Birth Name: Edgar Poe
Date of Birth: January 19, 1809
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: October 7, 1849
Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland
Ethnicity: English, 1/4 Scots-Irish (Northern Irish)
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the second child of English-born actress Elizabeth (Arnold) Hopkins Poe and American actor David Poe, Jr. Edgar took the name “Allan” from his foster parents, Frances (Valentine) and John Allan, though they never formally adopted him. He married his paternal first cousin, Virginia Eliza Clemm, when she was thirteen years old, in 1835.
Edgar’s paternal grandparents were “General” David Poe (son of John Poe and Jane McBride) and Elizabeth Cairnes (the daughter of Thomas Carnes and Elizabeth Weeks). Edgar’s grandfather David had emigrated from Cavan, Ireland, to America around the year 1750; his own maternal grandfather was a Protestant minister. Edgar’s grandmother Elizabeth was born in Pennsylvania, and was of Colonial American (English) descent.
Edgar’s maternal grandparents were Henry Arnold and Elizabeth Smith. Elizabeth was a stage actress in London from 1791 to 1795. Henry died in 1789 and, in November 1795, Elizabeth sailed from England to the U.S. with Edgar’s mother, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in 1796.
Sources: Genealogies of Edgar Allan Poe – http://www.geni.com
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