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Medley – 21st Annual Ella Awards & Benefit Gala Honoring Mike Love – Arrivals – International Ballroom, Beverly Hilton Hotel – Beverly Hills, CA, USA, 2014 – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
Birth Name: William Thomas Medley
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 19, 1940
Ethnicity: English, as well as Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch
Bill Medley is an American singer and songwriter. He was a member of The Righteous Brothers.
He is the son of Erma Louise and Arnol Medley.
Bill’s paternal grandfather was William Tony Medley (the son of George W. Medley and Emily M. Hawkins). Bill’s grandfather William was born in Nolan County, Texas. George was born in Missouri, the son of Mark Anthony Medley and Elizabeth E. Dunn. Bill’s great-great-grandfather was born in North Carolina, to English parents. Bill’s great-grandmother Emily was born in Texas.
Bill’s paternal grandmother was Sallye Allyson Yarbro (the daughter of Thomas Henry “Tom” Yarbro and Mary Kate “Ketie”/Kittie Russell). Sallye was born in Bosque County, Texas. Thomas was born in Tennessee, the son of John Henry Yarbro/Yarbrough and Catherine Woodson. Bill’s great-grandmother Mary was born in Texas, the daugther of Dr. William Henderson Russell and Sarah Allen Holt.
Bill’s maternal grandfather was Leo Fenton Velzy (the son of Nelson Peter Velzy and Harriet Louise Vandyke). Leo was born in White Cloud, Newaygo County, Michigan, and was of English, Dutch, and Northern Irish descent. Nelson was the son of John Velzy and Lucinda Reynolds. Bill’s great-grandmother Harriet was born in Illinois, the daughter of William Vandyke and Sarah E. Wilkey.
Bill’s maternal grandmother was Erma Isabel Chadsey (the daughter of Benjamin Chadsey and Alice Marietta Close). Erma was born in California. Benjamin was born in St. Armand, Québec, Canada, the son of Richard Chadsey and Amy Reynolds. Alice was born in Gloucestershire, England, the daughter of Edward Close and Susana Ullens.
Source: Genealogies of Bill’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com