Birth Name: Donald William Felder
Place of Birth: Gainesville, Florida
Date of Birth: September 21, 194
Ethnicity: English, Swiss-German
Family background: Don Felder is an American musician and songwriter and lead guitarist for the band Eagles. Other members of the group included Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Joe Walsh. Don’s daughter, Leah Jenner, is also a musician and half of the indie pop group Brandon & Leah with her husband Brandon Jenner (the son of Bruce Jenner and Linda Thompson).
Don was born to Charles Nolan Felder and Doris Rebecca Brigman.
The “Felder” line can be traced back to Hans Heinrich Felder, a Swiss-German immigrant who settled in South Carolina in the 1700s.
Don’s paternal grandparents were Henry Hampton Felder (the son of James Addison Felder and Flavilla Newell Shuler) and Annie Elizabeth Griffin. The surname “Griffin” can be Irish.
Don’s maternal grandparents were Thomas Jefferson Brigman, Jr (the son of Thomas Jefferson Brigman Sr. and Rebecca King) and Amanda Caroline “Carrie” Swain
Source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67668932
http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/charles-nolan-felder_134217992
http://www.geneagraphie.com/pedigree.php?personID=I145882&tree=1
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