Birth Name: Bryan Keith Holland
Place of Birth: Garden Grove, California, United States
Date of Birth: December 29, 1965
Ethnicity: English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, possibly German (from Russia)
Dexter Holland is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the punk band The Offspring. Dexter is the son of Yvonne Ann (Frost) and Walter George Holland.
Dexter’s paternal grandparents were Walter Vipond Holland (the son of George Holland and Annie Jane White/Whyte) and Miriam McLean (the daughter of William McLean and Sarah/Samel Ann Connoly). George was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Annie was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. William was born in Scotland.
Dexter’s maternal grandparents were Herman Franze Frost (the son of Edgar J. Frost and Helena Penner) and Anna Mae Clifton (the daughter of John B. Clifton and Anna Mary Williams). Helena was possibly born in Kansas, to parents from Russia, likely of German descent. John was born in Pennsylvania, to an English father and a Pennsylvania-born mother. Anna was also born in Pennsylvania.
Sources: Birth certificate of Dexter Holland – https://familysearch.org
Public record of Dexter Holland – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Dexter’s parents – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Dexter Holland (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com
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Marriage record of Dexter’s paternal grandparents, Walter Vipond Holland and Miriam McLean – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Dexter’s paternal grandfather, Walter Vipond Holland – https://familysearch.org
https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Dexter’s maternal grandparents, Herman Franze Frost and Anna Mae Clifton – https://familysearch.org
Dexter’s maternal grandmother, Anna Mae Clifton, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Possibly Dexter’s maternal grandfather, Herman Franze Frost, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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