Olivia O’Brien

Birth Name: Olivia Gail O’Brien

Place of Birth: Thousand Oaks, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 26, 1999

Ethnicity: English, German, some Irish, smaller amounts of Scottish, distant French, Welsh, Manx and Native American

Olivia O’Brien is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

Olivia’s paternal grandfather was George James O’Brien, Jr. (the son of George James O’Brien, Sr. and Veronica Mary Mountain). Olivia’s grandfather George was born in Montana. Olivia’s great-grandfather George was the son of George O’Brien and Sarah Joye, who were from Newfoundland, Canada. Veronica was the daughter of William Mountain and Mary Yetman/Yeteman, who were from Ferryland, Newfoundland.

Olivia’s paternal grandmother was Elizabeth Mary “Betty” Hohn (the daughter of Stephan Hubert Hohn and Anna Mary Schoenberger). Elizabeth was born in Great Falls, Montana. Stephan was the son of Theodore Hubert Hohn, a German emigrant, from Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, and of Anna Maria Geraths, who was also the daughter of German parents. Olivia’s great-grandmother Anna was also the daughter of German parents, Charles George Schoenberger and Anna Marie Ploedell.

Olivia’s maternal grandfather is Dick Sherwood Merrill (the son of Ronald Edwin Merrill and Mildred Alva Jones). Dick was born in Young, Texas, and had deep roots in the U.S. Ronald was the son of James Edwin Merrill and Charlotte Elizabeth Killman. Mildred was the daughter of Henry Clinton Jones and Jennie Odessa Rogers.

Olivia’s maternal grandmother is Gail Joyce Strangward (the daughter of William Percival Strangward and Thelma Margaret McGoogan). Gail was born in Ohio. William was the son of William James Strangward, whose father was English; and of Gertrude Louise Waterbury, whose maternal gradparents were German. Olivia’s great-grandmother Thelma was the daughter of Samuel Calvin McGoogan, whose father was an Irish immgrant; and of Nora Holyfield.