Birth Name: Alison Maria Krauss
Place of Birth: Decatur, Illinois, United States
Date of Birth: July 23, 1971
Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*Italian, German, some Swiss-German (mother)
Alison Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer-songwriter and musician. Her father, “Fred” Krauss, was a German immigrant who came to the United States in 1952 and taught his native language. Her mother, Louise, the daughter of artists, is of Italian, German, and some Swiss-German, descent. Alison was married to musician Pat Bergeson.
Alison’s maternal grandfather was ? Rigotti.
Alison’s maternal grandmother was Ruth A. Wissmueller (the daughter of Lorenz A. Wissmueller and Anna C. Schwartz). Lorenz was the son of Lorenz Morris Wissmueller and Juliane Elizabeth Moll. Their parents were German immigrants. Anna was the daughter of William Peter Schwartz, a German immigrant, and of Rachel Regula Reis, a Swiss immigrant.
Sources: Alison’s maternal grandmother, Ruth A. Wissmueller, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Alison’s maternal grandmother, Ruth A. (Wissmueller) Rigotti, on Find a Grave – http://www.findagrave.com
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