Ancestry of Etta James

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Etta James should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Etta James
1 Jamesetta Hawkins ("Etta James"), b. Los Angeles, Cal., 25 Jan. 1938
PARENTS
2 Rudolph Wanderone ("Minnesota Fats"), b. ... , N. Y., 19 Jan. 1913, d. Nashville, Tenn., 15 Jan. 1996 [SSDI 322-42-2372]
[non-marital liaison]
3 Dorothy Hawkins, b. ... 16 Dec. 1922, d. ... 19 May 2002 [SSDI 562-30-9750]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Rudolph Wanderone, b. ... , Switzerland, ... [ca. 1883], d. ...
m.
5 Rosa ... , b. ... , Switzerland, ... [ca. 1882], d. ...
6 ... Hawkins, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 New York, New York Co., Manhattan, ED 1018, sheet 14A, line 15

Wanderon Rosa      H     F W 48 M 22     S S S        1899 Na
         Rosalie   D     F W 23 S        S S S        1910 Na    Stenographer
Mills Julia        D     F W 21 M 19     S S S        1910 Na    Telephone operator    Telephone Co
      John         SiL   M W 21 M 19     NY NY NY                Packer                 ...
Wanderon Bertha    D     F W 12 S        NY S S
     (seven lodgers)

S = Switzerland

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1920 New York, New York Co., New York, ED 1510, sheet 8B, line 100, continued on sheet 9A

Wanderon Rudolph      H   M W 37      M    1900 Al    S  S S    Superintendant  Apartment House
         Rose         W   F W 38      M    1907 Al    S  S S
         Rose         D   F W 15      S    1907 Al    S  S S
         Julia        D   F W 13      S    1907 Al    S  S S
         Rudolph Jr   S   M W  7      S               NY S S
         Bertha       D   F W  1 8/12 S               NY S S

S = Switzerland

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NOTES






2 -- There does not seem to be any documentary evidence to support the claim that Minnesota Fats was the father of Etta James, but the paternity seems to have been accepted by all the interested parties.





















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