Birth Name: Adam Wade Gontier
Place of Birth: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: May 25, 1978
Ethnicity:
*English, French, German, Scottish, Welsh (father)
*unknown (mother)
Adam Gontier is a Canadian musician. He is known as the former lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. Adam is the son of Patricia (maiden surname unknown) Duffy and Gordon Gontier. He is married to Jeanie Marie Larsen. He was previously married to Naomi Faith Brewer.
Adam’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fifth great-grandfather, Claude Gontier.
Adam’s paternal grandparents were Maurice Alexandre Gontier (the son of Alexandre René Gontier and Eleanor Marr Doane) and Margaret Hannah Stone (the daughter of Edward Samuel Stone and Florence Swindells). Adam’s great-grandfather Alexandre was born in France, to Louis Auguste Gontier and Vallentyne Guettel. Eleanor was the daughter of Oscar Mornington Doane and Helena Josephine Fell. Edward and Florence were English immigrants.
Source: Genealogy of Adam Gontier (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
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