Birth name: Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
Date of birth: 17 November, 1938
Place of birth: Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Ethnicity: English (including Cornish), distant German and Irish
Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian singer and musician, and one of the greatest figures in folk, folk-rock and country music. He has achieved The Order of Ontario and The Order of Canada for his notorious influence.
Gordon Lightfoot is of predominantly English ancestry (including one eighth Cornish), with distant German and possibly some Irish. He has some deep lines in Canada and The U.S. through his paternal great-grandfather David George Swartz, the rest being mostly recent English immigrants.
His father was Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Sr., and his mother was Jessie Vick Trill.
Gordon’s paternal grandfather was George Lightfoot (the son of Joseph Lightfoot and Elizabeth Ann Inch). George was born in Lambton, Ontario. Joseph was born in England, the son of Henry Lightfoot and Jane Calvert, both from Yorkshire. Elizabeth Ann was born in Boyton, Cornwall, the daughter of Richard Inch and Mary Hawken, both of Cornish ancestry.
Gordon’s paternal grandmother was Emma Jane Swartz (the daughter of David George Swartz and Emma Jane Joyes). Emma Jane Swartz was born in Norfolk, Ontario. David was the son of Jacob Swartz Jr. and Luema Smith, both from Ontario. Emma Jane Joyes was the daughter of Solomon “Sol” Joyes, who was born in Canada to English parents, and Emma Lois Anscomb, who was English.
Gordon’s maternal grandfather was John Trill (the son of Walter Trill and Sarah Maria Wilkes). John was born in Simcoe, Ontario. Walter was English, the son of John Trill and Martha Catt. Sarah Maria was English, the daughter of James Wilkes and Elizabeth Ann.
Gordon’s maternal grandmother was Ethel Kate Woods (the daughter of John Austin Woods and Mary Ann Vick). Ethel was born in Simcoe, Ontario. John Austin was English, from the Isle of Wight, the son of Thomas Woods and Selah Wheeler. Mary Ann was born in Monroe, New York, U.S., the daughter of an English father, George Vick, and a mother born in Canada, Eliza Emily Beiley.
Sources: Genealogy of Gordon Lightfoot — https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LRWB-NLZ
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