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Birth Name: Garrett Clark Borns
Place of Birth: Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: January 7, 1992
Ethnicity: French-Canadian, English, German, Irish, Dutch, Belgian, Danish, Scottish, 1/32 Mexican
Børns, also known as Garrett Borns, or stylized as BØRNS, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He released his EP, “A Dream Between,” in 2012, and his debut studio album, “Dopamine,” in 2015. Ella Vos was a member of his band.
Børns was raised in Grand Haven, Michigan.
Børns’ paternal grandfather was Douglas Alan Borns (the son of Arthur E. Borns and Rita M. Manigold). Douglas was born in Muskegon, Michigan. Arthur was born in Muskegon, to German parents, Paul Burns and Anna Leeck. Børns’ great-grandmother Rita was born in Michigan, the daughter of David Franklin Manigold, whose paternal grandparents were from Alsace, France, and whose maternal grandparents were Irish; and of Winfred Martin, whose paternal grandfather was from Ireland, and whose maternal grandfather was from Dorset, England.
Børns’ maternal grandfather was Leonard William Salsbury (the daughter of William L. Salsbury and Lillian Bell Beebe). Leonard was born in Ravenna, Muskegon, Michigan. William was born in Vermont, the son of Peter Salsbury, whose father was born in Ireland; and of Artemisia “Artie” Perry, whose father was born in Weymouth, Dorset, England, and whose maternal grandfather was from Prussia, Germany. Børns’ great-grandmother Lillian was born in Ravenna, the daughter of Franklin Robert Beebe, whose mother was from Haworth, Yorkshire, England; and of Adelia Adaline Davenport.
Børns’ maternal grandmother was Lorraine Janet Pearo (the daughter of Earl Louis Pearo and Mary Vallier/Valle). Lorraine was born in Muskegon, Michigan. Earl was born on Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, the son of Antoine Pearo and Josephine Ortago, who herself was born in Texas, to a father from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and to an Irish mother. Børns’ great-grandmother Mary was born in Canada, of French-Canadian heritage, the daughter of Joseph Peter Giroux Vallier, who was from Simcoe, Ontario; and of Agnes Boucher Adoskin.
Sources: Obituary of Børns’s paternal grandfather, Douglas Alan Borns – https://obits.mlive.com
Obituary of Børns’s maternal grandfather, Leonard William Salsbury – https://obits.mlive.com
Obituary of Børns’s maternal grandmother, Lorraine Janet (Pearo) Salsbury – https://www.sytsemafh.com