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Moyet in 2012, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet
Place of Birth: Billericay, Brentwood, Essex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 18 June, 1961
Ethnicity: * father – French * mother – English
Alison Moyet is a British singer and songwriter. She was a singer in synth-pop duo Yazoo/Yaz, with Vince Clarke.
Alison is the daughter of Doris Coventry and Michel Moyet. Her father was a French printer, from Cognac, France. Her mother, who was English, was a teacher of French. She is married to David Ballard. She has a daughter with her former partner Kim McCarthy; and a daughter with David.
Alison’s paternal grandfather was Maurice Moyet (the son of Isidore François Moyet and Leonie Gautier). Maurice was born in Boutiers-Saint-Trojan, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Isidore was the son of Justin Moyet and Amelie Roy. Leonie was the daughter of Jean Etienne Gautier and Marguerite Leveque.
Alison’s paternal grandmother was Jeanne Micheline Daviaud (the daughter of Christiani Daviaud and Anne Marie Lefort). Jeanne was born in Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Christiani was the son of Michel Daviaud and Marie Clarisse Thérèse Guitreaud. Anne Marie was the daughter of Jean Charles Xavier Lefort and Victoire Léonie Raspire.
Alison’s maternal grandfather was named MacDonald Coventry.
Alison’s maternal grandmother was named Dorothy Goode.
Sources: http://www.theguardian.com http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Genealogy of Alison Moyet – https://gw.geneanet.org