Odette

Birth Name: Georgia Odette Sallybanks

Place of Birth: Bath, England

Date of Birth: August 20, 1997

Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – Coloured South African [African, English, Irish, German]

Odette is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her debut album, To a Stranger (July 2018), peaked at No. 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Ancestry/Genealogy: Odette’s paternal grandfather was George Ernest Sallybanks (born to Ernest James Sallabanks and Edith Lilian Buckingham). George was born in Fulham, London, England. He was of distant Northern Irish descent.

Odette’s paternal grandmother was Patricia Margaret Paley (born to Thomas Paley and Rose Dorothy Abberley). Patricia was born in Fulham.

Odette’s maternal grandfather was born to Amy Selling and possibly George Leitz. Amy was born in Natal, South Africa and was of partial German descent.

Odette’s maternal grandmother was Molly Louise Beryl Brady (born to Arthur Scott Brady and Marion Louise Scott). Molly was born in Durban, South Africa. Arthur was born in Durban to Adrian Brady and Ethel Smith, and all four of his grandparents were born on Saint Helena; they were of Irish, English and African descent. Marion was born in Durban to Alfred Scott, who was half Saint Helenan (German, African) and half South African; and Emma Young, who was born on Saint Helena.

Source: Marriage record of Odette’s paternal grandparents: myheritage.com

Genealogy of Odette’s paternal grandfather: familysearch.org

Genealogy of Odette’s maternal grandmother: familysearch.org