme and Lelia/Lilia Pope/Poper Lewis, were Louisiana Creole. Shailene’s great-grandmother Bessie was born in California, to Texas-born parents, William John/S./T. Harrold and Bessie Hutchins, who were both described as “colored” on her birth record and on censuses. Shailene’s great-great-grandmother Bessie’s parents were Lee Hutchins, who was said to have been born in England, of unclear background, and Georgia Walker, who was a black woman born in Texas.
Shailene’s maternal grandmother is Diane Lynn Fauria (the daughter of Vernon Louis Fauria and Marguerite Lois Davis). Diane was born in California. Vernon was a Louisiana Creole. Marguerite was caucasian. A picture of Vernon and Marguerite can be seen here.
Shailene’s great-grandfather Vernon Fauria was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and raised in Los Angeles. He was the son of Creole parents from Louisiana, who both had black ancestry, mixed with caucasian. Vernon’s father, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria, was of African, Spanish, French, and German descent. Vernon’s mother, Louise Aline Martinez, had Spanish, African, and possibly French, ancestry. A picture of Vernon with his siblings can be seen here. A picture of Vernon’s parents, Shailene’s great-great-grandparents Joseph and Aline, can be seen here. A picture of Shailene’s great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews Fauria (top left), with his own parents, Victor Nicholas/M. Fauria and Agnes Cora Zipple (seated), can be seen here.
Shailene’s great-grandmother Marguerite Davis’s father, Norman Edward Davis, was of British Isles/English ancestry. Maguerite’s mother, Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Evangeline/Evangelia/Perrengere/Berengere Perrin/Perrine, was Swiss, of Swiss-German descent, and was the daughter of Lewis O. Perrin and Berthe C. Hague. This makes Shailene Woodley of 1/16th Swiss ancestry.
Shailene’s mother Lori Woodley – 4th Annual Kailand Obasi Hoop-Life Basketball Tournament Fundraiser – Arrivals – USC Galen Center, 3400 S Figueroa Street – Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2016 – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Sources: Genealogies of Shailene Woodley – http://gw.geneanet.org
https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Shailene Woodley (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com
Genealogies of Shailene’s paternal grandparents, Virgil James Woodley and Dovie Oralee (Sims) Woodley – http://www.findagrave.com
Shailene’s maternal great-grandfather, Harold Joseph Victor, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Harold Joseph Victor on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-aunt (her great-grandfather Harold’s sister) – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Leila/Lelia Prudhomme, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Re-marriage record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Leila/Lelia Prudhomme, to William H. Harris – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Leila/Lelia (Prudhomme) Harris, and Shailene’s step-great-great-grandfather, William H. Harris, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Joseph Prudhomme and Lelia/Lilia Pope/Poper Lewis, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Shailene’s maternal great-grandmother, Bessie M. Harrold (Bessie Herald) – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-grandmother, Bessie M. Harrold (Bessie Herald), on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Bessie M. Harrold on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, William John/S./T. Harrold – https://www.familysearch.org
Death records of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Bessie (Hutchins) Harrold – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Shailene’s maternal grandmother, Diane Lynn Fauria – http://bayoubohemia.net
Marriage record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria and Louise Aline Martinez – https://www.familysearch.org
Pictures and genealogy of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria – http://www.findagrave.com
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Louise Aline Martinez – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Louise Aline Martinez, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-grandmother, Marguerite Lois Davis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Norman Edward Davis and Evangeline/Evangelia/Perrengere/Berengere Perrin/Perrine – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Evangeline/Evangelia/Perrengere/Berengere Perrin/Perrine, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Harold J. Victor and Bessie M. Harrold were listed as White on the 1940 U.S. Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ZQ-3FD
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5R-Q9M?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=GSJN-Y1R
Vernon Louis Fauria was listed as “White” on his Draft card: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGX1-8NDC
“White” again on the 1940 U.S Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CK-GGH?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LZKC-T3C
his parents
1910, W: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBH-J5M?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=LZKC-RLK
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LZKC-T3C
Not only that but the “Fauria” line of the family is from Catalunya, Spain according to their tree, with many other ancestors listed as being from France on other sides. If there is any African ancestry on either side of Shailene’s mother’s family, it is extremely remote, nothing like what is portrayed here in listing them as “African American.”
There is a multitude of records listing three fourths of Woodley’s mother’s family as black. Many of your records were of different people who weren’t Woodley’s relatives (the Herrolds, one census of the Prudhommes). And I deleted them, since I didn’t much feel like replying to you, as I did your latest rant. Perhaps instead of ranting and raving away into the night, you could double-check the things you post here for factual accuracy. Or, preferably, not post them at all.
Enough with these endless error-ridden familysearch genealogies. On what other website wouldn’t this be considered spamming? The movie Holmes & Watson had the most fitting term for you – a “down-on-his luck horseshit salesman.”
I don’t really see what you’re trying to prove here. Is anyone disputing that her ancestors have been listed as white on many records? That doesn’t mean they weren’t part black. You aren’t proposing that their level of blackness is determined by the proportion of times they’ve been listed as black instead of white on records, are you? And the description already implies that at least Vernon Fauria had a lot of white ancestry too. Her ancestors were probably like fuzzybear’s aunts (white-looking black women).
I see that your last comment was removed though. I think that’s unnecessary.
I think the current description is too lenghty and I agree with the user mmessina92 anyway. I will try to not make statements anymore about this profile.
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&m=A&p=shailene+diann&n=woodley&siblings=on¬es=on&t=T&v=6&image=on&marriage=on&full=on
In this genealogy there’s a pic of Joseph Prudhomme and Lelia Pope Lewis. At least here we have signs of non-European admixture, because in the Faurias, despite all the emphasis about their “African” ancestry in the description, it’s barely if not visible at all.
@Andrew Many African Americans in the South listed themselves as white to pass for white. This is not uncommon. But if they are listed as black then thats the truth. There was no benefit in lying to be African.
The point is that you can’t pass for white if you don’t look white, that’s simple. And the only way to pass for white is to have more European ancestry than African by far, as it is for Shailene’s mother’s family.
>James Franklin Woodley. Shaylene’s great-grandfather James was the son of James Samuel Woodley and Julia Ann Arnold
Norman E. Davis —> Norman Edward Davis
was likely of British Isles/English ancestry —> was of British Isles/English ancestry
Evangeline Perinjacket —> Evangeline/Perrengere/Berengere Perrin/Perrine
Swiss —> Swiss-German
Perinjacket sounds like a made up surname. Are there any records with her having that name?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNP-YX6
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ2C-8KJ
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8BV-8J3
Wow! I never thought she had African ancestry. I just thought she was full European. She is very beautiful
She has a very interesting lineage. I must say its like most of her recent family line are full of nearly-men, all ‘passing’ down the years as white. I see more mixed ancestry in Shailene than her mother though.
Shailene shows admixture? Where? Looks Western European.