Birth Name: Virginia Patterson Hensley
Date of Birth: September 8, 1932
Place of Birth: Winchester, Virginia
Date of Death: March 5, 1963
Place of Death: near Camden, Tennessee
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, German
Patsy Cline was an American country music singer. Patsy was the daughter of Hilda Virginia (Patterson) and Samuel Lawrence Hensley.
Her surname was from her first husband, Gerald Cline. She was later married to Charlie Dick.
Patsy’s paternal grandfather was Solomon Job Hensley (the son of Benjamin Hensley and Rebecca Breeden). Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Hensley and Ellender “Nellie” Meadows. Rebecca was the daughter of Job Breeden and Sarah E. Brackney.
Patsy’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Margaret Shifflett (the daughter of Solomon Shifflett and Frances Collier). Solomon was the son of Stephen Shifflett and Joanna McDaniel. Frances was the daughter of Martin Collier and Frances Marshall.
Patsy’s maternal grandparents were James Arlington Patterson (the son of Joseph S. Patterson and Elizabeth Orndoff) and Gola/Goldie Levenia/Lavinia Newlin (the daughter of William Reason “Reese” Newlin and Elizabeth Cooper). William was the son of Lewis James Newlin and Sarah Lavinia Jones.
Sources: Genealogies of Patsy Cline – http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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