Place of Birth: Amory, Mississippi, United States
Date of Birth: October 8, 1990
Ethnicity:
*English, German, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, Welsh, remote French (father)
*Unknown (mother)
Trent Harmon is an American singer. He is known for winning the fifteenth and final season of American Idol. He is the son of Cynthia A. “Cindy” (Barnes) and Randy Carrol Harmon.
Trent’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his eleventh great-grandfather, Johann Hermann, who was German.
Trent’s paternal grandfather was Carrol “Dude” Harmon (the son of Leonard Harmon and Madie Lou Moore). Leonard was the son of Marcus Lafayette “Bud” Harmon and Alma Viola Price. Madie was the daughter of William Jesse “Billy” Moore and Lida Pearl Sanders.
Trent’s paternal grandmother is Betty Jean Baker (the daughter of Robert Ellett Baker and Ila Mae Farley). Robert was the son of Robert Earl Baker, Jr. and Leatha Anna Bearden. Ila was the daughter of Joseph Edward Farley.
Sources: Obituary of Trent’s paternal grandfather, Carrol “Dude” Harmon – http://djournal.com
Trent’s paternal grandmother, Betty Jean Baker, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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