Birth Name: Daniel Quine Auerbach
Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States
Date of Birth: May 14, 1979
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*English, Irish, French, 1/8th Manx, 1/8th German, remote Welsh, Scottish, and Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) (mother)
Family Background: Dan Auerbach is an American musician and record producer. He is the singer and guitarist of the blues rock band The Black Keys. Dan is the son of Mary Little (Quine), a teacher of French, and Charles N. Auerbach, an antique dealer. Charles was Jewish, of Polish Jewish extraction.
Dan’s maternal grandfather was John Robert Quine (the son of Harry Sanford Quine and Sarah Jahant). Harry was the son of Robert Stanford Quine and Katherine “Kate” Motz. Sarah was the daughter of August/Augustus Jahant and Mary McCartin/McCarten. Robert was born in Andreas, Isle of Man. Katherine was born in Germany. August/Augustus was born in Akron, Ohio, to French parents. Mary was born in Ontario, Canada, to Irish parents.
Dan’s maternal grandmother was Jane L. Little (the daughter of Henry Wirt Little and Eliza Catherine Belvin). Henry was the son of James Franklin Little and Mattie Jane Seal. Eliza was the daughter of James Peter Coladen Belvin and Mary Elizabeth Walton. James’ mother had Irish ancestry, and his father had English and distant Welsh ancestry. Mattie had English, with some Irish and distant Welsh and Scottish ancestry. James and Mary both had English ancestry, and James also had French roots.
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/01/black-keys-interview
Record of Dan Auerbach – https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:239J-9W4
Genealogy of Dan’s mother, Mary Quine – http://www.quine.org/quine.html
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal grandfather, John Quine – http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76472697
Genealogy of Dan’s great-grandfather, Harry Quine – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LV4D-ZR1
Genealogy of Dan’s great-grandmother, Sarah Jahant – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=MH3H-GB4
Genealogy of Dan’s maternal grandmother, Jane Little – http://www.grembert.com/rembert2/aqwg34.htm
Genealogy of Dan’s great-grandfather, Henry Little – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KLGX-QMD
Genealogy of Dan’s great-grandmother, Eliza Belvin – http://www.geni.com/people/Eliza-Catherine-Little/6000000023985269290
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