Birth Name: George Roger Waters
Place of Birth: Great Bookham, Surrey, England
Date of Birth: September 6, 1943
Ethnicity: English, distant Scottish
Roger Waters is an English musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He is the son of Mary D. (Whyte) and Eric Fletcher Waters. Eric died in Italy in 1944 while serving as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Fusilliers.
Roger’s paternal grandparents were George Henry Waters (the son of William Waters and Mary) and Mary Elizabeth Fletcher.
Roger’s maternal grandparents were Robert Whyte (the son of Robert Whyte and Jeanie Whyte) and Beatrix Louisa Roger (the daughter of Robert Roger and Anne Agnes Gay).
Sources: Genealogies of Roger Waters – http://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Roger Waters (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org
Family histories of Roger Waters – https://hergestgenealogy.wordpress.com
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