Birth Name: Joshua Michael Homme
Place of Birth: Joshua Tree, California, United States
Date of Birth: May 17, 1973
Ethnicity: French, French-Canadian, German, Norwegian
* 25% Ashkenazi Jewish
* 25% Norwegian
* 18.75% English, with distant French and Irish
* 12.5% German
* 12.5% Swedish
* 4.6875% French-Canadian
* 1.5625% French
Josh Homme is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is the son of Irene Carol. (Meier) and Orrin Michael Homme. He is married to Brody
Dale.
Josh’s paternal grandfather was Orrin Rheinhold Homme (the son of Herbert Gerhard Homme and Anna Georgina Stokke). Herbert was the son of Norwegian immigrant Amund Hansen Stubberud (later Homme), of Sør-Fron, and Gjertine “Gertrude” Gundersdatter Pimertad, whose her parents were also Norwegian immigrants. Anna was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants John Hansen Saxhaug (later Stokke), of Inderøy, and Randi Jørgensdatter Præstløkken, of Oppdal.
Josh’s paternal grandmother was Camille Ann Wachter (the daughter of Paul August Wachter and Edna Katherine Anderson). Paul was the son of German immigrant Gottlieb Charles Wachter, of Bernstein, and Annie Clotier. Annie was of 3/4 French-Canadian and 1/4 French descent. Edna was the daughter of Swedish immigrants Henry Andersson, later Anderson, and Anna Steinholm.
Josh’s maternal grandfather was Frank Eising Meier (the son of Abraham Meier and Wilhelmina “Minnie”
Eising). Abraham was the son of German Jewish immigrants Aaron Meier and Jeannette Hirsch. Wilhelmina was the daughter of German Jewish immigrants Emanuel Eising and Augusta Carolina Blun.
Josh’s maternal grandmother was Mary Ida Hedrick (the daughter of Clarence Edson Hedrick and Mary Ida “Mamie” Mosteller). Clarence was of English descent, and was the son of William Henry Hedrick and Martha Luetta “Mattie” Patterson. Josh’s great-grandmother Mary was the daughter of William Henry Mosteller and Mary Ida Coleman. William’s parents were German immigrants. William’s great-great-grandmother was of English, as well as distant French and Irish descent.
Sources: Josh’s birth record – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLXD-HVH
Marriage record of Josh’s parents – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V66B-8RC
Josh’s paternal grandfather Orrin Rheinhold Homme on the 1930 U.S. Census –
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKVK-SDP
Obituary of Josh’s paternal grandmother Camille Ann (Wachter) Homme –
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/obituaries/camille-homme/article_861ebf4b-6a72-526b-8888-
4e4d2a8f3a7a.html
Genealogy of Josh’s maternal grandfather Frank Eising Meier –
http://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/frank-eising-meier_6644536
Obituary of Josh’s maternal grandmother Mary Ida (Hedrick) Fahy –
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPT-GSQF
Marriage record of Josh’s paternal great-grandparents Herbert Gerhard Homme and Anna G. Stokke –
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDDJ-3PX
Marriage record of Josh’s paternal great-grandparents Paul August Wachter and Edna Katherine Anderson
– https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3QV-Z4K
Josh’s paternal great-grandmother Anna Georgina Stokke on the 1900 U.S. Census –
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VT-MRL
Marriage record of Josh’s maternal great-grandparents Clarence Edson Hedrick and Mary Ida Mosteller –
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FT-FN6
Baptismal record of Josh’s paternal great-great-grandfather Amund Hansen Stubberud –
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20070130650201.jpg
Baptismal record of Josh’s paternal great-great-grandfather John Hansen Saxhaug –
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20050509010490.jpg
Baptismal record of Josh’s paternal great-great-grandmother Randi Jørgensdatter Præstløkken –
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:NBN:no-a1450-kb20050519021211.jpg
Wikipedia article of Paul’s paternal great-great-grandfather Gottlieb Charles Wachter –
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wachter
Josh’s paternal great-great-grandmother Annie (Clotier) Robidou on the 1875 Minnesota state census –
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKNY-NLH
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