Birth Name: Eric Garth Hudson
Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: August 2, 1937
Ethnicity: English, as well as Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, and Dutch
Garth Hudson is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He was the keyboardist and saxophonist of the rock band The Band. Other members of the band included Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, and Robbie Robertson.
Garth is the son of Olive Louella (Pentland) and Frederick James Hudson.
Garth’s paternal grandfather was William/Wilbert Sydney Hudson (the son of Thomas B. Hudson and Emily Kimball). Thomas was the son of English parents, Henry/Harry Hudson and Ann/Anne Blythe. Emily was the daughter of Nelson Kimball and Mary Wood.
Garth’s paternal grandmother was Mary “Mamie” Dundass (the daughter of James W. Dundass and Jane Stedman). James was the son of William Dundass, who was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and Margaret McNaughton, who was born in Fiendrick, Scotland. Jane was the daughter of Thos Stedman and Mary Needham.
Garth’s maternal grandfather was Simon Van Renselhart Pentland (the son of Thomas Pentland and Elizabeth Van Norman). Thomas was the son of Irish parents, Samuel Pentland and Mary Jane Finnegan, from Kircubbin, Northern Ireland.
Garth’s maternal grandmother was Naomi Stella Barker (the daughter of John Alfred Barker and Naomi Culley). Garth’s great-grandparents John and Naomi were English. John was the son of William Barker and Sarah Banks. Naomi was the daughter of Benjamin Culley and Elizabeth Pratt.
Sources: Genealogy of Garth’s father (focusing on his own mother’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
Genealogy of Garth’s mother (focusing on her own father’s side) – http://findagrave.com/
Genealogies of Garth’s paternal grandfather, William/Wilbert Sydney Hudson (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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