Birth Name: Mark A. Pontius
Place of Birth: Orlando, Florida, United States
Date of Birth: January 3, 1985
Ethnicity: English, German, Irish, Swiss-German
Mark Pontius is an American musician and songwriter. He is the drummer and co-vocalist of the indie pop band Foster the People, which also includes Mark Foster.
Mark is the son of Harriet S. and Lawrence Lee “Larry” Pontius.
Mark’s paternal grandfather was Bert Everette Pontius (the son of William Oscar Pontius and Ethel Z. Gotts). William was the son of Levi Pontius and Sarah Catharine Butler. Ethel was the daughter of English parents, George G. Gotts and Anne Woolsey.
Mark’s paternal grandmother was Jaunetti Ione Norton (the daughter of Noel Alfred Norton and Vernal E. Keltner). Noel was the son of William H. Norton, whose parents were from New York, and of Alice Nixon, whose parents were Irish. Vernal was the daughter of James A. Keltner and Alice V. Thatcher.
Sources: Obituary of Mark’s father – http://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Mark’s paternal grandfather, Bert Everette Pontius (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://findagrave.com
Genealogies of Mark’s paternal grandmother, Jaunetti Ione Norton – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Mark’s maternal great-grandmother, Ethel Z. Gotts, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Mark’s maternal great-grandfather, Noel Alfred Norton, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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