Birth Name: James Burgon Valentine
Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 5, 1978
Ethnicity: Swedish, Danish, English, distant Scottish and Irish
James Valentine is an American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5, whose singer is Adam Levine.
James is the son of Shauna (Burgon) and Robert Valentine. His parents are teachers at Brigham Young University. His family is LDS (Mormon).
James’ paternal grandfather was Lee Benson Valentine (the son of Nephi J. Valentine and Ottalina/Ottolina Bengtson). Lee was born in Utah. Nephi was the son of a Danish father and a Swedish mother. Ottalina was also Swedish.
James’ paternal grandmother was Amy Melvina Young (the daughter of Walter Ernest Young and Cecile Virginia Skousen). Amy was born in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico, a Mormon colony, to American parents. Walter was the son of James Absalom Young and Lillian Adelaide Hurst. Cecile was the daughter of Daniel Skousen, whose parents were Danish, and of Melvina Clay Greer.
James’ maternal grandfather was Marvin Heber Burgon (the son of Heber James Burgon and Lulu Maud Hansen). Marvin was born in Utah. James’s great-grandfather Heber was the son of English parents, Willard Charles Burgon and Emma Crouch, from Greenwich, London. Lulu was the daughter of a Danish father, Peter Hansen, and of an English mother, Ellen Maud Baugh Hansen, from Warwick District, Warwickshire.
James’ maternal grandmother was Margaret Tholen (the daughter of Carl Walfred Tholen and Mamie/Mammie Edna Malmstrom). Margaret was born in Utah. Carl was born in Kansas, to Swedish parents. Mamie was born in Utah, also to Swedish parents.
Sources: Information about James’ family – http://spanport.byu.edu
http://robertshaunavalentine.blogspot.com
James’ paternal grandfather, Lee Benson Valentine, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of James’ paternal grandmother, Amy Melvina Young – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of James’ paternal grandmother, Amy Melvina (Young) Valentine – https://www.deseretnews.com
Genealogy of James’ paternal great-grandfather, Walter Ernest Young – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of James’ paternal great-grandfather, Walter Ernest Young (through Walter’s brother, William Harrison Young) – https://wc.rootsweb.com
Genealogy of James’ paternal great-grandmother, Cecile Virginia Skousen – https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of James’ maternal grandparents, Marvin Heber Burgon and Margaret Tholen – https://www.findagrave.com
James’ maternal grandfather, Marvin Heber Burgon, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
James’ maternal grandmother, Margaret (Tholen) Burgon, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of James’ maternal grandmother, Margaret (Tholen) Burgon – https://www.deseretnews.com
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