Birth Name: Holly Brook Hafermann
Date of Birth: February 23, 1986
Place of Birth: Mazomanie, Wisconsin, United States
Ethnicity:
* Unknown (father)
* English, German, Swedish (mother)
Family Info:
Skylar Grey is an American is an American singer and songwriter. Her parents are Gene R. Hafermann and Candice Eileen Kreitlow.
Her maternal grandparents are Burton William Kreitlow (the son of William Arthur Henry Kreitlow and Esther Ingaborg Nelson) and Doris Josephine Ounsworth (the daughter of Richard Herbert Ounsworth and Eveline Witty, both from Hull, England). William’s parents were Germans while Esther’s parents were Swedish.
Sources:
* Genealogy of Skylar Grey (focusing on her maternal grandfather’s side): http://records.ancestry.com/holly_brook_hafermann_records.ashx?pid=116659078 & http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/r/e/Patrick-J-Kreitlow/GENE1-0005.html
* Obituary of Skylar Grey’s maternal grandfather Burton: http://www.secfac.wisc.edu/senate/2013/0204/2384mr.pdf
* Skylar Grey’s maternal great-grandmother Esther’s 1900 US Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12349-248169-42?cc=1325221
* Skylar Grey’s maternal grandmother Doris’ 1920 US Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4M9-YGL
* Skylar Grey’s maternal great-grandparents Richard and Eveline’s marriage record: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11839-8073-13?cc=1410397
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