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Birth Name: Chelsea Joy Wolfe
Place of Birth: Roseville, Placer, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 14, 1983
Ethnicity: German, Irish, English, one eighth Danish, one eighth French-Canadian, 1/16th Norwegian, Swiss, Northern Irish
Chelsea Wolfe is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She works in the gothic rock, doom metal, and folk genres.
She was partly raised in Sacramento. Her father was in a country band.
Chelsea’s paternal grandfather was Warren James Wolfe (the son of Amil Carl Wolfe and Irene Beryl Chamberlin/Chamberlain). Warren was born in Isanti, Minnesota. Amil was born in Dane, Wisconsin, to German parents, David G. Wolf, who was from Rohr, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg; and Johanna Enhart, who was from Jössen, Kreis Minden, Westphalia, Prussia. Chelsea’s great-grandmother Irene was born in Monticello, Minnesota, the daughter of Emil Wetzel Chamberlain, who had deep roots in Maine; and of Lottie Almeda Murray, whose father was born in Saint George, Charlotte, New Brunswick, to Irish parents.
Chelsea’s paternal grandmother was Patricia Jane Latour (the daughter of William Alvin Latour and Margaret Rose Kline). Patricia was born in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota. William was born in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, to French-Canadian parents, Joseph Moses LaTour and Vitaline Vegiard, who were from Québec. Chelsea’s great-grandmother Margaret was born in Minneapolis, the daughter of John Paul Kline, whose parents were from Bavaria, Germany; and of Mary Jane Merkley, who was born in Leeds, Grenville, Ontario, Canada, to a father whose own parents were from New York, and to an Irish mother.
Chelsea’s maternal grandfather George Henry Scheper, Jr. (the son of George Henry Scheper and Sally T. Rasmussen). Chelsea’s grandfather George was born in King City, Monterey, California. Chelsea’s great-grandfather George was born in Fort Bragg, Mendocino, California, the son of Henry Scheper, whose parents were German; and of May Hawkins. Chelsea’s great-grandmother Sally was born in Fairfield, Solano, California, to Danish parents, Johann Marius Mikael Rasmussen, from Skovby, Gjellerup, Hammerum, Ringkøbing; and Mette Marie Margrethe Katrine Hansen, from Silkeborg, Århus.
Chelsea’s maternal grandmother was Phyllis Joan Butler (the daughter of John William Butler and Marjorie May Letzring). Phyllis was born in Charles City, Floyd, Iowa. John was born in Gillingham, Kent, England, the son of James George Butler and Editha Christian Seager. Chelsea’s great-grandmother Marjorie was born in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, the daughter of Edwin Otto Letzring, whose parents were German, his father from Reinfeld, and his mother from Pomerania; and of Ellen Anna Anderson, who was of Norwegian descent.