Birth Name: Elizabeth Anne Holmes
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S.
Date of Birth: February 3, 1984
Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, Scottish, 1/16th Danish, 1/16th French-Canadian, 1/32 Ashkenazi Jewish
Elizabeth Holmes is an American former biotechnology entrepreneur and convicted fraudster. She was the founder of the blood-testing company Theranos.
Elizabeth’s paternal grandfather was Christian Rasmus Holmes (the son of Christian Rasmus Holmes and Albertina Osborne Peck). Christian was the son of Christian Rasmus Holmes, who was Danish, from Skanderborg, Jylland, and of Bettie Fleischmann. Albertina was the daughter of William Dayton Peck and Albertine Ebermayer, whose father was German.
Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother Bettie’s father, Charles Louis Fleischmann, was a Hungarian manufacturer of yeast, who founded the Fleischmann Yeast Company. Charles was born in Krnov, Moravia, Czechia, and was Jewish.
Bettie’s mother, Henrietta Robertson, was born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Elizabeth’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Jane “Betty” Lott (the daughter of George Kenneth Lott and Genevieve K. Murphy). George was born in Canada, the son of George Derwood Lott and Alice Violetta Boulton, and had Irish, Scottish, and German, ancestry. Genevieve was the daughter of James Murphy, whose parents were Irish, and of Mary McGraw, who was born in England, to Irish parents.
Elizabeth’s maternal grandfather was George Arlington Daoust (the son of George Alfred Daoust and Elizabeth Louise Bulger). George was the son of Felix Albert Daoust, whose parents were French-Canadian, and of Emma Gertrude Green, whose paternal grandparents were English and Scottish. Elizabeth was the daughter of John William Bulger, whose parents were Irish, and of Mary Byrne, whose parents were also Irish.
Elizabeth’s maternal grandmother was Amy Mary Elizabeth Pover (the daughter of Samuel Pover and Annie A. Furness). Amy was born in Herefordshire, England.
Source: Genealogy of Elizabeth Holmes – https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?n=holmes&oc=0&p=elizabeth+anne&type=tree
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