Birth name: Frederick Merle Alfred Johnson Jr.
Date of birth: January 27, 1936
Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death: September 2, 2001
Place of death: Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Ethnicity:
* half English, half German (father)
* Swedish (mother)
Troy Donahue was an American actor and singer, considered to be one of the most popular sex symbols of the 50’s and 60’s. He was the son of Frederick Merle Alfred Johnson Sr., who was of half English and half German descent, and Edith Dorothy Fredrickson, who was of Swedish descent.
Troy’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Carrott Johnson (the son of Samuel Johnson and Elizabeth Kelk Carrott). Thomas was an English immigrant from Hulme, Lancashire. Samuel was from Cheadle, Cheshire, the son of Esther and John Johnson. Elizabeth was from Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire.
Troy’s paternal grandmother was Anna Maria Drallmeier (the daughter of Friedrich Heinrich Drallmeier and Caroline Koelker). Anna was born in Quincy, Illinois. Friedrich was a German immigrant from Westphalia. Caroline was the daughter of German parents, Clemens Innocens Kölker from Recke, Westphalia, and Mary Elizabeth Katherine Kunz, from Oldenburg, Lower Saxony.
Troy’s maternal grandfather was Amandus Fredrickson (the son of Fredrick Peterson and Lynd Svenson). Amandus was a Swedish immigrant from Skatelöf, Kronoberg.
Troy’s maternal grandmother was Ida Anderson (the daughter of Anders Johnson/Jönsson and Johanna Ingermanson/Ingermansdotter). Ida was Swedish.
Sources: Family tree of Troy Donahue — https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LYQB-4WF
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