Birth Name: George Raymond Martin
Place of Birth: Bayonne, New Jersey
Date of Birth: September 20, 1948
Ethnicity:
*43.75% Irish
*25% Italian
*12.5% English
*12.5% German
*6.25% French-Canadian
George R. R. Martin is an American writer.
George’s paternal grandparents were Louis Aloysis Martin (originally Louis Massella) and Grace Dorothy Jones (the daughter of George Broughton Jones and Anna Gassman). Louis was Italian. George was born in New Jersey, to English parents. Anna was born in New Jersey, to German parents.
George’s maternal grandparents were Thomas H. Brady (the son of James Brady) and Catherine T. Wall (the daughter of James N. Wall and Catherine Lantry). Thomas was born in New Jersey, to Irish parents. Catherine Wall was born in Ohio, to an Irish father and a Canadian mother who was of French-Canadian and Irish descent.
Sources: George’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
George’s paternal grandmother, Grace Dorothy Jones, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
George’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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