Birth Name: Eliza Sophie Caird
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England
Date of Birth: 15 April 1988
Ethnicity:
*56.25% English
*25% Ashkenazi Jewish (Russian Jewish)
*18.75% Scottish
Eliza Doolittle is an English singer, songwriter, and activist. She is the daughter of John Caird, a stage director and writer, and Frances Ruffelle, an actress and recording artist.
Eliza’s paternal grandfather was G. B. Caird (the son of George Caird and Esther Love Bradford). G.B. was a churchman and theologian. Eliza’s great-grandfather George was born in Dundee, Scotland, to George Caird and Margaret Wood Butchart. Esther was also born in Dundee, Scotland, to John Samuel Bradford, who was English, and Mary Cumming, who was Scottish.
Eliza’s paternal grandmother was Viola Mary Newport (the daughter of Ezra Benjamin Newport and Emily Lilian Overington). Ezra was the son of Samuel Newport and Frances Brown. Emily was the daughter of Ernest Overington and Clara Duffield.
Eliza’s maternal grandparents are Norman Albert Ruffell (the son ? Ruffell and ? Ellis) and Sylvia Young (the daughter of Abraham Bakal and Sophie Wexler). Sylvia founded the theatre school Sylvia Young Theatre School. Sylvia is of Ashkenazi Jewish (Russian Jewish) descent. One of Sylvia’s grandmothers was born in Belgium, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Through that line, Eliza is related to revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
Sources: Eliza’s birth record – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eliza’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eliza’s paternal grandparents, G. B. Caird and Viola Mary Newport – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eliza’s paternal grandfather, G. B. Caird – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eliza’s paternal grandmother, Viola Mary Newport – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eliza’s paternal great-grandparents, Ezra Benjamin Newport and Emily Lilian Overington – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eliza’s paternal great-grandfather, Ezra Benjamin Newport – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eliza’s paternal great-great-grandparents, Samuel Newport and Frances Brown – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Eliza’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Frances Brown – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eliza’s paternal great-grandmother, Emily Lilian Overington – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Eliza’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Ernest Overington – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Eliza’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Clara Duffield – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eliza’s mother – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Eliza’s maternal grandparents, Norman Albert Ruffell and Sylvia Young – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eliza’s maternal grandfather, Norman Albert Ruffell – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Eliza’s maternal grandmother, Sylvia Young – https://familysearch.org
News article about Eliza’s maternal grandmother, Sylvia Young’s, ancestry – http://www.standard.co.uk
Marriage record of Eliza’s maternal great-grandparents, Abraham Bakal and Sophie Wexler – https://familysearch.org
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