Birth Name: Patricia Lynn Johns
Place of Birth: Bothell, Washington
Date of Birth: October 11, 1950
Ethnicity: Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English, French-Canadian
Patty Murray is an American politician. A Democrat, she has served as a U.S. Senator from Washington, since January 3, 1993. She is the daughter of Beverly A. (McLaughlin) and David Linn Johns.
Patty’s paternal grandparents were William Elias Johns and Emma Blanche Linn (the daughter of William Albert Linn and Susan Mabel Pierson). William was born in Iowa, to Welsh parents.
Patty’s maternal grandparents were Ralph Davis McLaughlin (the son of George Davis McLaughlin and Anna McLellan Shell) and Bertha Alice Quigley (the daughter of Hugh Quigley and Philomena/Phoebe Ducharme). Hugh was born in Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, to Irish parents. Philomena was born in Huron, Ontario, Canada, to French-Canadian parents, Joseph Elie Ducharme and Emerance Aure Guerard.
Sources: Genealogies of Patty Murray – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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