Birth Name: Joan Chandos Báez
Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York City, United States
Date of Birth: January 9, 1941
Ethnicity:
*Mexican (father)
*English, Scottish (mother)
Joan Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. She has performed publicly for over 55 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish as well as in English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages.
Joan’s father, Albert Vinicio Báez, was born in 1912 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. His father, Joan’s grandfather the Reverend Alberto Baldomero Báez, left Catholicism to become a Methodist minister, and moved to the U.S. when Albert was two years old. Joan’s mother, named Joan Bridge, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the second daughter of an English Anglican priest descended from the Dukes of Chandos.
The Báez family converted to Quakerism during Joan’s early childhood.
Joan’s paternal grandparents were Alberto Baldomero Báez and Thalia Valderrama (the daughter of Emelia). Alberto was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Thalia was born in Mineral del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Joan’s maternal grandfather was William Bridge.
Source: Genealogy of Joan Baez – http://www.geni.com
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