Glaive

Birth Name: Ash Blue Gutierrez

Place of Birth: Florida, U.S.

Date of Birth: January 20, 2005

Ethnicity: English, one quarter Mexican [Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, other], likely one quarter Polish, one eighth Welsh, 1/16th Scottish, Northern Irish, German

Glaive is an American singer and songwriter.

His father, Mark, and grandfather, Bennie, were professional polo players. His mother, Rebecca, is from Penrith, Cumbria, England. Glaive was partly raised in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Glaive’s paternal grandfather was Bennie Gutierrez (Bennie Martinez Gutierrez, the son of Quirino Salinas Gutierrez and Trinidad Nerio Martinez). Bennie was born in San Antonio, Texas. Quirino was born in Webb, Texas, to Mexican parents, who had descent from Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, and the Canary Islands, as well as having ancestors born in Puerto Rico. Trinidad was born in San Antonio, also to Mexican parents.

Glaive’s paternal grandmother was Kay Maday (who likely was the daughter of Richard F. Maday and Ann Bartels). Richard was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Polish parents, a father from Rudnik and a mother from Poznań.

Glaive’s maternal grandfather was James A. C. McElwee (the son of Frederick Charles McElwee and Dorothy Elizabeth Ockleston). James was born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Frederick was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father, James Thomas McElwee, was the son of a Canadian father from Montréal, Québec, who had Northern Irish ancestry, and of an English mother, from Portsmouth, Hampshire. Frederick’s mother, Maggie Anne Campbell, was born in Staffordshire, to Scottish parents. Glaive’s great-grandmother Dorothy was born in Dublin, the daughter of Thomas Oswald Ockleston, who was born in Alrtincham, Cheshire; and of Dorothy Frances Franckel, who was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and was of one quarter German descent.

Glaive’s maternal grandmother was Anne Frances Fletcher (the daughter of Eric Walshaw Fletcher and Florence Maud Astbury). Anne was born in Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales. Eric was born in Yorkshire. Florence was born in Nannerch, Flintshire.

Sources: Genealogy of Glaive’s paternal grandfather, Bennie Martinez Gutierrez – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Glaive’s paternal grandfather, Bennie Martinez Gutierrez – https://www.uspolo.org

Marriage record of Glaive’s maternal grandparents, James A. C. McElwee and Anne Frances Fletcher – https://www.myheritage.com

Genealogy of Glaive’s maternal grandfather, James A. C. McElwee – https://www.myheritage.com

Birth record of Glaive’s maternal grandfather, James A. C. McElwee – https://www.myheritage.com

Genealogy of Glaive’s maternal grandmother, Anne Frances Fletcher – https://www.myheritage.com