Birth Name: William Frederick Gibbons
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States
Date of Birth: December 16, 1949
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Cornish, remote Norwegian
Billy Gibbons is an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. He is lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band ZZ Top. Billy is the son of Lorraine Estelle (Duffy) and Frederick Royal Gibbons.
Billy’s traceable ancestry leads to England, Ireland, Cornwall, and Norway.
Billy’s maternal grandparents were Frank Joseph Duffy (the son of Peter D. Duffy and Jessie G. Matlock) and Katherine Pearl Robinson (the daughter of Homer Joseph Robinson and Sarah Carpenter Childs).
Sources: Genealogies of Billy’s mother, Lorraine Duffy – https://familysearch.org
http://www.findagrave.com
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