List of Americans with Welsh ancestry

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  • Daniel Boone (1734–1820) American pioneer[25]
  • Evan Ellis (1972-) Promoter of Welsh Global Awareness
  • Lewis Evans (1700–1756) colonial surveyor and geographer[26]
  • Oliver Evans (1755–1819) inventor[12][27]
  • Murray Humphreys (1899–1965) Chicago mobster, chief political and labor racketeer in the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition[28]
  • George Jones (1811–1891) 'New-York Daily Times co-founder[12]
  • John L. Lewis (1880–1969) organized labor union leader[12]
  • Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) explorer[25][29]
  • Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) Brigadier General in the American Revolution in the Contiental Army. Served in the United Sates House of Representatives representing Virginia.
  • William Farrand Prosser (1834–1911) Union Colonel in the American Civil War. Served in the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee
  • Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) soldier and the first Governor of Kentucky[30]
  • Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904) journalist/explorer
  • Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century[12][31]
  • Elihu Yale (1649–1721) first benefactor of Yale University[12][32]
  • Colonel Donald Roderick Perkins (1927 - 2004) active member of the American Legion; the American Military Institute; the Army War College Foundation; the Reserve Officers Association; the Retired Officers Association; the Augustan Society; the Company of Military Historians; the Council on America’s Military Past; the Historical Society of the Militia and National Guard; the International Chivalric Institute; and the Military History Society of the Southwest; member of the Saint David's Welsh-American Society; the National Guard Association of the United States; the National Trust for Historic Preservation; New England Historical and Genealogical Society; and the New Mexico Historical Society
  • Jesse James, cowboy/outlaw.

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] "We're about to prove that Tom Cruise is a Welshman. A mission impossible, you might think, but you'd be wrong. Cruise, best known for talking into the mobile phones of strangers at film premieres, has deep roots in Wales. His great great grandfather Dylan Henry Mapother emigrated from Flint in North Wales to Louisville in Kentucky in 1850, at the age of 16. Tom's real name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, and many generations of Mapothers have lived in Wales. Nicole Kidman's ex was surprised to learn of his Welsh ancestry, which he discovered in a January 2004 episode of the US TV show Inside The Actor's Studio, which reveals family trees of the rich and famous."
  2. ^ [2] "Bette Davis, just one of the many famous Welsh actors... Bette Davis has Welsh connections from here father Harlow Davies whose family hail from Wales. She even visited Wales when in Britain acting to trace her family roots"
  3. ^ Donny Osmond Coming Home from the BBC
  4. ^ [3] mentioned as one of "100 Welsh Stars"
  5. ^ [4]blakelewisfans.org: "I was wondering, what is your heritage? Blake: Welsh, German, and Irish. I'm a mutt."
  6. ^ Bush praises role of Welsh in US history on St David's Day - icWales
  7. ^ [5] "Welsh Americans have helped settle the American frontier, build our cities, and defend our liberty... to the sharp wit of Bob Hope"
  8. ^ [6] "classically trained and highly regarded Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins" [7] "Later, at a brief press conference, Hopkins, who was born in Wales, was asked why he recently became an American citizen. "I've lived here some years. I feel at home in America. I suppose it was a pretty bold decision, but America has been very generous to me. There was a bit of an outburst in the British press. I was branded as some sort of turncoat, but so be it.""
  9. ^ [8] included in the book "100 Great Welsh Women" [9] "Although she is of Scotch and Welsh descent, she has been accused of being Egyptian, Chinese, Eurasian and other nationalities."
  10. ^ [10] "Welsh-born U.S. actor."
  11. ^ [11] "She often refers to her Welsh ancestry."
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k [12] mentioned as several people who were "Welsh" or "Welsh American"
  13. ^ [13] "The illegitimate son of an astrologer and a Welsh farm girl"
  14. ^ a b c d e f [14] Listed as one of several "Welsh-American Presidents"
  15. ^ [15] "James J. Davis, a Welsh-born puddler who served as US Secretary of Labor from 1921–1930"
  16. ^ a b c [16] "Of the four New York signatories, three were Welsh; Lewis Morris, Francis Lewis and William Floyd."
  17. ^ AmericanHeritage.com / WHO’S GOT BUTTON’S BONES?
  18. ^ mentioned as one of several "Welsh Americans" at [17], [18] "The only child of a pious American Baptist mother and an immigrant Welsh minister"
  19. ^ [19] "His father's name was Peter Jefferson. His ancestors were Welsh people."
  20. ^ [20] "Robert E. Lee... also were Welsh Americans..."
  21. ^ mentioned as one of several Welsh-Americans here [21]
  22. ^ [22] Wynne Family history
  23. ^ Official Report of the Welsh Assembly 06/07/99
  24. ^ [23] "Welsh-born Howard Stringer"
  25. ^ a b [24] "Meriwether Lewis himself was Welsh American, as was frontiersman Daniel Boone" [25] "Daniel Boone’s mother, Sarah Morgan, was a member of a Welsh family that came to Pennsylvania in 1683 and later settled in Gwynedd"
  26. ^ GENUKI: National Library of Wales journals
  27. ^ [26] "A Welsh-American invented the first automobile"
  28. ^ [27] "No Gangster More Bold: Murray Humphreys, the Welsh Political Genius Who Corrupted America"
  29. ^ [28] "His great grandfather, Robert Lewis, a Welsh officer in the British Army... The Meriwether family was also Welsh, well connected, and land-rich with sizable holdings near Charlottesville. Lucy's father was a respected friend of Thomas Jefferson."
  30. ^ [29] "General Isaac Shelby (born in 1750), a Maryland-born Welsh American"
  31. ^ [30] "Frank Lloyd Wright was of Welsh ethnic heritage"
  32. ^ [31] "Elihu Yale - The Great Welsh American"
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