Birth Name: Harlean Harlow Carpenter
Date of Birth: March 3, 1911
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Death: June 7, 1937
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish
Jean Harlow was an American film actress. She was a sex symbol of the 1930s.
Jean was the daughter of Jean Poe (Harlow) and Mont Clair Carpenter.
Jean’s paternal grandparents were Abraham “Abe” Carpenter (son of Michael Carpenter and Mary Boor) and Dianna Beal (daughter of Jesse Beal and Lydia Hoyman).
Jean’s maternal grandparents were Samuel “Skipp” D. Harlow (son of Isiah W. Harlow and Matilda Laodicea Poe) and Ella Williams (daughter of John Insen Williams and Laurinda Magill Coutts).
Sources: Genealogy of Jean Harlow – http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Article on Jean’s family background – http://www.worldcat.org